Alexandra Shimo

Alexandra Shimo is a Canadian writer, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards as cowriter of Edmund Metatawabin's memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History. The book became a national bestseller, and was named one of the best books of 2014 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Hill Times and Quill and Quire. In February 2015, it was named one of the winners of the CBC's Bookie Awards.

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• Up ghost river by edmund metatawabin with alexandra shimo
• Edmund metatawabin with alexandra shimo up ghost river knopf canada
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In 2016, Shimo published Invisible North: The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve. Based on first person reportage of the four months Shimo lived in Kashechewan First Nation reserve in northern Ontario, the book was a call for justice on Canadian reserves. [1] The book was listed as one of the best books for 2016 by The Globe and Mail [2], the CBC [3], the Hill Times [4]. It was longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize [5], and a finalist for the BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. [6].

A freelance journalist who has contributed to the Toronto Star, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Maclean's, the National Post, The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life, she is also the author of The Environment Equation: 100 Factors That Can Add to or Subtract From Your Total Carbon Footprint.

An out lesbian, she is the partner of activist Lia Grimanis. She also serves on the advisory board of Grimanis' charitable organization Up With Women.