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Member Achievements
Each month PWAC promotes the professional achievements of its members.
June 2010
L. D. Cross
Chapter: Ottawa
Type of Achievement: Op-ed Essay & Award
Date: June 2010
L. D.'s "The Northwest Passage: Crude Oil's Next Toilet?" appeared in The Hill Times, Toronto Sun, Windsor Star and Winnipeg Free Press. The opinion piece references the author's latest book The Quest for the Northwest Passage: The Elusive Route Through Canada's Arctic Waters. In addition, L. D. received the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) EXCEL Award in written communication excellence for "Take A Hike!" in Fifty-Five Plus Magazine. The short article described three walking programs - Volkssport, Nordic and Mall. Annual EXCEL Awards are judged by creative leaders in communications and marketing to showcase quality Canadian writing.
Lyn Hancock
Chapter: Victoria
Type of Achievement: Book
Date: June 2010
Lyn's launch of her 20th book The Ring: Memories of a Metis Grandmother, the pioneer love story of Sam and Jane Livingston, in Calgary was a resounding success with slide presentations to two adult groups, six schools, and two stores. Excellent media response included two major newspapers and six radio stations. She returns to Calgary in November by popular demand. Amazing and emotional connections between descendants of characters in her book were made at signings and online. Links to interviews may be found on www.lynhancock.com.
Anne-Marie Hood
Chapter: Central New Brunswick
Type of Achievement: Newspaper Column
Date: June 2010
Anne-Marie's weekly column "A Slice of Life" is featured in the River Region Reporter newspaper, an independent weekly circulated on Saturday morning in the Saint John River Valley area, reaching readers in Woodstock through to Oromocto, New Brunswick.
Marianne Jones
Chapter: Northwestern Ontario
Type of Achievement: Book
Date: June 2010
Marianne Jones launched her poetry book Here, on the Ground
Thursday, June 3 at the Calico Coffeehouse in Thunder Bay. The
collection was completed with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council,
and is available from FriesenPress and Amazon.
Dennis McCloskey
Chapter: Toronto
Type of Achievement: Award
Date: June 2010
Dennis's book My Favorite American won the Helene Kenigsberg Award for Excellence in Public Awareness of Polycystic Kidney Disease by the PKD Foundation of Canada.
Carey Rutherford
Chapter: Calgary
Type of Achievement: New Market & MagNet/PWAC AGM
Date: May & June 2010
Reunions Magazine ran Carey's "Rutherfords Return to the Bruce," a reflective look back at how the dry details of recorded history are transformed into human realities when long-estranged families are brought together in a common joining. As well, in June, Carey firmly girded his loins, and headed out east to meet the Board, network the PWACers, eat the danishes, wander the strangely-named streets, learn the contract options, ingest the manna, sing the sea shanties, and generally discover the magic of the Professional Writers Association of Canada at MagNet!
Mary Willan Mason
Chapter: Toronto
Type of Achievement: Book
Date: Juen 2010
Mary celebrated the launch of her book The Well-Tempered Listener: Growing Up with Musical Parents on June 16. The book observes the goings-on of the musical elite of Toronto and beyond in the 20s and 30s and is available from Words Indeed Publishers.
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