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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>
      <span style=""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">The late <a
href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&amp;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&nbsp;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:&nbsp; <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>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
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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