Catharine Dixon
Encyclopedia
Catharine Dixon is a Canadian
journalist
and author
of non-fiction books.
A resident of Elliot Lake, Ontario
for almost fifty years, in the 1970s, Dixon worked as a reporter for the Sault Star
newspaper
in Sault Ste. Marie
. The author of several short stories
, her 1996 book The Power and the Promise is a historical reference for the city of Elliot Lake.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of non-fiction books.
A resident of Elliot Lake, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
for almost fifty years, in the 1970s, Dixon worked as a reporter for the Sault Star
Sault Star
The Sault Star is a daily newspaper in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and owned my Sun Media.The northern newspaper has a current daily subscription of over 20,000 households to the Sault Ste. Marie area and Algoma District....
newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...
. The author of several short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
, her 1996 book The Power and the Promise is a historical reference for the city of Elliot Lake.
External links
- Catharine Dixon book referencing website
- Catharine Dixon fonds at Laurentian UniversityLaurentian UniversityLaurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....
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