Biography: Jeremy Tankard was born in Cape Town, South Africa, but moved to Canada with his family. After a childhood of drawing and writing, he attended the Alberta College of Art and Design where he studied drawing and printmaking. He worked as a graphic designer...
Biography: Judy Fong Bates came to Canada from China as a young child and grew up in several small Ontario towns. She is a writer, storyteller and teacher. She taught elementary school in the city of Toronto for over twenty years. While teaching she honed her skills...
Biography: For Dr. Vincent Lam, becoming a doctor and caring for patients has been the ultimate form of character study. He lives in the worlds of both medicine and writing, with each enriching the other. Raised in Ottawa, Dr. Lam did his medical training in Toronto,...
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