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Satu Repo
Satu Repo is a Canadian writer, educator, and sociology professor. Biography Satu Repo is of Finnish-Canadian descent. She is the niece of Finnish journalist Eino S. Repo. Repo and George Martell raised three daughters: Identical twins Marya and Sylvia Duckworth and actress Liisa Repo-Martell, an award-winning Canadian actress. In 1966 Repo, Martell, and Bob Davis founded ''"This Magazine Is About Schools"''. In its initial years, the magazine's articles were devoted to both education and politics. After several years the magazine changed its name to simply ''"This Magazine"'', and changed its focus to politics alone. It has been called ''"The most important source of early writing on Canadian alternative education."'' In 1971, Repo edited a 457-page anthology of articles from the magazines first four years. Repo and George Martell were among the founders of Everdale, a rural, residential "Anarchistic free school, free school". Works * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |