It is a very exciting day for Sooke resident Wendy Morton, as she was appointed to the Order of British Columbia, the provinceB次元官网网址檚 highest form of recognition.

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Morton is a nationally-recognized poet who has made an outstanding impact on the Indigenous community, working with students, teaching them to be ports as well and helping communities build bridges between inter-generational gaps.

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She also started the Random Acts of Poetry movement which encourages poets across Canada to read poems to strangers and give them books.

Her work and activism is now appreciated in many countries including Canada, England, Scotland Ireland and Northern Ireland, and The Elder Project is recognized by B.C. English Language Teachers in their 2015 Aboriginal education issue.

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