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Marie Riley was born and brought up in Nova Scotia. After graduating from Mount Saint Vincent and Carleton Universities she worked as a journalist for the Calgary Herald and for the Canadian Press news agency in Ottawa. In 1970 she went to West Africa with CUSO where she taught at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and the University of Ghana. Following graduate work at Simon Fraser University, she taught in the public relations program at the Mount until her retirement in 2008.
Righting the Wrongs: Gus Wedderburn's Quest for Social Justice in Nova ScotiaMarie RileyNonfiction: Biography, Nova Scotia, Black History This is the story of H.A.J. (Gus) Wedderburn, a vocal crusader for the rights of the disadvantaged at a time when discrimination in education, employment and housing was the status quo. Order this book from:
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