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Rosalie Avigdor

Rosalie Avigdor is a published author of Dear Bubby With Love. This book of letters from a Grandmother to Granddaughter shows the deterioration of one suffering from Alzheimer Disease. This book was published in Toronto and Montreal and the CD of this book, soon to be released, features Anik Matern and the rest of the Dynamic Theatre Factory actors.

Rosalie was the co-ordinator of the Alzheimer Society, West End and a member of the Advisory Committee of the CLSC Caregiver Support Centre. She has chaired many committees in the past, has been featured in the Toronto Globe and Mail and in many books and articles on caregiving. Her studies were in gerontology and she did an internship program at the Senior Centre in Montreal.

Rosalie is a former executive member of the Canadian Authors Association, Montreal Branch. co-founder, Vice President and Co-ordinator of the Canadian Writers Society. More recently she was on the Kevin and Trudie Show, CJAD, with reference to her forthcoming book of interviews concerning adoption. She is presently working on a book of poetry, co-writing a mystery novel with Joseph Richard Mannella and guest speaking to different groups concerning her works.