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Canadian writers take so much for granted. Canada Council programs. Festivals and readings. Cheques arriving from the Public Lending Right Commission and Access Copyright. The Writers’ Trust of Canada Awards. Apparently, some of us believe that these things sprang unbidden from a naturally generous culture, and will always be with us. But they exist thanks mainly to the sustained creative efforts and constant vigilance of The Writers’ Union of Canada. We owe. We owe those who have gone before us, and we owe those who will come after.
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Betty Carol Keller
Betty C. Keller was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1930. She studied at UBC earning a degree in English and Drama. She also holds a Teaching Certificate. She taught English and Drama in secondary schools from 1962 to 1975. She was a faculty associate at SFU 1975-76 and 1978-79. She was a sessional lecturer in the UBC Creative Writing Department 1981-82 and 1985. She was a teacher of English in a Women's Teachers College in Nigeria in 1977-78. She is the founder and producer of Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts 1983-1994. Presently she is a mentor to 17 writers.
