The Steering Committee
TD National Reading Summit Steering Committee
- Co-chairs:
- Patsy Aldana, Groundwood Books
Rick Wilks, Annick Press
- Members:
- Joan Andersen
- Paul Axelrod
- Tom Best, First Book Canada
- Jennifer Canham, Owlkids
- Danielle Chagnon, BAnQ
- Kate Edwards, Association of Canadian Publishers
- Marie-Louise Gay, Author
- Yvette Ghione, Kids Can Press, IBBY Canada
- Wayne Grady, The Writers’ Union of Canada
- Slyvia Gunnery, The Writers’ Union of Canada
- Michelle Halsey, York University
- Merle Harris
- Duncan Holmes, ICA Associates
- Michael Kainer
- Annie Kidder, People for Education
Rhonda Kimberley-Young
- John Lorinc, Journalist
- Harvey McCue, First Nations Consultant
- Colleen O’Neill, Canadian Publisher’s Council
- Jane Pyper, Toronto Public Library
- Ken Setterington
- Sandra Singh, Vancouver Public Library
Charlotte Teeple, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
- Peggy Thomas, Toronto Public Library
- Jodi White, Canadian Booksellers Association
- Carolyn Wood, Association of Canadian Publisher
- Advisors:
- Mark Sarner, Manifest Communications
- Michale Adams, Environics Institute
Gillian Hewitt-Smith, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Catherine Voyer-Leger
Damian Rogers, International Dyslexia Association
Priscila Uppal, Writer’s Union
- Vancouver Committee
- Patsy Aldana, Groundwood Books
- Joan Anderson, Mosaic
- Jean Baird, Writer
- Jamie Broadhurst, Raincoast Books
- Sean Cranbury, Conference Assistant
- Heather Daly
- Annette deFaveri
- Kate Edwards, Association of Canadian Publishers
- Kristen Harvey
- Gillian Hewitt Smith, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
- Duncan Holmes
- Debbie Jeffrey, First Nations Education Steering Committee
- Denise Johnson
- Annie Kidder, People for Education
- Kirk LaPointe, CBC
- Kathy Lowinger, Tundra Books (retired)
- Colleen MacMillam, Annick Press
- Karen Marotz, Simon Fraser University
- Harvey McCue, First Nations Consultant
- Scott McClean, Simon Fraser University
- Jennifer Murray, Porch Light Consulting
- Simon Neame, University of British Columbia
- Valerie Overgaard, Vancouver School Board
- Virginia Rego, Ministry of Education Libraries and Literacy
- Sandra Singh, Vancouver Public Library
- Peggy Thomas, OLA, Toronto Public Library
- Bob Tyrell, Orca Books
- David Wells, Native Education College
- Paul Whitney, Writers Festival
- Rick Wilks, Annick Press
- Daphne Wood, Vancouver Public Library
