Sara Minogue, freelance writer
Sara Minogue worked as a reporter in Iqaluit from 2004 to 2013. She moved to Yellowknife in 2013 where she was a reporter and producer with CBC North until 2018. Find more northern book reviews on her blog, Northreads. Send thoughts or suggestions to saraminogue@gmail.com.
Latest from Sara Minogue, freelance writer
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Investigation into sled dog slaughter also an amazing historical record
Sara Minogue reviews the reports of the Qikiqtani Truth Commission, which investigated whether the RCMP deliberately killed sled dogs in the Eastern Arctic. She says they also provide a history of housing, policing, health care and relocations during that era.
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Blog
Dave Bidini's book about Yellowknife is a good read, with too many typos
Unlike her fellow book club members, Sara Minogue writes that she enjoyed Bidini's book Midnight Light, but acknowledges its shortcomings.
Canada -North |
Blog
Hugh Brody nailed white-Inuit relations in 1975 book — little has changed since
Sara Minogue reviews Hugh Brody's book The People's Land, from 1975, comparing it to a more modern publication — a recent Facebook post that went viral, titled 'Dear white people.'
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