GRIEF COACH BLOG

I blog about grief  at medium.com/@grief.coach. Not the sad stuff so much - there's enough of that out there. I like to think (and write) about the discomfort we sometimes feel when our loved ones are sad, and how surprisingly simply it is to be there for them.

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​Technology with curves

​In 2000 I turned my passion for women and technology into a best seller, Technology With Curves, published by Harper Collins.  I co-authored Technology With Curves with Denise Shortt and JoAnn Napier, and we featured the stories of many incredibly brave & talented women in tech.

When I founded Wired Woman and wrote this book, I was working tirelessly to increase the number of women working in the growing tech sector.  The numbers were low, but the women who were breaking ground in everything from special effects and video games to online education and software development were inspiring, creative and brave.    Today it turns out that the number of women in technology in the 90's was actually at its peak in North America.  So, our work is not done.  I'm proud to have been part of this movement.  It's something I care deeply about. 

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​Other writing

• Technology Editor, Scarlett Magazine. International business & lifestyle magazine.
• Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Wrote about technology’s impact on society.
• Columnist, BBC Technology Online. Focused on women, youth and technology.
  
• Thesis: “Broadcasting Diversity: How Internet Radio Broadcasters Measure Up” (MIT 2001).

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​Awards

• Youngest ever female recipient of the prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” award in Vancouver. I was 27 I think, maybe 28.
• Named Woman of Distinction at the Spotlight Awards Gala in Vancouver, Canada.
• Named Volunteer of the Year by the Canadian New Media Awards.
• Named one of Canada’s Top Women in Technology by the Globe and Mail, 1998.
• Received the Communications Arts Award of Excellence, for online design and development.
• Technology Editor, Scarlett Magazine. International business & lifestyle magazine.
• Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Wrote about technology’s impact on society.
• Columnist, BBC Technology Online. Focused on women, youth and technology.

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Teaching & Research

• MIT’s Internet & Telecom Convergence Consortium. At MIT I held a full-time research position exploring mobile Internet radio for partners including Nokia and British Telecom.
• CBC Research . The CBC hired me to research and write a mobile Internet radio report entitled 'Leadership in the Information Age.'
• Simon Fraser University. I served as Co-Director and Instructor with Simon Fraser University’s Web Publishing program.
• University of British Columbia. I served as an Internet Marketing & Strategy Instructor for UBC’s Continuing Studies Department.
• National Research Council. In 2004 I worked with Canada’s National Research Council and New Media BC to develop a pioneering study to map interactive digital delivery and broadcast capabilities for events such as the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics.
• Vancouver Film School. In 1996-97 I was hired as one of the first faculty members at the Vancouver Film School’s Multimedia campus. I developed original curricula in multimedia preproduction, and taught 6 different intakes of students at the school.