Member Directory
Browse our members’ profiles to learn more about them. Please note: If you're searching for a specific member, it is most effective to search using their first or last name only.
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Vancouver
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Edmonton
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Ottawa
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Saint John
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Burnaby
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Ottawa
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Montreal
Montreal
Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Andrea has written and danced all her life. She took her first ballet class at age 4, dabbled in everything from tap dancing to theatre to salsa, and finally fell head-over-stiletto-heels in love with Argentine tango in her late 20s.
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Windsor
Windsor
Hello! Vanessa, here. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you find my profile informative. Be sure to send me a message if you have any questions or if you're interested in working together! I teach full or half-day writing workshops in the elementary and secondary school system as…
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Toronto
Toronto
Leslie Shimotakahara's fourth novel, The Breakwater, was recently acquired for publication by Cormorant Books. Her third novel, Sisters of the Spruce, is on Quill & Quire's "2024 Spring Preview: Fiction" and the 49th Shelf's "Most Anticipated: Our 2024 Spring Fiction Preview…
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Waterloo
Waterloo
Robert J.M. Shipley grew up in southern Ontario. He studied at University of Western Ontario (BA 1971) and became an officer, first in the army then the navy. During his four years, he served on the prairies, both coasts and at sea. As a freelancer in the 1970s, he wrote for the…
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Toronto
Toronto
I was born in Toronto in 1945. I completed an Honours BA in French language and literature at the University of Toronto, an MA in Comparative Literature at Carleton University and a PhD in Comparative Literature at l'Université de Montréal. I founded and edited Manna: a review…
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Ottawa
Ottawa
Anne Shmelzer's Ottawa Citizen award-winning memoir, The Night My Father Came Back from the War, served as a precursor to her debut novel, A Marginally Noted Man. Anne's extensive knowledge and experience as a psychiatric nurse helped shape her characters and her years as a poet…
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Victoria
Victoria
Jillian is an author and editor in Victoria, BC. Her work has appeared in various literary and academic journals and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, the Exeter Short Story Competition, the Writers Union of Canada Short Prose Competition, and the CBC Literary Awards …
The Honorable Michel M.J. Shore was born in Paris, France in 1948. He came to Canada at the age of three. Michel Shore studied at Collège Notre-Dame in Montreal, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (in 1969). In the summer of 1966, he was invited to study at the Université de la…
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Jacques Shore is a partner in the international law firm of Gowling WLG. Mr. Shore is a published author and artist. His published works include articles on the law and public policy, op-eds, as well as three children’s books, and an illustrated book of short stories. Mr. Shore…
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Pender Island
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Toronto
Toronto
My name is Craig Shreve. I was born and raised in North Buxton, Ontario, a small town that has been recognized by the Canadian government as a National Historic Site due to its former status as a popular terminus on the Underground Railroad, the system of routes and safe houses…