Events
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Past events
Lawn Chair Soirée Publications Party
1444 Union Avenue, Montreal
Sheila will be reading from her Out of Bounds short story collection.
Reading from Out of Bounds
Kola Writers Association · 2741 Notre-Dame Street West, Montreal
Sheila will be reading from Out of Bounds at the Kola Association readings event.
Out of Bounds book launch
Paragraph Bookstore · 2220 McGill College Avenue, Montreal
Sheila launches her latest book, Out of Bounds.
Montreal Lakeshore University Women’s Club
3350 Sources Blvd, Pointe-Claire
Drawing on her research in India, Sheila talked about how enterprising women with little or no education have graduated from small microcredit loans to start a bank, a dairy and an embroidery company.
University of Pennsylvania Microfinance Conference
Huntsman Hall, Wharton School, Philadelphia
On a panel, Sheila talked about the empowerment of grassroots Indian women who are creating independent cooperatives and pushing for social justice.
National Business Book Award
Toronto
Sheila was a finalist for the National Business Book Award for Saris on Scooters.
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
Holiday Inn, 99 Viger Street, Montreal
Sheila talked about India from the outside with writers Clark Blaise and Merrily Weisbord, with host Deborah Baker.
Westmount Public Library
4574 Sherbrooke Street West, Westmount
She spoke about Saris on Scooters – How Microcredit is Changing Village India.
University Women’s Club of Montreal
Atwater Club, 3505 Atwater, Montreal
Sheila talked about how microcredit in India is promoting an exciting new financial literacy, with photographs.
Salon du livre de Montréal
Place Bonaventure, Montreal
Sheila signed copies of Saris en scooter – La révolution du microcrédit dans l’Inde des villages.