Winnie Yeung
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Winnie Yeung is a Canadian school teacher and writer who co-wrote Homes: A Refugee Story with high school student Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/abu-bakr-al-rabeeah-teenage-refugee-from-syria-tells-his-story-with-help-from-his-teacher-winnie-yeung-1.4867358 "Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, teenage refugee from Syria, tells his story with help from his teacher Winnie Yeung"]. CBC Books, January 31, 2019.
Teaching
In 2010, Iraqi student Al-Rabeeah moved with his family to Homs, Syria, but they were soon forced to move again due to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-teacher-helps-refugee-tell-his-story-1.3648648 "Edmonton teacher helps refugee tell his story"]. CBC News Edmonton, June 23, 2016. He and his family moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 2014, where Yeung was his English as a second language teacher.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/12/abu-bakr-al-rabeeah-syrian-teen-refugee-book "The Syrian boy who wrote his life story – with the help of his Canadian teacher"]. The Guardian, May 12, 2018. She encouraged him to tell his own life stories as a way to practice English and began recording them.
''Homes''
The co-authored memoir was self-published in 2016, before being picked up for commercial republication by Freehand Books in 2018.[https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/05/12/teenage-syrian-refugee-teams-up-with-edmonton-teacher-to-tell-his-story-in-new-book.html "Teenage Syrian refugee teams up with Edmonton teacher to tell his story in new book"]. StarMetro Edmonton, May 12, 2018.
It was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards,[https://globalnews.ca/news/4522484/edmonton-refugee-teacher-shortlist-governor-general-literary-award/ "Edmonton refugee, teacher on shortlist for Governor General’s Literary Award"]. Global Edmonton, October 5, 2018. and for the 2019 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-books-about-masculinity-energy-projects-among-shaughnessy-cohen-prize/ "Books about masculinity, energy projects among Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists"]. The Globe and Mail, April 3, 2019. It was selected for the 2019 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Chuck Comeau.[https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/01/31/chuck-comeau-joe-zee-lisa-ray-take-on-canada-reads-battle-of-the-books/ "Chuck Comeau, Joe Zee, Lisa Ray take on Canada Reads battle of the books"]. CityNews, January 31, 2019.
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Category:Writers from Edmonton
Category:21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:21st-century Canadian women educators
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