{"id":10935,"date":"2019-03-26T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/eveiller-limagination-des-enfants\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:58:39","slug":"eveiller-limagination-des-enfants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/eveiller-limagination-des-enfants\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparking Imagination in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>The Morrin Centre&#8217;s tenth annual writers\u2019 festival brings stories to life in schools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From&nbsp;<strong>April 2 to 7,&nbsp;2019<\/strong>, the Morrin Centre will be celebrating its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/events\/imagination-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tenth annual Imagination writers\u2019 festival<\/a>. Twenty-six authors will travel\nfrom coast to coast to share their stories, ideas, and imagination with\naudiences of all ages. In addition to the events being held at the Morrin\nCentre, the festival\u2019s programming this year includes <strong>24 activities outside its walls<\/strong>,in elementary and high schools, as well as at Champlain St.\nLawrence College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheree Fitch, Vikki VanSickle,\nLorina Mapa, Waubgeshig Rice, and Lisa Moore are the authors who will be\ntraveling throughout Quebec City, L\u00e9vis, and Portneuf to meet students in English-speaking\nand French-speaking schools. They will give talks and workshops in English,\noffering teachers and their classes the opportunity to connect with these\nauthors in the context of their mother tongue or in that of their second\nlanguage. In many cases, these intergenerational encounters allow students to\nmeet published writers in the flesh for a first time, and lead to surprising\ndiscussions that reflect their interests. Portneuf Elementary, La petite \u00e9cole\nVision L\u00e9vis, Quebec High School, and the Coll\u00e8ge Saint-Charles-Garnier are\nsome of the schools who have partnered with the Morrin Centre on the occasion\nof Imagination 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the president of the Literary\nand Historical Society of Quebec, Barry Holleman, \u201coutreach and engagement with\nthe community are at the heart of the Morrin Centre\u2019s vision. We want to\ncontinue developing projects with partners in education and offer a variety of\ncultural experiences to young audiences across our region that reflect our\ncountry\u2019s diverse cultural fabric.\u201d Quebec City&#8217;s English-language cultural hub\nworks with teachers and school boards to host activities with writers and\nartists outside its walls all year round. As an example of this, Central Quebec\nSchool Board&#8217;s Performing Arts Festival to be held on March 29 is another event\nfor which the Centre will be bringing writers to Quebec City. On this occasion,\nthe Centre will present workshops with two storytellers on travel writing and\nsong writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A variety of activities exploring\nliteracy, arts, and sciences are put together by the Centre\u2019s Education\nCoordinator Azanie Roy, to allow youth to access cultural programming around\nthe year. The Centre\u2019s children\u2019s programming has expanded considerably since\nSeptember 2018 and now includes coding workshops, a hands-on music series\ntitled It\u2019s Instrumental!, as well as a theatre project with high school\nstudents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Imagination in schools: a short history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education, heritage, and the arts are the three pillars that\nguide the Morrin Centre\u2019s mission. Building on its rich history and the\ninstitutions that shaped it, including the Morrin College (1868-1902), the\nCentre is committed to allowing students of all ages to connect with authors\nand develop a love of reading. The Centre\u2019s programming aims to provide\nhistorical perspective on the region\u2019s unique French-English heritage, develop\nenhanced educational opportunities for youth, and act as a springboard for\nartistic creativity.&nbsp;Writers have been visiting schools\nthrough Imagination every year since the festival\u2019s beginnings in 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the authors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sheree&nbsp;Fitch&nbsp;<\/strong>is a multi-award-winning writer,\nspeaker, educator and the author of over 30 books in a variety of genres. Since\nthe publication of her first book,&nbsp;<em>Toes in My Nose <\/em>in 1987,&nbsp;she\u2019s travelled the\nglobe as a visiting poet ad storyteller, writing instructor&nbsp;and literacy\neducator. A popular presenter at literary festivals, libraries, and\nconferences, Fitch has received the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work\ninspirational to Canadian children and three honorary doctorates for her\ncontribution to Canadian literature and issues affecting women and children.\nShe&nbsp;owns Mabel Murple&#8217;s Book Shoppe and Dreamery, a seasonal&nbsp;book\nshop in rural Nova Scotia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lisa\nMoore<\/strong> has written three collections of short stories,&nbsp;<em>Degrees of Nakedness<\/em>, <em>Open<\/em>, and her most recent\npublication,&nbsp;<em>Something for Everyone<\/em>,&nbsp;which\nwas long-listed for&nbsp;the Scotiabank Giller Prize.&nbsp;She is the author of\nthree novels,&nbsp;<em>Alligator<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>February<\/em>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Caught<\/em>,&nbsp;as well as a stage play\nbased on her novel&nbsp;February.&nbsp;<em>Open<\/em>,\n<em>Caught<\/em>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Alligator<\/em>&nbsp;were short-listed for the\nScotiabank Giller Prize, and&nbsp;<em>February<\/em>&nbsp;was\nlong-listed for the Man Booker Prize and won Canada Reads.&nbsp;Lisa has also\npublished a young adult novel called&nbsp;<em>Flannery<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She selected and\nintroduced&nbsp;<em>The Penguin Book of\nCanadian Contemporary of Women\u2019s Short Stories<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Racket: New Writing Made in Newfoundland<\/em>.&nbsp;She\nwas the co-editor, along with Dede Crane, of&nbsp;<em>Great Expectations: 24 True Stories about Childbirth<\/em>, and\nco-editor, along with Alex Marland, of&nbsp;<em>The\nDemocracy Cookbook,&nbsp;a collection of essays about governance in\nNewfoundland<\/em>.&nbsp;Lisa is an Associate Professor at Memorial\nUniversity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lorina\nMapa<\/strong>\nwas\nborn in Manila in 1970 and at the age of sixteen moved with her family to\nWashington DC. In 1990 she graduated from the Kubert School of Cartoon and\nGraphic Art in New Jersey where she met her artist husband Daniel Shelton\n(creator of the comic strip <em>Ben<\/em>).\nThey have four children and live in Hudson, QC, Canada.&nbsp;Her graphic novel <em>Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos and Me<\/em>\n(\u201ctouching and joyous\u201d \u2013 Publisher\u2019s Weekly; \u201cthe emotion shines through on\nevery page\u201d \u2013 Booklist) has been featured on the CBC and Conde Nast Traveller,\nand nominated by the American Library Association as a Great Graphic Novel for\nTeens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Waubgeshig\nRice<\/strong>\nis an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His first\nshort story collection, <em>Midnight\nSweatlodge<\/em>, was inspired by his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe\ncommunity, and won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012. His debut\nnovel, <em>Legacy<\/em>, followed in 2014. He\ncurrently works as a multi-platform journalist for CBC in Sudbury. In 2014, he\nreceived the Anishinabek Nation\u2019s Debwewin Citation for excellence in First\nNation Storytelling. Waubgeshig now splits his time between Sudbury and\nWasauksing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vikki\nVanSickle<\/strong> is the author of a number of acclaimed novels\nfor children including <em>Words That Start\nWith B<\/em>, <em>Summer Days<\/em>, <em>Starry Nights<\/em>, the award-winning <em>The Winnowing<\/em> and the picture book <em>If I Had a Gryphon<\/em>. Vikki started her\ncareer as a bookseller and she now balances her writing with her job as\nMarketing Director at Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers. She lives in\nToronto with her cat, Barb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival is made possible\nthanks to the support of many partners, including the Government of Canada, the\nCanada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec, and\nthe Entente de d\u00e9veloppement culturel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u2013 30 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For\nquestions and interview requests:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth Perreault<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Development and Communications Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:elizabethperreault@morrin.org\">elizabethperreault@morrin.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrin Centre&#8217;s tenth annual writers\u2019 festival brings stories to life in schools From&nbsp;April 2 to 7,&nbsp;2019, the Morrin Centre will be celebrating its&nbsp;tenth annual Imagination writers\u2019 festival. Twenty-six authors will travel from coast to coast to share their stories, ideas, and imagination with audiences of all ages. In addition to the events being held at the Morrin Centre, the festival\u2019s programming this year includes 24 activities outside its walls,in elementary and high schools, as well as at Champlain St. Lawrence College. Sheree Fitch, Vikki VanSickle, Lorina Mapa, Waubgeshig Rice, and Lisa Moore are the authors who will be traveling throughout Quebec City, L\u00e9vis, and Portneuf to meet students in English-speaking and French-speaking schools. They will give talks and workshops in English, offering teachers and their classes the opportunity to connect with these authors in the context of their mother tongue or in that of their second language. In many cases, these intergenerational encounters allow students to meet published writers in the flesh for a first time, and lead to surprising discussions that reflect their interests. Portneuf Elementary, La petite \u00e9cole Vision L\u00e9vis, Quebec High School, and the Coll\u00e8ge Saint-Charles-Garnier are some of the schools who have partnered with the Morrin Centre on the occasion of Imagination 2019. For the president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Barry Holleman, \u201coutreach and engagement with the community are at the heart of the Morrin Centre\u2019s vision. We want to continue developing projects with partners in education and offer a variety of cultural experiences to young audiences across our region that reflect our country\u2019s diverse cultural fabric.\u201d Quebec City&#8217;s English-language cultural hub works with teachers and school boards to host activities with writers and artists outside its walls all year round. As an example of this, Central Quebec School Board&#8217;s Performing Arts Festival to be held on March 29 is another event for which the Centre will be bringing writers to Quebec City. On this occasion, the Centre will present workshops with two storytellers on travel writing and song writing. A variety of activities exploring literacy, arts, and sciences are put together by the Centre\u2019s Education Coordinator Azanie Roy, to allow youth to access cultural programming around the year. The Centre\u2019s children\u2019s programming has expanded considerably since September 2018 and now includes coding workshops, a hands-on music series titled It\u2019s Instrumental!, as well as a theatre project with high school students. Imagination in schools: a short history Education, heritage, and the arts are the three pillars that guide the Morrin Centre\u2019s mission. Building on its rich history and the institutions that shaped it, including the Morrin College (1868-1902), the Centre is committed to allowing students of all ages to connect with authors and develop a love of reading. The Centre\u2019s programming aims to provide historical perspective on the region\u2019s unique French-English heritage, develop enhanced educational opportunities for youth, and act as a springboard for artistic creativity.&nbsp;Writers have been visiting schools through Imagination every year since the festival\u2019s beginnings in 2010. 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Twenty-six authors will travel from coast to coast to share their stories, ideas, and imagination with audiences of all ages. In addition to the events being held at the Morrin Centre, the festival\u2019s programming this year includes 24 activities outside its walls,in elementary and high schools, as well as at Champlain St. Lawrence College. Sheree Fitch, Vikki VanSickle, Lorina Mapa, Waubgeshig Rice, and Lisa Moore are the authors who will be traveling throughout Quebec City, L\u00e9vis, and Portneuf to meet students in English-speaking and French-speaking schools. They will give talks and workshops in English, offering teachers and their classes the opportunity to connect with these authors in the context of their mother tongue or in that of their second language. In many cases, these intergenerational encounters allow students to meet published writers in the flesh for a first time, and lead to surprising discussions that reflect their interests. Portneuf Elementary, La petite \u00e9cole Vision L\u00e9vis, Quebec High School, and the Coll\u00e8ge Saint-Charles-Garnier are some of the schools who have partnered with the Morrin Centre on the occasion of Imagination 2019. For the president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Barry Holleman, \u201coutreach and engagement with the community are at the heart of the Morrin Centre\u2019s vision. We want to continue developing projects with partners in education and offer a variety of cultural experiences to young audiences across our region that reflect our country\u2019s diverse cultural fabric.\u201d Quebec City&#8217;s English-language cultural hub works with teachers and school boards to host activities with writers and artists outside its walls all year round. As an example of this, Central Quebec School Board&#8217;s Performing Arts Festival to be held on March 29 is another event for which the Centre will be bringing writers to Quebec City. On this occasion, the Centre will present workshops with two storytellers on travel writing and song writing. A variety of activities exploring literacy, arts, and sciences are put together by the Centre\u2019s Education Coordinator Azanie Roy, to allow youth to access cultural programming around the year. The Centre\u2019s children\u2019s programming has expanded considerably since September 2018 and now includes coding workshops, a hands-on music series titled It\u2019s Instrumental!, as well as a theatre project with high school students. Imagination in schools: a short history Education, heritage, and the arts are the three pillars that guide the Morrin Centre\u2019s mission. Building on its rich history and the institutions that shaped it, including the Morrin College (1868-1902), the Centre is committed to allowing students of all ages to connect with authors and develop a love of reading. The Centre\u2019s programming aims to provide historical perspective on the region\u2019s unique French-English heritage, develop enhanced educational opportunities for youth, and act as a springboard for artistic creativity.&nbsp;Writers have been visiting schools through Imagination every year since the festival\u2019s beginnings in 2010. 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Twenty-six authors will travel from coast to coast to share their stories, ideas, and imagination with audiences of all ages. In addition to the events being held at the Morrin Centre, the festival\u2019s programming this year includes 24 activities outside its walls,in elementary and high schools, as well as at Champlain St. Lawrence College. Sheree Fitch, Vikki VanSickle, Lorina Mapa, Waubgeshig Rice, and Lisa Moore are the authors who will be traveling throughout Quebec City, L\u00e9vis, and Portneuf to meet students in English-speaking and French-speaking schools. They will give talks and workshops in English, offering teachers and their classes the opportunity to connect with these authors in the context of their mother tongue or in that of their second language. In many cases, these intergenerational encounters allow students to meet published writers in the flesh for a first time, and lead to surprising discussions that reflect their interests. Portneuf Elementary, La petite \u00e9cole Vision L\u00e9vis, Quebec High School, and the Coll\u00e8ge Saint-Charles-Garnier are some of the schools who have partnered with the Morrin Centre on the occasion of Imagination 2019. For the president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Barry Holleman, \u201coutreach and engagement with the community are at the heart of the Morrin Centre\u2019s vision. We want to continue developing projects with partners in education and offer a variety of cultural experiences to young audiences across our region that reflect our country\u2019s diverse cultural fabric.\u201d Quebec City&#8217;s English-language cultural hub works with teachers and school boards to host activities with writers and artists outside its walls all year round. As an example of this, Central Quebec School Board&#8217;s Performing Arts Festival to be held on March 29 is another event for which the Centre will be bringing writers to Quebec City. On this occasion, the Centre will present workshops with two storytellers on travel writing and song writing. A variety of activities exploring literacy, arts, and sciences are put together by the Centre\u2019s Education Coordinator Azanie Roy, to allow youth to access cultural programming around the year. The Centre\u2019s children\u2019s programming has expanded considerably since September 2018 and now includes coding workshops, a hands-on music series titled It\u2019s Instrumental!, as well as a theatre project with high school students. Imagination in schools: a short history Education, heritage, and the arts are the three pillars that guide the Morrin Centre\u2019s mission. Building on its rich history and the institutions that shaped it, including the Morrin College (1868-1902), the Centre is committed to allowing students of all ages to connect with authors and develop a love of reading. The Centre\u2019s programming aims to provide historical perspective on the region\u2019s unique French-English heritage, develop enhanced educational opportunities for youth, and act as a springboard for artistic creativity.&nbsp;Writers have been visiting schools through Imagination every year since the festival\u2019s beginnings in 2010. 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