JENNIFER DANCE

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Award-winning Canadian author and playwright Jennifer Dance has a passion for justice and equality.  

Her Civil Rights era musical, DANDELIONS IN THE WIND, addresses black-white racism and is based in part on her own life story. 

The three books of her White Feather Collection - RED WOLF, PAINT and HAWK  address the issue of racism, both past and present, against Indigenous people in North America. These novels are fiction, but they present the truth in a way that creates compassion and understanding, joining the dots between the colonial policies of the past and the rift of mistrust that still exists. They open the door to reconciliation.  

These words spoken by Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, compel us ALL to become involved with reconciliation. But as non-natives 

how can we reconcile, or make something right, if we don’t know what’s wrong?

Armed with the truth, Jennifer believes that today's youth will stand up for justice and equality, and lead us to reconciliation.

Jennifer Dance was awarded the 2016 Ontario Senior Achievement Award, for making a significant contribution through her writing and presentations in the schools and community. Jennifer was also honoured to be nominated as a Woman of Excellence in the J.S. Woodsworth Awards for Human Rights and Equity. 

During Black History month of 2017, Jennifer was thrilled to bring her civil rights era musical to the Toronto Stage. It is her dream to see DANDELIONS IN THE WIND used across Canada as part of school teaching on anti-racism.