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A sample of newspaper, magazine, and online work.

 

 

 

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

These articles and features ran in Fraser Health corporate communications magazines, web sites, and national health care trade publications.

Humans of Fraser Health Corporate Ebook | 2019
Humans of Fraser Health Employee Profile Series | 2018
Home Care Support Services: Behind the Scenes Heroes | Hospital News | 2017
Above & Beyond Awards: Health Care Hero Profiles | Video | Fall 2017
Putting Patients at the Centre | Hospital News | Video | October 2017
A New Weapon Against Infection | Hospital News | February 2017
Innovators Put the Care in Patient Care | Hospital News | November 2016
The Overdose Epidemic: How to keep your kids safe
| Healthier You Magazine | Fall 2016
Take Charge of Your Own Health | Healthier You Magazine | Fall 2016
Above & Beyond Awards: Health Care Hero Profiles | Video | Fall 2016
Among the Best at Caring for High-Risk Babies | Hospital News | Video | August 2016
What I Do Matters: Physiotherapist | Healthier You Magazine | Summer 2016
Super Duper Summer: Healthy Tips for Families | Healthier You Magazine | Summer 2016
Great Beginnings
| Healthier You Magazine | Spring 2016
What I Do Matters: Respiratory Therapist | Healthier You Magazine | Video | Spring 2016
What I Do Matters: ER Nurse | Healthier You Magazine | Video | Winter 2016
Caring for Syrian Refugees: Inside New Canadian Clinics | Video | February 2016

NEWSPAPER REPORTING

These special series, news features, and articles ran in The Province newspaper.

Exporting BC Education | Series on International Education | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | 2014
Racism in Paradise | Special Project on Race in B.C. | History | Profiles | Youth | 2013
Heartbeat | Special Project on St. Paul’s Hospital | 24 Hours | History | Renal Care | Maternity | 2012
Boomerangst | Special Project On Senior’s Care | Dementia | Aging | Caregiving | 2011
Operation Phoenix | Special Project On The Downtown Eastside | History | Housing | Drugs | Crime | 2009
BC Without Borders | Series On Canadians’ Aid Work in Africa | Mozambique | Rwanda | 2008
Choking our Seas | The Crisis In Our Oceans | 2008

EBOOKS

Humans of Fraser Health Corporate Ebook | 2019
BC Without Borders: 50 British Columbians Leading the Fight Against Global Poverty | 2014
St. Paul’s: Birth, Death and Miracles: An Astonishing Look Inside Vancouver’s Urban Hospital | 2013

TRAVEL WRITING

These travel articles ran in The Province newspaper and The Vancouver Sun as well as Postmedia newspapers across Canada, including the National Post, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Victoria Times-Colonist, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Regina Leader-Post and others.

Wellness in the Wilderness: New Zealand’s Luxury Lodges Offer Ecology, Gastronomy, Serenity | 2020
In Search of the Sublime on New Zealand’s South Island | 2019
Bali Bliss: Enjoy Wellness, Ritual and Ethical Travel on this Indonesian Island | 2019
Stories from the Shuswap: Salmon Runs and Soaking up Indigenous Tourism | 2019
Instanbul Uncovered: Unveiling Ancient Architecture and Modern Art | 2018
Tea and Trumpets: Elephant sightings and tea plantations in surprising Sri Lanka |2018
The Raw Natural Beauty of the Riviera Nayarit | 2018
BC’s Narnia: The Magic and Majesty of the Broughton Archipelago | 2017 
Vietnam: A Peasant Food Pilgrimage
| 2017
Bubbly and Beauty in Northern Italy | 2016
Exotic Seoul: Ancient Palaces to Neon Modernity
| 2015
The Yin and Yang of Hong Kong
| 2014
Cellphones and Sand Dunes in Morocco | 2014
Welcome to Cubano Country | 2013
Wat Wonders in Cambodia | 2009
Trek Through The True Thailand | 2009
Le Marais, C’est Merveilleux! | 2009
Breathtaking Barcelona | 2009
Provence, The Best of Both Worlds | 2009
All The City’s A Stage in London | 2009
Canada’s Celtic Heart in Cape Breton | 2009
Romance on the Rock | 2009
Going Wild Over South Africa | 2008
Gorillas In Our Midst in Rwanda | 2008

MAGAZINE AND ONLINE FEATURES

When My Son on the Autism Spectrum Jumped in the Deep End |The Mighty | 2017
Family Vocation | How to Give Back On Vacation | Reader’s Digest Canada | 2012
Five Immigrants from Africa Give Back | Canadian Immigrant Magazine| 2012
Mean Streets | Fighting Child Sex Tourism Abroad | Maisonneuve | 2010
Leading The Charge | Women Innovators | Chatelaine | 2009
Everything You Need To Know About H1N1 | Health Feature | Chatelaine | 2009
The X-ed Files | The Fight For Freedom Of Information | The Ryerson Review of Journalism | 2002

MAGAZINE COLUMNS

My “We Have Our Eye On” column ran in Chatelaine magazine from 2008 to 2010, profiling inspiring women working for social change around the globe.

We Have Our Eye On: Elizabeth Scharpf | 2010
We Have Our Eye On: Rose-Marie Jackson | 2010
We Have Our Eye On: Annabel Webb | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Anne Kajir | 2009
We Have Our Eye On:  Phymean Noun | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Myroslava Tataryn | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Mariatu Kamara | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Jasmeen Patheja | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Eugenia Kumacheva | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Sandra Moran | 2009
We Have Our Eye On: Laura Reisborough | 2009

BLOGS

BC Without Borders | Profiles Of BC Residents’ Humanitarian Efforts | 2008 to 2012
Valley Girls | BC Fraser Valley local news and events | 2011 to 2013

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