Important Links
The EQAO site offers excellent resources for parents and students who are interested in learning more about the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, including sample test materials and a planning and preparation guide.
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The Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away from cancer the year before. The award recognized excellence in Canadian fiction – long format or short stories – and endowed a cash prize annually of $25,000.00, the largest purse for literature in the country.
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The Writers’ Trust of Canada was founded by five notable Canadian authors — Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence, and David Young — to encourage a flourishing writing community in this country. This prize recognizes the best in Canadian non-fiction.
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The OWL at Purdue Online Writing Lab offers a number of excellent resources for writers. In particular, they lay out and explain the various formatting requirements needed for MLA documentation (standard in all English classes).
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Questia's library has over 5,000 public domain, classic and rare books that you can read online absolutely free!
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Visit the CBC Digital Archives to hear interviews with famous Canadian writers and influential literary personalities.
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