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| Teresa Healy |
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Teresa Healy is a singer, a songwriter,
a poet and a writer. She has been singing since she was
a girl around camp-fires and kitchen-ceilighs, at folk-masses
and weddings, in political demonstrations of a few and
rallies of thousands, in pubs in Ireland, at labour schools
in the United States, and on top of mountains in Mexico.
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| Teresa is a member of Ottawa's Writers’
Bloc, a songwriting co-operative. She studies composition
with Michael Leibson. Teresa has sung her songs to a packed
house at the St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser for the Canal
workers’ Memorial, and opened for David Francey on Labour
Day as part of TRIA, along with her sister Anne Healy,
and friend Paula Fletcher. She often can be found singing
traditional Irish songs at events and fundraisers around
the region. |
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In celebration of the 75th anniversary of
the “Person’s Case”, Teresa has written 4 new pieces to
accompany Ruth in the telling of the story of Emily Murphy.
This story explores the contributions this great activist
made to women’s struggles in the early part of the 20th
century. It also brings to light some of the contradictions
of Canadian society during a time when established British
and Irish immigrants began to encounter immigrants from
Central Europe and Asia. |
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| Teresa works for the Canadian Union
of Public Employees as a researcher on national social
and economic issues, and post-secondary education. She
has a doctorate from Carleton University in political
science and has written and taught many courses on issues
of peace, equality and social justice. |
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