Young people today are growing up in a world filled with big challenges and they’re not immune to the impacts. How can educators and caregivers help kids engage with these issues in meaningful, age-appropriate ways? In this free FOLD Kids Book Fest evening panel, streamed live on YouTube, authors Gord Hill, Charlene Rocha, and Uma Krishnaswami discuss why it’s essential to bring real-world conversations into the home and the classroom. Together, they’ll explore how their books tackle pressing issues, share strategies for guiding difficult discussions, and offer ideas for empowering students to take small but impactful actions in their own communities. This conversation will be moderated by Alyssa Gray-Tyghter.
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Gord Hill is an Indigenous writer, artist and activist of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation.
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Uma Krishnaswami has been writing for young readers since the last century.
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Charlene Rocha is an activist and software engineering student at the University of Waterloo.
Sheetal Sheth
Participants from the writing workshops are invited to present their creations like a FOLD Kids Book Fest author!
Author Sheetal Sheth (Anjali Can!) presents a fun, hands-on writing workshop.
Patrick de Belen
Poet Patrick de Belen leads tweens and teens in a spoken word writing workshop.