Sheila Baxter

Sheila Baxter (born 1933) is an anti-poverty activist who has written several books about poverty and mental illness in Canada.

Life

She became active in the anti-poverty movement in Quebec, Canada in 1970. Baxter also co-founded Chez Doris, a drop-in centre for women living on the streets of Montreal,^[1] and has more recently been active in Vancouver, British Columbia as a counsellor and welfare advocate at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.^[2] Baxter is a poet, educator and author of five books on poverty and homelessness, and is currently active with the Vancouver City-Wide Housing Coalition.^[1][3]

She read at the Vancouver Public Library.^[4][5]

Awards

• VanCity Book Prize ^[6]

Works

• No Way to Live: Poor Women Speak Out (New Star Press, 1988) (Photos: Lori Gabrielson)
• Under the Viaduct: Homeless in Beautiful B.C. (New Star Press, 1991)
• A Child is Not a Toy: Voices of Children in Poverty (New Star Press, 1993)
• Still Raising Hell: Poverty, Activism and Other True Stories (Press Gang Publishers, 1997)
• Death in a Dumpster: A Passion Play for the Homeless (Lazara Press, 2006)

References

1. ABCBookWorld
2. Lazara Press, a progressive publishing house in Vancouver, Canada » Sheila Baxter
3. Sheila Baxter | Authors | New Star Books Publisher, Vancouver British Columbia Canada, Newstarbooks, catalogue
4. Ruth Ozeki and Sheila Baxter Both at the Library
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20080708211704/http://www.beyondrobson.com/theatre/2007/05/sheila_baxter_at_the_library_tonight/. Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20081013065106/http://www.bcbookworld.com/vancity/sheilabaxter.html. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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