Pamela McColl
Pamela McColl | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Manitoba |
| Occupations | Author, historian |
Pamela McColl is a Canadian publishing author, best known for publishing a revised version of Twas The Night Before Christmas.
Career
[edit]She is a drug prevention and child rights advocate she has been published in the Birth Institute journal on the smoking cessation and the risks of the use of marijuana in pregnancy.[1][2] She is a director on the advisory council of the national not-for-profit corporation Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada.[3][4] In 2014 she wrote The Pied Piper of Pot: Protecting Youth From the Marijuana Industry and in 2015, she edited the book On Marijuana, a collection of essays and articles from opponents of cannabis legalisation.[5] She is the publisher of seven books, including Pacific Spirit: The Forest Reborn.[6]
McColl's company Grafton and Scratch Publishing published Baby and Me Tobacco Free, which she co-authored with Laurie Adams. It also published Twas The Night Before Christmas, her revised, "smoke-free" version of A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823).[7] In 2023 she wrote Twas the Night - The Art and History of the Classic Christmas Poem that won a silver history award by the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. In 2024 she wrote Wondrous Mrs. Claus - A Pictorial and Literary History of the Christmas Character and What Would Mrs. Claus Do? Where There is a Wish There is a Way.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Quit Smoking During Pregnancy! For A Healthy Mom And Baby" Birth Institute. Retrieved 2014-6-22.
- ↑ "Marijuana And Pregnancy: What Are The Risks?" Birth Institute. Retrieved 2014-6-22.
- ↑ "New Canadian Marijuana Policy Group, Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAMC), Officially Launches in Ottawa on March 4th, 2014."[link removed] Reuters. Retrieved 2014-6-22.
- ↑ "'The Bud Busters': Surrey teens protest marijuana legalization at Vancouver's annual 4/20 event" The Province. Retrieved 2015-4-26.
- ↑ "Andra Smith" University of Ottawa, School of Psychology. Retrieved 2015-4-26.
- ↑ "Re: Endorsement of Pacific Spirit - The Forest Reborn" Retrieved 2014-6-22.
- ↑ "Santa Quits Smoking In New Edition Of Best-Selling Christmas Classic" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-6-22.
External links
[edit]- Twas the Night Before Christmas official site
