Professional Development

The website is officially up!!! http://vitacollections.ca/ckl- digitalcollection/search 

Digitization project advertisement in the local paper!

Pride for Obama

Celebs about being gay and supporting President Obama... Well done. I am a strong supporter of Obama, but no matter who is in power, equality is equality.

Official Book Club Selection

Official Book Club Selection

by Kathy Griffin

 There's something about putting things in print as opposed to saying them on stage: it seems they carry more weight. Even the jokes, people take more seriously. 

- Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin

Anti-bullying

I found this clip on youtube, a message from funny comedienne Kathy Griffin to teens about bullying and homophobia. It also includes a link to a teen-help line. It is well worded and very inspirational.

It will get better!

The Uglies

The Uglies  

by Scott Westerfeld 

Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, healthy, and rich? This is the question that 15 year-old Tally Youngblood has to consider as she must choose between following societal expectations of forced conformity and rebelling against the Government and the Special Circumstances (the malevolent government officials).

Any Known Blood

Any Known Blood
by Lawrence Hill  

Langston Cane V is a thirty-eight year old divorced man who sets on a journey of self-discovery by tracing his roots back for five generations. After losing his job for sabotaging a government official’s speech, Cane embarks on a quest to uncover his family’s history. What he finds in his past not only brings him pride to carry on the tradition of the family name, but it helps him to develop his own sense of self.

The Lady Elizabeth

The Lady Elizabeth
by Alison Weir

Weir, Alison. The Lady Elizabeth. New York: Ballantine Books, 2008.

The story of the Tudor family is one of the first true soap operas. Filled with love, lust and loyalty, the reign of the Tudors shaped the history of England. The Tudor dynasty was founded in 1485 under King Henry VII, marking the end of the War of the Roses. Henry VII, his son Henry VIII, and his three children Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth, ruled for 118 dynamic years.