Brooks, Toby

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Brooks, Toby

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        1936-

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        Toby Brooks trained as a social worker and moved from U.S. to Ottawa in 1970 along with her husband, David Brooks. She was a staff member of the Ottawa Interval House, an early transition house for battered women in the 1970s and 1980s. She was involved in the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses during the 1980s. She wrote a book about the poet Pat Lowther entitled "Pat Lowther's continent : her life and work" that was published in 2000.
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        Toby Brooks a suivi une formation d'assistante sociale et a quitté les États-Unis pour s'installer à Ottawa en 1970 avec son mari, David Brooks. Dans les années 1970 et 1980, elle a fait partie du personnel de l'Ottawa Interval House, une des premières maisons de transition pour femmes battues. Elle s'est impliquée dans l'Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses au cours des années 1980. Elle a écrit un livre sur la poétesse Pat Lowther intitulé "Pat Lowther's continent : her life and work" (Le continent de Pat Lowther : sa vie et son œuvre) qui a été publié en 2000.

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