{"id":13,"date":"2011-01-12T18:56:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T23:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacquimorrison.ca\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-07-09T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:17:15","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jacquimorrison.ca\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography of Jacqui Morrison<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\"\"<\/a><\/strong> am Jacqui Morrison. I started writing poems and short stories as a child. I also enjoyed public speaking in elementary school and at University. In High School, a great teacher, Lenore Hawley, inspired me and in 1995 I pursued my life-long passion for writing.<\/p>\n

My career is a complicated web and includes: owning an ice cream parlour and fine food shop, teaching life-skills management to adults, teaching computer applications, social service work and marketing.<\/p>\n

From 1994 to 2003, I assisted survivors of domestic violence in both criminal and family court as a support worker. From 2007 to now I have worked as a program administrative assistant. I\u2019ve always had a strong interest in law and justice.<\/p>\n

I love to write and I am happiest writing or encouraging others to fulfill their writing dreams. I facilitate writing seminars for Canadore College and various agencies.<\/p>\n

I live in northern Ontario, Canada with my husband and our pets.<\/p>\n

Alison has a future in politics, animal rescue work or sales \u2026 because I\u2019m not really a cat person and she\u2019s persuaded me to adopt four.<\/p>\n

My parent\u2019s are the late Drs John and Irene Morrison. Mom was a family physician and a competitive swimmer. My father worked for the Provincial Parole Board. Dad enjoyed writing fictional stories in his spare time. He was my mentor, my editor and my hero. I have one sister named Trish.<\/p>\n

In my spare time, I help other writers running workshops. I was the writer in residence at the Parry Sound Public Library.<\/p>\n