• Advanced Life-Writing: Writing the Soul’s Journey, Castel de Montmiral, France, 2010
• Memoir Writing, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Sharon Butala. 2009
• Writing Down the Bones, University of Alberta Extension, Louise Halfe, 2009
• Advanced Autobiography, UBC Writing Centre, Vancouver, Marlene Schiwy, 2008
• Life Writing, UBC Writing Centre, Vancouver, Marlene Schiwy, 2005, 2006
• Script Revisions, UBC Writing Centre, Vancouver, Marlene Rodgers, 2004
• Writing for Film and Television, UBC Writing Centre, Vancouver, Marlene Rodgers, 2002
• Narrative Strategies, University of Alberta Extension, Edmonton, Eunice Scarfe, 2002.
• MA in Biological Anthropology, University of Calgary, 1985. Specialization in Primatology and Evolution.
• BSc in Biology and Anthropology, University of Calgary, 1980.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG)
• Member of Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
• Member of the University of Regina Association of Women in Science and Engineering (URWISE)  
• Member of Canadian Women’s Studies Association (CWSA)
• Member of Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI)