At
Present |
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- writing an untitled non-fiction work
on energy, consciousness and recovery
- officiate over weddings, funerals, memorial
services
- tax preparation and accounting consultation
- spiritual direction and consultation for
organizations and individuals |
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| 2006
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hired as Executive Director, InterSpiritual
Centre of Vancouver Society |
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organized and led the inter-organizational
steering committee (Multifaith Action Society,
Whistler Interfaith Society) for the United
Nations sponsored World Urban Forum 3, Round
Table “Spirituality and Sustainability
in the Urban Context.” |
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one of three main Facilitators for the
weeklong LYFE (Leadership for Youth, Faith
and the Environment) for youth 14-17 years
old, Brew Creek Lodge, Whistler, B.C. |
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performed weddings and memorial services |
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continued editing translated Dharma texts
from the Library of Tibetan Works |
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| 2005
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elected Chair of the Board, InterSpiritual
Centre of Vancouver Society |
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Internship Mentor for PEERS Program, sponsored
by the Government of Canada to aid youth 19-30
in re-entering the work force |
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Buddhist representative and participant
at the International Interfaith Conference
“Inner Voice of Peace,” Dehli
and Mount Abu, INDIA, sponsored by the Brahma
Kumaris |
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met with President of India, K.K. Abdul
Kalam (in conjunction with the conference)
to discuss issues of interfaith and peace
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met with Tibetan Buddhist head of Mongolia,
His Holiness Jetsun Dampa Rinpoche, Dharamsala,
India to discuss further sponsorship opportunities
in the west |
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met with Betsy Napper, Executive Director,
Dolma Ling (Tibetan Buddhist) Nunnery, Kangra
Valley, India to discuss sponsorship opportunities
in the west |
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met with Venerable Lhakdor, (formerly His
Holiness the Dalai Lama’s personal translator
for 16 years) Director, Library of Tibetan
Archives and Works, Dharamsala, India, to
discuss editing of translations of Dharma
texts |
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met with Chokhor Rinpoche at Sera Jhe (Tibetan
Buddhist) Monastery, Byllakuppe, South India,
on-going sponsorship of monks in the monastery |
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British Columbia, Books Awards, Poetry Judge |
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| 2004
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Teaching meditation, spiritual development
and founding a new integrative healing center
in Vancouver |
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invited to sit on the initial organizing
committee of a new Institute for Spirituality
and Peace through the School of Theology at
University of British Columbia (UBC) |
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coordinated and Chaired the Ad Hoc Coalition
of Vancouver Dharma Centres |
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organized the Spiritual Talk of His Holiness
the Dalai Lama’s Vancouver visit in
April 2004 |
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sat on UBC Organizing Committee of His Holiness
the Dalai Lama’s visit to Vancouver |
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| 2003
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Buddhist Chaplain, Burnaby Correctional
Centre for Women recorded and released Spoken
Word CD, Melisma: Buddhist Pilgrimage
in India (Diamond Thought label), produced
by Stephen Fearing (featuring original music
by Kiran Ahluwalia, and Stephen Fearing, translations
Ajmer Rode) |
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Performance at the Vancouver International
Writers Festival |
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co-presented with Donald Grayston a presentation
on Thomas Merton's visit to India, at the
International Thomas Merton Society Conference,
Vancouver |
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sat on the Interfaith Committee of Correctional
Services of Canada |
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self-employed accountant/tax preparer |
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| 2002 |
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wrote and defended St. Teresa of Avila:
Mystic as Mentor for Masters Degree, Simon
Fraser University, Vancouver |
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attended first year, Certified General Accounting
(CGA) Program |
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awarded Canada Council Spoken Word Grant
for creation of CD |
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| 2001
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President, Zuru Ling Buddhist Society,
coordinating teaching visits by Tibetan Buddhist
lamas, oversaw the programming and overall
running of the Centre |
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appointed to the federal government Interfaith
Committee for Correctional Services of Canada |
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poetry judge, B.C. Book Awards |
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collaborator with 8 Canadian poets (including
Susan Musgrave, Nicole Brossard, Carmen Rodriguez,
Joanne Arnott), visual artists Nora Patrich,
Juan Sanchez and 8 Argentinian poets on a
book of poetry and visual art forthcoming
in Argentina |
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release of Sarasvati Scapes (Pendas
Productions), with co-author Penn Kemp |
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| 2000 |
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President, Zuru Ling Tibetan Buddhist Society |
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panel presentation on The Nature of
Suffering According to the Four Noble Truths
of Buddhism, "Learning Love Conference,"
UBC |
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freelance writer, editor and copy-editor |
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creativity/spirituality facillitator of
"The Awakening Artist" workshops |
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manuscript assessor |
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self-employed income tax preparer/bookkeeper |
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| 1999 |
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treasurer, Zuru Ling Buddhist Society |
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editor of Medicine Buddha Invited to
the West: Healing Practises According to Tibetan
Buddhism, author Zasep Tulku Rinpoche |
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undertook two week teachings by His Holiness
the Dalai Lama, Bloomington, Indiana |
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second year interdisciplinary Masters program,
SFU |
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| 1998 |
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treasurer, Zuru Ling Buddhist Society |
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undertook month long teachings by His Holiness
the Dalai Lama in India |
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bookkeeper, income tax preparer at G.B.
Nixon & Associates, Vancouver |
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nominating committee Chair, Writers' Union
of Canada |
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| 1997 |
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co-chair with Carmen Rodriguez of Affirming
Diversity: The Writers' Union in the Next
Millenium conference component of the
Annual General Meeting for the Writers' Union
of Canada |
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| 1996 |
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sat by appointment on the B.C. Government
Literary Advisory Committee |
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week long writer-in-residence at Gulf Island
Secondary School, Salt Spring Island, B.C |
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copy-editor, Labour Relations in the
'90s, Norm Collins, McGilligan Books,
Toronto |
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| 1995 |
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columnist for The Big Valley magazine,
Vancouver Island |
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Co-Chair of the Writers' Union Swiftsure
committee, a global Internet initiative for
B.C. writers |
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elected representative on the National Council
of the Writers' Union of Canada |
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| 1994 |
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elected B.C./Yukon representative to the
National Council of the Writers' Union of
Canada |
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taught weekly creative writing to grade
eight students at the Vinery, Kitsilano Highschool |
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panelist at the 6th International Feminist
Bookfair, Melbourne, Australia |
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panelist and speaker at the Women Writers
Conference, Sydney, Australia |
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co-facilliated with Joanne Arnott creative
writing workshops. University of Canberra,
Australia |
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Racial Minority Writer's Committee member
of the Writers' Union which organized the
Writing Thru Race Conference |
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three day writer-in-residency at Onward
Ranch Art Gallery, Williams Lake, B.C. |
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editor, The Colour of Heroines,
poetry, Lydia Kwa, Women's Press, Toronto |
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copy-editor, Healing Medicare,
non-fiction, Michael Decter, McGilligan Books,
Toronto |
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| 1993 |
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freelance publicist for Press Gang Publishers,
Goose Lane Editions, Brick Books, The Porcupine's
Quill, Women's Press |
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co-organizer of the Great Clayoquot Writers'
Reading and Auction Benefit with William Deverell
and Brian Brett |
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co-chair of Board for Women in View,
performing arts organization |
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release of no visual scars, book
of poetry, Polestar Press |
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national promotional tour for no visual
scars (Smithers, Prince George, Duncan,
Victoria, Vancouver, B.C., Edmonton, Calgary,
Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, St.John's, Newfoundland |
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copy-editor of The Bat Had Blue Eyes,
Betsy Warland, Women's Press |
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| 1989-1992 |
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B.C. and Alberta regional manager and sales
representative for the Literary Press
Group, representing twenty-five Canadian
publishers to trade and library markets in
B.C. and Alberta |
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sat on the Writers Union of Canada (Pacific
Branch) committee to meet with the Mayor's
Vancouver Arts Initiative |
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Member of the Board, Women in View Society |
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committee member of the advocacy and personnel
committees of Women in View Society |
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| 1991 |
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guest editor of The Capilano Review,
Series 2, number 6/7, Fall 1991, co-editors
Carol Williams, Zainub Verjee, Marcia Crosby |
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copy editor of non-fiction book Re-Belle
et Infidele, Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood,
Women's Press, Toronto |
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| 1990 |
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panelist on Women in Publishing, Simon Fraser
University |
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facillitated creative writing workshop:
Writers Bridging Cultures, Federation of B.C.
Writers, Nelson, B.C. |
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attended Fourth International Feminist Bookfair,
Barcelona |
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represented Women's Press, in international
rights negotiations |
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January
1990 - March 1987 |
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co-editor of (f.)Lip, an international,
innovative, feminist literary magazine, with
Betsy Warland and Sandy (Frances) Duncan |
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responsible for invoicing bookstores, universities;
databasing all individual subscriptions |
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general banking, paying of bills |
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promotion of magazine |
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grant writing |
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general editorial correspondence i.e. rejection/acceptance
letters |
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layout of magazine on computer (PageMaker) |
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overseeing production schedule |
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bookkeeper for Encore Productions Music
Production Company and for Fearing & Loathing
Musical Publishing Company |
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| 1989 |
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copy editor of fiction Pattern Makers,
Sandy (Frances) Duncan, Women's Press |
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release of walking inside circles,
Ragweed Press/gynergy books, P.E.I. |
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co-ordinator of book tour and publicity
including radio and print interviews for four
writers in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Guelph |
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personal road manager for two month Canadian
Spring Tour '89 for musician Stephen Fearing |
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| 1988 |
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personal road manager for musician Stephen
Fearing's Ireland/England fall tour |
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co-ordinator and publicist at Federation
of B.C. Writers for B.C.'s first provincial
literary competition, Literary Rites |
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co-ordinator and publicist at Federation
of B.C. Writers for The Literary Arts
Directory |
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responsible for purchase of computer, photocopier,
lazer printer; and staff training in publicity
and desktop publishing |
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supervised publicity of competition; handling
of all monies; preliminary judging of manuscripts;
awarding of prize money |
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| 1987 |
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editor of (f.)Lip, Jag
and Island literary magazines |
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Board member, West Coast Women and Words
Society |
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West Word organizing committee, Canada's
national summer writing school for women |
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Coast Foundation, counsellor at half-way
house for ex-psychiatric patients |
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awarded funding from the B.C.provincial
government for the first B. C. Provincial
Literary Competition and publication of a
Literary Arts Directory for Federation
of B.C. Writers |
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| 1986 |
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awarded a Canada Council Explorations Grant
to write a first book of fiction/collage
Beneath the Underground |
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founded with two Vancouver writers JAG,
literary magazine for emerging writers |
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founded (f.)Lip magazine with Betsy
Warland and Sandy (Frances) Duncan |
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business manager for Vancouver musician,
Stephen Fearing |
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co-translated from English to French Working
Proof, a book of critical essays, visuals
and poetry |
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| 1985 |
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researched novel Beneath the Underground
in England and Ireland |
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co-facillitated with musician Stephen Fearing
Creative Process workshops in highschools
and adult education centres in the B.C. interior
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editor of the literary magazine Island
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Phoenix House, houseparent/youth worker
with teenaged prostitutes |
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co-organizer of the Kootenay School of Writing,
New Poetics Colloquium, national poetry conference |
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| 1984 |
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City of Winnipeg, youth worker at Redboine,
Youth Drop-In Centre |
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taught weekly poetry workshop to grade eight
students, River Heights Junior High |
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sent by Manitoba Arts Council to Toronto's
Long Liner's Poetry Conference |
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collaborated/published precious cargo,
poetry chapbook with Rob Loewen |
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| 1984/83 |
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student at David Thompson University Centre,
Nelson, B.C. |
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member of Writing Magazine editorial
collective |
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subscriptions manager for Writing |
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Images magazine editorial collective
member |
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Nelson Daily News weekly columnist
on community issues |
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editor of CLOSE..., a poetry/prose
chapbook |
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self published two chapbooks of poetry:
that night were painfully wept and tough
love |
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freelanced with the Nelson Daily News |
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facillitated poetry workshop in Oakalla
Prison for Women |
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sent by Manitoba Arts Council to the National
Women and Words Conference, Vancouver |
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| 1982 |
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student at the University of Manitoba |
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City of Winnipeg, street youth worker with
core-area Native youth at Redboine Youth Drop-In
Centre |
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Klinic, rape/suicide crisis counselor |
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| 1981 |
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attended University of Winnipeg |
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City of Winnipeg, youth street worker |
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worked in Eaton's meat department |
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