I am available to talk about Alzheimer's, and to give presentations at festivals, readings, and events across Canada and in other countries. Please contact me to arrange a reading or presentation.




Literary Readings & Open Mic
 
New York 
2008/2009

• Open Mic, The Society for The Arts in Health Care Annual Conference.
• The Literary Writers Conference}NYU (Winner, open Mic Competition)
• The Cornelia Street Cafe Open Mic.

Vancouver 

2005-ongoing & current

• The Luminous Word Literary Salon 
• 32 Books
• The Vancouver International Writer's Festival
• The Bellevue Wine Store
• Spartacus Book Store
• Blenz
• Milieu Salon
• Rhizome Cafe
• SFU Alumni Exchange

 

 

 

Presentations 

2010
Presenter:
The Long HELLO of Alzheimer's.
25th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International
March 10-13, 2010
Thessaloniki, Macedonia- Greece
http://www.adi2010.org

2009
Guest Speaker: The Long Hello of Alzheimer's
The Murray Alzheimer's Research & Education Program, University of Waterloo.  A special presentation in honour of the 85th birthday of founder, Kenneth G. Murray October 26, 2009  http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/

Speaker: Memoir Writing and The Long Hello of Alzheimer's. 
The Society for the Arts in Health Care Annual Conference. April 25, 2009. Buffalo, New York. www.thesah.org/

2007
Speaker: Writing Memoir and Grief Recovery. The Inaugural Wellness and Writing Connections Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. http://www.wellnessandwritingconnections.com/

2006

Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mourning Into Dance: Writing as a Means of Knowing, Understanding, Healing. Alzheimer’s Association, Dementia Care Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. September.
 
Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mourning Into Dance: Writing as a Means of Knowing, Understanding, Healing. B.C. Hospice Palliative Care Association. Vancouver, May.

Speaker: Mourning Into Dance. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (Invited Panel presenter- “Writing for the Health of It.”), Austin, Texas. March.

Speaker: A Time To Mourn and a Time to Dance. American Society on Aging & National Council on the Aging Joint Conference. Anaheim. March.

Speaker: Mourning Into Dance. The Society For  the Arts in Health Care Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. April.

2005

Speaker:
The Beautiful Mind inside Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Alzheimer’s Society Of Canada 2005 Annual Conference, Regina.

Speaker: The Beautiful Mind inside Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Alzheimer’s Association (U.S.) Annual Dementia Care Conference, Chicago.

Speaker: Alzheimer’s: Creative Care Giving Strategies for Survival, Growth, and Beauty. Presented in Workshops scheduled throughout the North Vancouver Continuing Education Program and The West Vancouver School District Community Learning Program.