News&Events

2024

Gillian Newland and I at the Canadian Children’s Book Award Oct 28/24.

Hope: A Physician’s Journey (Pg 67) https://healcanada.org/heal-canada-digital-magazine/

FINALIST for the TD CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD

https://www.bookcentre.ca/news/2024-shortlists-for-the-ccbc-book-awards

Documentary Short Film by Anne Mueller: Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=849737843678884&rdid=dLHAkYluLlHLiOQh

https://calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-programs/events/litcon/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/first-person-patients-doctors-cancer-1.7159449

2023

https://quillandquire.com/omni/canadas-book-community-shares-their-favourite-young-readers-titles-of-2023/

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Feeling-Generous–It-s-Giving-Tuesday-.html?soid=1102561686303&aid=ALq8DMqQ_D0

https://www.ualberta.ca/giving/ways-to-give/one-time-and-monthly-gifts.html

May 7/23 – Green Papayas Officially Launched!

https://www.cbc.ca/books/10-canadian-books-to-read-during-asian-heritage-month-1.6832758

hhttps://quillandquire.com/review/green-papayas/

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/writing-scholarship-validates-talent-indigenous-mothers

https://writersguild.ca/6th-annual-kemosa-scholarship-winners-announced/

Launch of Green Papayas: May 7th, 2023 2pm Audreys Books, Edmonton, w/ Special Guest author Alison Hughes!

Honoured to be a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal

https://quillandquire.com/omni/2023-spring-preview-books-for-young-people-picture-books/

2022

https://www.selection.ca/reportages/notre-special-75-bonnes-nouvelles/

Reader’s Digest 75th Anniversary Special Edition (November Issue) – “75 Awe-Inspiring Reasons to Smile”

https://www.cbc.ca/books/sheila-heti-wins-25k-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-fiction-1.6652542

https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-young-people-s-literature-illustrated-books-1.6612919

https://www.siwc.ca/presenters/

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/2022-royal-tour/itinerary.html

https://www.clarington-library.on.ca/node/3371

https://library.novascotia.ca/blog/22-04-13/canadian-children%E2%80%99s-book-week-2022

https://www.frye.ca/nhungntran-davies?lang=en

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/things-to-do/things-to-do-february-half-term-2022-8680338

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/05/02/new-provincial-draft-k-6-curriculum-being-finalized-for-2022-23.html

https://writersguild.ca/announcing-the-winners-of-the-5th-annual-kemosa-scholarship-for-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-mothers-who-write/

2021

https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-best-canadian-picture-books-of-2021-1.6293446

https://albertaviews.ca/the-doll/

https://bookcentre.ca/publications/newsletter/december-2021

https://bookweek.ca/book-week-2022-lineup/

https://www.afpedmonton.ca/celebrating-npd-2021/dr-nhung-tran-davies

https://shepherd.com/best-books/to-spark-conversations-between-generations

https://www.cbc.ca/books/forest-of-reading-reveals-chosen-books-for-2021-22-program-students-across-canada-will-choose-the-winners-1.6212037

https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/tale-of-a-touching-gift-passed-on-to-a-new-refugee-family-turns-into-picture-book

https://www.leducrep.com/news/local-news/zyp-art-gallery-and-calmar-art-society-open-annual-youth-art-contest

@ 1:44 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?binId=1.1203428

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/from-refugee-to-doctor-how-the-gift-of-a-doll-changed-one-little-girl-s-life-in-canada-1.5519171

https://thefoldcanada.org/fold-kids-2021-summer-reading-list/

https://quillandquire.com/omni/joy-and-diversity-qqs-summer-reading-guide-for-young-people/

https://mccottawaoffice.wordpress.com/2021/06/17/a-gift-of-welcome/

https://www.cbc.ca/books/23-books-for-kids-and-young-adults-to-celebrate-asian-heritage-month-in-canada-1.6017664

https://vikkivansickle.com/2021/05/13/as-seen-on-ctv-your-morning-10-canadian-kids-books-for-asian-heritage-month/

https://edifyedmonton.com/culture/fiction-essays-reviews/the-keychain/

http://pier21.ca/events/canadas-storytellers-nhung-n-tran-davies-the-doll

https://www.devondispatch.ca/news/local-news/local-author-launches-childrens-book-the-doll

https://www.cbc.ca/books/65-canadian-picture-books-to-check-out-in-spring-2021-1.6002856

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1889192003699

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/children-book-the-doll-1.5997118

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-are-your-kids-home-from-school-here-are-10-books-to-spark-their/

https://www.todayville.com/edmonton/literacy-numeracy-citizenship-and-practical-skills-featured-in-new-alberta-k-6-curriculum

https://thinairkids.ca/writers/

https://pandemicuniversity.com/planning-the-novel/

https://writersguild.ca/winners-of-the-4th-annual-kemosa-scholarship-for-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-mothers-who-write/

2020

https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/news/2020/september/sept-22-tran-davies.html?fbclid=

https://www.facebook.com/ConversationsWithDuneFriends/videos/233059674823607/

https://thinairfestival.ca/user/142/

https://icycanada.com/canada-immigration-top-10-success-immigrant-stories/

https://thinairwinnipeg.ca/writers/nhung-n-tran-davies/

https://chatnewstoday.ca/2020/08/06/watch-lagrange-to-provide-update-on-steps-to-improve-student-learning/

Mother Magazine: Summer Books 2020

For My Family, Remote Learning has been a Failure of Pandemic Proportions

CBC Books: Here are the 2020 Red Maple Award Finalists

https://podcast.pier21.ca/countless-journeys-war-persecution/

Writers Guild: Winners of the 3rd Annual Kemosa Scholarship

Winning Advice – Canadian Immigrant_-_january_2020 pg28-29

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1887854

2019

Ricepaper Magazine: In conversation with Nhung Tran-Davies and Vincent Ternida

https://www.cbc.ca/books/11-canadian-books-for-children-and-young-adults-to-read-to-commemorate-remembrance-day-1.5352650

New Curriculum Panel will help Alberta schools return to essential skills 

11th Annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards: Grey’s Anatomy actor, food-chain entrepreneur and poet-laureate are among this year’s winners

World Refugee Day-Alberta

Zyp Art Gallery Features Two New Artists

2019 Alberta Literary Awards Announced

KBKL Spotlight on Canadians: Nhung Tran-Davies

https://canadianimmigrant.ca/canadas-top-25-immigrants/vote2019

UNHCR Oinion: We Have a Common Responsibility to Fight Anti-Refugee Rhetoric

The Journey to Refugee Sponsorship: Nhung Tran-Davies2019

https://mrgmpls.wordpress.com/2019/02/16/3-takeaways-from-researched-vancouver/

2018

Calmar resident celebrates publishing first two books in 2018

https://A Grain Of Rice by Nhung Tran-Davies tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton fiction bestseller list this week

Alberta author chronicles family’s escape from war-torn Vietnam

Refuge Canada Pier 21: 6 Things You Should See Before It’s Gone

WGA October Member Night — Storytelling: Art Form, Powertool

CBC Books: 13 Canadian Middle Grade Books To Watch For This Fall

Alberta Culture Days: Storytellers In The Park with Nhung Tran-Davies

2nd Annual Kemosa Scholarship For Indigenous, Inuit, and Metis Mothers Who Write

Open Book: How To Make 3000 A Month Writing Children’s Books – A Case for Day Jobs

Pg 15: Giving Voice to Indigenous Mothers Who Write

New Calmar Art Gallery to Honour Legacy of Hank and Tillie Zyp

nhttps://zypgallery.ca/in-honour

Ten Cents A Pound by Nhung Tran-Davies Leads Edmonton Fiction Bestseller List

Finding Refuge Canada

CBC Books: 12 Canadian Picture Books To Look Forward To In The First Half of 2018

2017

UNHCR video: Ripples of Kindness

Catholic Register: From One Refugee Generation To Another 

Church Sponsored Refugee Pays It Forward Will Be Featured In UN Movie 

Canada’s and Canadians’ Humanitarian Tradition

2016

Vietnamese Refugee Pay It Forward Syrian Family

Mennonite World Review: From Refugee to Sponsor – A 40-Year Journey

Publications.iom.int pdf book 65years

2015

The Globe and Mail: Edmonton Doctor A Former Refugee Helps Kids From Her Homeland

2014

Alberta Venture: Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People 2014

Why Nhung Tran-Davies A Mom and A Small Town Family Doctor Is Leading The Fight For Better Math Education

2012

An Author’s Hope for the Future