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In Persons Who Are Poems from High School, linked narratives explore today's ethics problems; problems that existed but seemed less important when I was in high school. I include as an ethics problem lack of access to oral contraception, due to prejudices that still exist today from some physicians, parents and teachers. These high school stories have become more important to me since I recently saw the French operatic film, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, on television; a film I first saw in high school in a movie theatre. This film now transports my heart back to the warmth of my high school years, but also resurrects the chilliness of struggling with the assassinations of President Kennedy and Dr. King, and witnessing ""the horrors"" of the Vietnam War on TV.

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Jeff Nisker has written or co-written over 150 scientific articles and book chapters and seven plays, performed in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. He held Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Genome Canada grants exploring the use of theatre for citizen deliberation in health policy development. For his work using theatre for research and education, Jeff received the Royal Conservatory of Music's Educator of the Year Award and Western's Faculty Scholar Award for Innovation. Jeff has also been awarded the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada's President's Award, and he was chosen by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Peter Gzowski as one of the ""Best Minds of Our Time.""

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