{"id":6741,"date":"2017-11-30T10:02:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=6741"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:07:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:07:38","slug":"public-invited-to-launch-of-new-book-detailing-the-life-of-educator-and-tv-producer-vera-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2017\/public-invited-to-launch-of-new-book-detailing-the-life-of-educator-and-tv-producer-vera-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Public invited to launch of new book detailing the life of educator and TV producer Vera Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

SIMCOE, ON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The public is invited to a celebration for a new book detailing the life of Dr. Vera Good, a pioneering educator and television producer from Waterloo County.<\/p>\n

Good and author Nancy Silcox will be on hand to launch\u00a0The Exceptional Vera Good: A Life Beyond the Polka Dot Door<\/em>\u00a0on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 2:00 PM. The launch will take place in the party room at Norview Lodge Retirement Home in Simcoe, ON (44 Rob Blake Way). All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n

Published by CMU Press,\u00a0The Exceptional Vera Good<\/em>\u00a0traces Good\u2019s life from her upbringing in an Old Order Mennonite family to her successful career as an executive producer of children\u2019s programming for TVOntario from 1965 to 1981.<\/p>\n

\"Vera<\/a>
Nancy Silcox (right) has written a book about Vera Good (left), an award-winning TV producer and accomplished educator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cVera was a groundbreaker,\u201d says Silcox, an award-winning writer who has penned a dozen books. \u201cShe climbed the ladder both educationally and professionally when there were no other women there, and she didn\u2019t have an easy time of it, either. She is truly a remarkable person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good laid the conceptual design and was the first executive producer for\u00a0Polka Dot Door<\/em>, an educational TV series for children that aired every weekday from the fall of 1971 until the show\u2019s cancellation in 1993.<\/p>\n

In recognition of her work on the show, Good received a Gemini Award in 2010 as part of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television\u2019s MasterWorks program, which honours culturally significant works.<\/p>\n

Prior to her work in television, Good was highly regarded as an innovative educator.<\/p>\n

She holds a PhD from Columbia University in New York City, and she was one of the first female principals in the Toronto school system. She was also the first female Inspector of Schools in Ontario.<\/p>\n

Good resides at the retirement home where the book launch will take place. Aside from the fact that she is now blind, she is in excellent health. The launch will double as a celebration for her 102nd<\/sup>\u00a0birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cVera is excited about the launch, and so am I,\u201d says Silcox, who became close to Good during the 18 months she spent researching and writing the book. \u201cI consider myself most fortunate to have been given the chance to tell this story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone planning to attend the book launch is asked to RSVP to Silcox by emailing silcox@cwisp.ca or phoning 519-662-9303.<\/p>\n

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About CMU Press
\n<\/strong>CMU Press is an academic publisher of scholarly, reference, and general interest books at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg, MB. Books from CMU Press address and inform interests and issues vital to the university, its constituency, and society. Areas of specialization include Mennonite studies, and works that are church-oriented or theologically engaged.<\/em><\/p>\n

For information about CMU Press, visit: <\/em>www.cmu.ca\/cmupress<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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About CMU
\n<\/strong><\/em>A Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, CMU\u2019s Shaftesbury campus offers undergraduate degrees in arts, business, humanities, music, sciences, and social sciences, as well as\u00a0graduate degrees in theology,\u00a0ministry, peacebuilding and collaborative development, and an MBA. CMU has over 900 full-time equivalent\u00a0students, including those enrolled in degree programs at the Shaftesbury and Menno Simons College campuses and in its Outtatown certificate program.<\/em><\/p>\n

For information about CMU visit\u00a0www.cmu.ca<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

For additional information, please contact:
\nKevin Kilbrei, Director of Communications & Marketing
\nkkilbrei@cmu.ca; 204.487.3300 Ext. 621
\nCanadian Mennonite University
\n500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, MB\u00a0 R3P 2N2<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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