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wp-image-9303 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/dobson-book-cover-400x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/dobson-book-cover-400x618.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/dobson-book-cover-300x463.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/dobson-book-cover.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Title:<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Punching-Kicking-Leaving-Toughest-Neighbourhood\/dp\/1550655000\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1539718256&sr=8-3&keywords=punching+kicking\">Punching and Kicking: Leaving Canada\u2019s Toughest Neighbourhood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Published by:<\/em> V\u00e9hicule Press\u00a0(Biography & Autobiography), 2018<\/p>\n<p>People don\u2019t leave the Point, even if they move far away. Or at least that\u2019s how it seems to journalist Kathy Dobson. Growing up in the 1970s in Point St. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal, she sees how people get trapped in the neighbourhood. In this sequel to the highly praised\u00a0<em>With a Closed Fist<\/em>, Dobson shares her journey of trying to escape from what was once described as the toughest neighbourhood in Canada. Kathy and her five sisters, raised by their single mother, deal with slum landlords, \u201cpervy uncles,\u201d and their father\u2014a mostly absent police officer who does occasional work on the side for the local mob. As Kathy grows up and starts attending college outside the Point, she has to learn how to survive in a new environment where problems aren\u2019t solved by a good punch to the head.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vehiculepress.com\/1-review.php?EAN=9781550655001\">Reviews<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a place between the profound and the profane, lives a raw, unapologetic, and funny voice of Kathy Dobson. In an honest and harrowing account of poverty, she tells a powerful story of resilience of a girl turned woman.\u201d\u2014Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair,\u00a0<em>Carleton University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our early-years\u2014our environment, experiences and relationships\u2014that makes us who we are. The world needs more story-tellers and story-listeners like Kathy Dobson.\u201d\u2014Gwen Phillips, BCFNDGI<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9302\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/dobson-kathy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"352\" \/>Kathy Dobson<\/strong>\u00a0is the author of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Closed-Fist-Growing-Toughest-Neighbourhood\/dp\/1550653237\">With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canada\u2019s Toughest Neighbourhood<\/a><\/em> (2011). Her work as a journalist has appeared in\u00a0<em>The Globe and Mail, National Post<\/em>, and on CBC Radio. She is a Vanier Scholar and doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.<\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">The book is available for sale during the launch for $25, cash, cheque or credit card.<\/span> All author royalties from the sale of a book go to <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saintcolumbahouse.org\/\">Saint Columba House<\/a><\/em><em>, a non-profit social service agency in Point St. Charles that has a long history of engagement in the work of social change to address social and economic injustice through actions, community engagement, and advocacy. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The event is co-hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/\">the Faculty of Public Affairs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/\">School of Journalism and Communication<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vehiculepress.com\/\">V\u00e9hicule Press<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/\">the ALiGN Media Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n","contact_name":"","contact_email":"alignmedialab@gmail.com","contact_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu-events\/9301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu-events"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=9301"},{"taxonomy":"event-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-audience?post=9301"},{"taxonomy":"event-featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-featured?post=9301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}