Alexandra Shimo
| Alexandra Shimo | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | journalist, writer |
| Partner(s) | Lia Grimanis |
| Website | www.alexandrashimo.com |
Alexandra Shimo is a Canadian writer, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards as cowriter of Edmund Metatawabin's memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History.[1] The book became a national bestseller, and was named one of the best books of 2014 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,[2] The Hill Times and Quill and Quire.[3] In February 2015, it was named one of the winners of the CBC's Bookie Awards.[4]
A freelance journalist who has contributed to the Toronto Star, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Maclean's, the National Post, The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life, she is also the author of The Environment Equation: 100 Factors That Can Add to or Subtract From Your Total Carbon Footprint.[5]
Her third book, Invisible North, is about the Kashechewan crisis and came out in 2016.[6]
An out lesbian,[6] she is the partner of activist Lia Grimanis.[7] She also serves on the advisory board of Grimanis' charitable organization Up With Women.
Awards
WINNER 2016 - Speaker's Book Award [8]
WINNER 2015 – CBC Books Bookie Award for Non-Fiction [9]
WINNER 2015 – Ontario Historical Society’s Donald Grant Creighton Award[10]
FINALIST 2014 – Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction
FINALIST 2015–2016 – Trillium Book Award [11]
FINALIST 2015–2016 – First Nation Communities Read[12]
Works
- The Environment Equation: 100 Factors That Can Add to or Subract From Your Total Carbon Footprint (2008)
- Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History (2014)
- Invisible North: The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve (2016)
References
- ↑ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
- ↑ "CBC Books' roundup of our favourite Canadian books of the year". CBC Books.
- ↑ "Q&Q's picks for books of the year 2014". Quill and Quire. December 1, 2014.
- ↑ "2015 CBC Bookie Awards". CBC Books.
- ↑ "How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint". Forbes, April 15, 2008.
- 1 2 "Memoir: I couldn’t shake the abuse and despair I saw on a First Nations reserve". Toronto Life, November 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Corey Mintz makes dinner for entrepreneur and philanthropist Lia Grimanis: Fed". Toronto Star, July 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo win Speaker's Book Award". Quill and Quire.
- ↑ "2015 CBC Bookie Awards". CBC Books.
- ↑ "2014-15 Honours and Awards Recipients Announced". Ontario Historical Society. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Finalists for 2015 Trillium Book Award Announced". OMDC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "First Nation Communities Read announces 2015-2016 shortlist of books for young adults and adults". thebpc.ca. Book and Periodical Council. Retrieved 29 March 2016.