The Writers' Collective

FINDING YOUR VOICE

A free writing group for newcomers to Canada. An 8-week creative writing program for New Canadians that builds intercultural communications and writing skills. The group will discuss access to writing and publishing resources, provide an opportunity for networking, and help you build your writing, editing and storytelling skills. Sessions will be moderated by Janine LeGal (Writers Collective Member), writer and human rights activist and co-moderator Alan Balingit, journalist and new Canadian.

Basic English writing skills are necessary. This is not an English …

so here we are again with another guest blogger, please welcome the always insightful janine le gal. janine is a journalist and one of the founding members of the writers collective! we begged for some of her precious time to give us a glimpse of how she feels about writing during this, the writers collective commemorative tenth year. so glad she obliged us…

The Voice, the Words, the Power

By Janine LeGal

As a teenager in the early 80s, my fantasy job was to do …