Sheila Baxter

Sheila Baxter (born 1933) is a Canadian anti-poverty activist who has written several books about poverty and mental illness in Canada.

Life

Baxter became active in the anti-poverty movement in Quebec, Canada in 1970. Baxter also co-founded Chez Doris, a drop-in centre for women living on the streets of Montreal,[1] and has more recently been active in Vancouver, British Columbia as a counsellor and welfare advocate at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.[2] Baxter is a poet, educator and author of five books on poverty and homelessness, and is currently active with the Vancouver City-Wide Housing Coalition.[1][3]

She read at the Vancouver Public Library.[4][5]

Awards
  • VanCity Book Prize [6]

Works
  • No Way to Live: Poor Women Speak Out (New Star Press, 1988) (Photos: Lori Gabrielson)
  • Under the Viaduct: Homeless in Beautiful B.C. (New Star Press, 1991)
  • A Child is Not a Toy: Voices of Children in Poverty (New Star Press, 1993)
  • Still Raising Hell: Poverty, Activism and Other True Stories (Press Gang Publishers, 1997)
  • Death in a Dumpster: A Passion Play for the Homeless (Lazara Press, 2006)

References
  1. ABCBookWorld
  2. Lazara Press, a progressive publishing house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ยป Sheila Baxter
  3. Sheila Baxter | Authors | New Star Books Publisher, Vancouver British Columbia Canada, Newstarbooks, catalogue
  4. Ruth Ozeki and Sheila Baxter Both at the Library
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20080708211704/http://www.beyondrobson.com/theatre/2007/05/sheila_baxter_at_the_library_tonight/. Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20081013065106/http://www.bcbookworld.com/vancity/sheilabaxter.html. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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