Mrs. Dassios
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Gender | Female |
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Industry | Education |
Occupation | Teacher-Librarian |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Introduction | My parents immigrated from Northern Italia, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. I studied French & Education @ University of Toronto, Laval University - Quebec City, Institut Catholique de Paris - France. I speak Italiano, Francais, un poquito Espanol, ke liga Elenika, I used to paddle: The Frenchman's Bay Ladies' Dragonboat Team, love playing tennis and volleyball. I'm very passionate about libraries: books & computers, Canadian illustrators and authors. I recently took up Hockey lessons! I am involved in the Italian Contemporary Film Festival organisation in Toronto. |
Interests | Hockey, Travelling, Reading, Working out, Dragon Boat Racing, Hockey, Tennis, Computer stuff, Shopping, Hockey, Movies, Working out, Bead Works, Canadian Authors & Illustrators, Hockey. |
Favorite Movies | All the Oldie Classics, (am totally addicted to Turner Classic Movie Network), Matrix Trilogy, anything rated 5 stars by LEONARD MALTON, Italian, French, George Clooney, Juliette Binoche, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Catherine Deneuve, Antonio Banderas, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, John Travolta, Michael Douglas. TV - Why is Criminal Minds so intriguing once you get past the creepy crime itself? |
Favorite Music | Pop, Classical, Jazz, Italian, French, Greek |
Favorite Books | Too many for a Librarian to confess... but Canadian kid-lit is up there, Future Shock by Alvin Toffler, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, At the moment, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Skyclimber, The Flying Troutmans, Night Runner |
What is the best advice you ever got from someone?.......... Mr. Hubbard my Grade 8 guidance councillor...................... "Take Grade 9 Typing!"