The program is led by a steering committee composed of Indigenous Elders, educators, artists, and storytellers, and is working with eight partner publishers across Atlantic Canada.
A Nova Scotia author who has adapted her film about a young transgender woman finding acceptance in her rural hometown says using sensitivity readers opened her eyes to a better version of the story.
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