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#Ontario should do the right thing. #separateschools #itsabouttime #injustice about 2 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
#separateschools being "protected by the constitution" is not a valid argument for maintaining #injustice. #Slavery was once protected too. about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
@balmeras @NatureRocks I know it Just shaking my head in duh-ness! Psst I'm having my brekky outdoors right now! #playoutside #lovemycoffee about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to balmeras
No religious schools should be funded in #Ontario . It's patently wrong and creates a divided #society. #learntogether #education #fb about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
It's twisted when we need to explain,justify something so basic, so intrinsic as this! "@NatureRocks: Why #playoutside? about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
It's about time de-funding of "separate" schools- ie one preferred religion-hits the front page. This is #Ontario's disgrace. #fb#education about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Yes, coz mine paid for me. We pay it forward "@Todaysparent: Will you pay for your child's #tuition? ow.ly/bfl1X (by @KWoudstra)" about 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
FirstBook RT @atrandom: @BlakeMycoskie + @randomhouse give the first batch of 55,000 books to kids in need with @FirstBook. #StartSomethingThatMatters about 22 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by helainebecker and 1 other
RexHuppke If your parents are cannibals, the "got your nose" game is deadly serious. about 22 hours ago via web Retweeted by helainebecker and 7 others
skylightbooks Look who just won the Orange prize for fiction! And hey, hey, who still has a few signed copies left? THIS GUY.... fb.me/1NZkXg36F about 22 hours ago via Facebook Retweeted by helainebecker
@Edubeat need to get off my butt more like it! about 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to Edubeat
Anyone who thinks govt grants are "free money" has never applied for one. Hardest work ever. #fb #sweatingblood #frickingnitpickyrules about 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Does this grant application really require a sans serif font? Is this new, or was it always in there? If so, I know why I never got a grant. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
The production co I / working w/on future projects just inked this awesome deal for kids content 2 #restaurants #media bit.ly/KZEHFb about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
@PuffinCanada To thank me properly you can sign me. ;) 8:46 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to PuffinCanada
My trainer gave me a new program. It's called "Super Hip." Do you think she's referring to my ilium or to my total cool factor? #fitness #fb 8:45 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
Love this cover: Japanese Edition of Secret Agent Y.O.U. #kidlit #spies #international #publishing #fb yfrog.com/o06nchagj 8:23 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
@stormsy Campbell says we ALL have that fear and it drives #mythology, human nature. Intriguing stuff. Masks of God. #josephcampbell 8:11 AM May 30th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to stormsy
@CherylRainfield @liamodonnell yes let's #riot for Canadian #yalit pyramids in prime positions in #indigo @IndigoTeenBlog @harkinwords 8:02 AM May 30th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to CherylRainfield
@stormsy @UberFacts I've been reading Joseph Campbell. He makes a good case for a universal fear of suffocation/squeezed to death #birth 8:01 AM May 30th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to stormsy

Name Helaine Becker
Location Toronto
Web http://helainebec...
Bio Writer and presenter of award-winning children's fiction & non-fiction. Some science-y, all funny! I tweet education, library & parenting issues, toilet humor.