Published Authors
Interview with Alan Neal, All in A Day (CBC Radio Ottawa) 7 June 2021
Hello again Nancy and Dan,Thank you for talking to us on the show about your book and experience.Here is a link to the interview: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92-all-in-a-day/clip/15848072-former-employees-residential-school-saw-schoolThanks again and I hope you enjoy the rest of the week.
Opinion in 4 June 2021 Globe and Mail by Nancy Dyson
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-we-witnessed-the-cruelty-of-residential-schools-as-child-care-workers/
Review of Book: BC BookLook
Residential school misery What two childcare workers witnesssed at an Indigenous school residence 51 years ago. May 17th, 2021 Entrance to St. Michael’s Residential School, Alert Bay, B.C., 1970. Photography by Anthony Carter. (COURTESY: UBC MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, A037992) The newly-wed couple were hired…
Ronsdale Press to Publish New Book by Dyson and Rubenstein in September 2020
In 1970, the authors, Nancy Dyson and Dan Rubenstein, were hired as childcare workers at the Alert Bay Student Residence (formerly St. Michael’s Indian Residential School) off northern Vancouver Island. Shocked when Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their families, punished for speaking their…
Friends Journal Praises A “…Well‐researched cliffhanger…”
Railroad of Courage By Dan Rubenstein and Nancy Dyson. Ronsdale Press, 2017. 162 pages. $11.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams on December 1, 2018 in the Friends Journal. Against the stark reality of slavery on a South Carolina plantation…
Railroad of Courage Selected for the 2018 list of Best Books for Kids & Teens
See the selection at: http://bestbooks.bookcentre.ca/#/search/railroad%2520of%2520courage
Post on North Country Public Radio about Railroad of Courage
North Country Public Radio posted this notice under Regional News: Books: “Railroad of Courage”Post by Todd Moe (Weekday Morning Host and Producer) , in Canton, NY Cover detail: Railroad of Courage, Dan Rubenstein and Nancy Dyson, Ronsdale Press, 2017 Feb 07, 2018 — A…
Authors Make Black History Presentation to 750 Students at Ashbury College, 12 February 2018
Posting from Ashbury Week, 15 February 2018 “Often four-day weeks are even busier than usual, and this week was no exception. We started Monday’s assembly with an informative talk given by authors of the Railroad of Courage, Ms. Dyson and Mr. Rubenstein. Acknowledging that…