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Leslie Gavel

Freelance contributor

Leslie Gavel is the author of Dropout: How School is Failing Our Kids and What We Can Do About It. Her work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Canadian Living, Today's Parent, Avenue as well as several Canadian and American newspapers.

    Latest from Leslie Gavel

    First Person

    I love my hometown and I'm sick of people calling it 'a hole'

    Leslie Gavel says she is irritated when people insult her hometown of Regina. She says no one should have to apologize for where they live or have lived.
    Canada Saskatchewan
    First Person

    I wish my kids had my name

    Women have made strides in many arenas and now it’s time for this automatic assumption of husband’s and father’s names to be rethought, says Calgary writer Leslie Gavel.
    Canada Calgary

    OPINION | The trouble with high school streaming

    Streaming recreates social inequality, providing fertile ground for discrimination against poor students, as well as Black and Indigenous students. It’s systemic racism (and classism), pure and simple, says Leslie Gavel.
    Canada Calgary