The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is the national organization of professionally published writers. TWUC was founded in 1973 to work with governments...
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financial support to Canadian writers. Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence, and David Young; the Writers' Trust celebrating...
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Writers' Union may refer to the following organizations: Writers Union of Armenia Azerbaijani Writers Union Writers' Union of Canada Chinese Writers Union...
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The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) is a trade union representing professional writers working in film, television, radio, and digital media production in...
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Graeme Gibson (category 20th-century Canadian male writers)
Canadian novelist. He was a Member of the Order of Canada (1992), a Senior Fellow of Massey College and one of the organizers of the Writers Union of...
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List of Canadian women writers in French List of Quebec writers List of French Canadian writers from outside Quebec List of famous Canadians Lists of authors...
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Joanne Arnott (category Canadian children's writers)
groups in Canada throughout the 1990s. She has served on The Writers Union of Canada National Council (2009), The Writers Trust of Canada Authors Committee...
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called Upper Canada and Lower Canada. These two colonies were collectively named the Canadas until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841....
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Poetry. From 2014-2015, he was the Canadian Writer-in-Residence with the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program, and in 2022, he was the...
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Genni Gunn (category 20th-century Canadian women writers)
University of British Columbia. She is chair of Public Lending Rights, a member of The Writers' Union of Canada and the Literary Translators' Association of Canada...
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Waterproofers) Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Writers Guild of America, East Inc. (WGAE) International Brotherhood of Teamsters Graphic Communications...
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Ajmer Rode (category Canadian writers of Asian descent)
active member of the Writers' Union of Canada, Ajmer Rode was on its national council in 1994 and later chaired its Racial Minority Writers Committee; Currently...
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Hal Niedzviecki (category 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers)
CBC Radio One. In 2017, Niedzviecki wrote a piece for Write, the Writers' Union of Canada magazine, where he wrote: "In my opinion, anyone, anywhere, should...
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Marian Engel (category Canadian children's writers)
was a Canadian novelist and a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada. Her most famous and controversial novel was Bear (1976), a tale of erotic...
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for The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone and in 1997 for Last Seen. A founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada, he served on the executive board...
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Sylvia Fraser (category 20th-century Canadian women writers)
of the Writers' Union of Canada and for many years was on the executive of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a charitable organization for the support of...
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"PC Number: 2022-1219". Canada.ca. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-12-31. Writers' Union of Canada (3 October 2018). "Canada's Writers Welcome Copyright Term...
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Brian Brett (category 20th-century Canadian male writers)
workshops across Canada. Brett was a member of P.E.N. International and the Federation of BC Writers, and the Writers' Union of Canada. He embarked on...
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Jane Rule (category American expatriate writers in Canada)
served on the executive of the Writers' Union of Canada. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Jane Vance Rule was the oldest daughter of Carlotta Jane Hink-Packer...
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of the strike. The Australian Writers' Guild, Writers Guild of Canada, Screenwriters Guild of Israel, the Writers Guild of Ireland, and the Writers Guild...
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Kati Rekai (category Canadian children's writers)
– via ProQuest. Who's who in the Writers' Union of Canada : a directory of members. Ontario: Writers' Union of Canada. 1993. p. 270. ISBN 9780969079637...
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Susan Swan (category Members of the Order of Canada)
Order of Canada in June 2023. She was chair of the Writers' Union of Canada (2007–2008) and brought in a new benefits deal for Canadian writers. She is...
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Rhea Tregebov (category Canadian children's writers)
Chair of The Writers' Union of Canada. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tregebov attended the University of Manitoba, Cornell...
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Maggie Siggins (category Governor General's Award–winning non-fiction writers)
mini-series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She is also the former chair of the Writers' Union of Canada. Siggins, Maggie (1985). A Canadian Tragedy:...
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Heather Robertson (category 20th-century Canadian women writers)
in 2010. She was a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada and the Professional Writers Association of Canada, and launched the Robertson v Thomson...
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Sean Cassidy (category Canadian illustrators)
two years as vice president. He is also a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, the CCBC (Canadian Children's Book Centre), and IBBY (International...
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This is a list of trade unions in Canada, broken down by affiliation. Air Canada Pilots Association Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio...
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Marsha Skrypuch (category Canadian children's writers)
website Writers' Union of Canada Marsha Skrypuch at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP.org) IBBY Canada interview...
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Hélène Boudreau (category Canadian children's writers)
Publishing, 2013) Boudreau, Helene. "Members' Pages". Writers& Writing. The Writers' Union of Canada. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved...
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William Deverell (category Canadian crime fiction writers)
University of Victoria. In 1994, he served as chair of the Writers' Union of Canada, and again in 1999, and has been named a Life Member of that Union. He is...
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