Toronto, Ontario – August 30, 2010 – Humber College journalism professor Joy Crysdale’s book Fearless Female Journalists has been shortlisted by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Amelia Bloomer Project, an annual list of the best feminist books of the year for readers under the age of 18.
The book list is published by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. It is well-known and respected amongst librarians and influences what books are ordered into American and Canadian libraries. Fearless Female Journalists is one of only three Canadian books on the nomination list.
The book highlights the careers of 10 outstanding journalists in Canada and around the world. It starts with the story of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a woman born in Delaware in 1823 who came to Canada and became the first black woman editor in North America. It ends with an account of Thembi Ngubane, a South African woman afflicted with AIDS whose diary of her illness reached more than 50 million people via radio and whose blog connected with even more before her death in 2009. There are also profiles of Canadian journalists Doris Anderson and Barbara Frum, American interviewer and talk show host Katie Couric, and Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
“I am thrilled by the attention Fearless Female Journalists has received,” says Joy Crysdale. “I truly hope the book increases understanding of the vital role journalism has in society, and that readers will learn the stories of some of the brave women who, in many ways, risked their lives to be journalists. They changed the world through their journalism – I really hope as many readers as possible can understand what these women did and what journalism can and should do.”
Final decisions of which books go on the list will be made in January 2011.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Ilena Aldini-Messina/ Andrew Leopold
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
416.675.6622 ext. 5479/4296
ilena.aldinimessina@humber.ca /andrew.leopold@humber.ca
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