​ETJ WAS BORN IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES OF CANADA 
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​Her poems have been IN THE PURITAN, HARVARD REVIEW, DENVER QUARTERLY, VALLUM, MANDORLA AND OTHER JOURNALS

she IS AN ALUMNA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (WINNER of its poetry sERIES, COMMITTEE ON CREATIVE WRITING), BANFF CENTRE AND NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

etj IS THE FOUNDER OF HERMES, AN ART GALLERY IN NOVA SCOTIA- and HAS CURATED EXHIBITIONS AT THE DALHOUSIE ART GALLERY (DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY), CURRENT SPACE (BALTIMORE), AND elsewhere. HER own art hAS been DISTRIBUTED BY VTAPE and exhibited internationally
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SHE started THE FULLER TERRACE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES (What has been ADAPTED INTO THE FULLER TERRACE LECTURE SERIES) and is on the board of international current art research and development institute and other Projects
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SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND IN MONTREAL, WHERE SHE TEACHES FOR THE QUEBEC WRITERS' FEDERATION AND EDITS COLUMBA (ONLINE POETRY QUARTERLY)











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