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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="">Influential journal
of feminist theory and innovative writing now available online
open access</span></b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">The late <a
href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010928"
target="_blank">Professor Barbara Godard</a> of </span><span
style="">York</span><span style=""> </span><span style="">University</span><span
style="">, elected to the Order of </span><span style="">Canada</span><span
style=""> in 2010, left the feminist scholarly community with an
outstanding parting gift.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">As one of the founding
editors, Professor Godard secured the approval and the means to
enable all 21 years of Tessera to be available online without
access restrictions. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Tessera is an
influential scholarly journal which published feminist theory
and innovative writing by Canadian and Quebecois women. Some of
the nation's most important feminist writers were published by
the journal, including Nicole Brossard, Louky Bersianik, Louise
Cotnoir, Linda Hutcheon, Daphne Marlatt and Marlene Nourbese
Philip among others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><a
href="http://www.yorku.ca/tessera" target="_blank">Tessera</a>
is hosted by the York University Libraries using <a
href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs">Open Journal Systems</a>
software.<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">For more information
see: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=16191">http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=16191</a></span></p>
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Andrea Kosavic
Digital Initiatives Librarian, York University Libraries
Scott Library, 4700 Keele St. Room 105H, Toronto ON M3J 1P3
Phone: 416-736-2100 x 20459, Fax: 416-736-5430
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yorku.ca/akosavic/">http://www.yorku.ca/akosavic/</a></pre>
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