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| Name | Jean E. Crozier |
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| Business Name | Crozier Information Services |
| Website | FindingtheUnique.com |
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| Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Biography | Jean Crozier is a graduate of the University of Alberta (B.Sc.Geog.) and MacEwan University (Library & Info.Tech.). Her self-published family memoir, No Corner Boys Here, ( www.NoCornerBoysHere.com ) received an IPPY Award in 2008 and has met with both literary and commercial success. Together with Caterina Edwards, Jean develops and presents the popular Finding the Unique in. . . series of workshops for writers, ( www.FindingtheUnique.com ) and provides mentoring services for emerging writers. JeanÍs writing focuses on non-fiction, family memoir, and essay genres. Prior to her career in writing, and as a single mother and part-time university student in the early 1980Ís, Jean opened a library and information management consulting firm which soon became recognized as the largest and most varied corporation of its kind in western Canada, always on the leading edge of information technology. As a proud Edmontonian, Jean has actively volunteered with numerous organizations, including the Alberta WomenÍs Memory Project, Writers Guild of Alberta, ProCoro Canada Society, the Friends of the Provincial Museum (now Royal Alberta Museum), the IAAF 2001, the Old Strathcona Foundation. |
| Publications | Crozier, Jean E. "You didn't Take any Pictures of Me", IN: Telling Truths: Storying Motherhood, ed. by Sheena Wilson and diana Davidson. Bradford ON: Demeter Press. 2014. Crozier, Jean E. "The Crash", IN: Womens Words, an anthology. Ed. by Shirley A. Serviss and Janice Williamson. Edmonton: University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension. 2013. "Nellie Thurstons Welsh Cakes", IN Stirring Memories: Reflections and Memories. The GANG Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation:Edmonton. 2012. 159 pp. Crozier, Jean. No Corner Boys Here, 2 vols. Edmonton: Crozier Information Services. 2007. Vol. 1, 334 pp.; Vol 2, 462 pp. Includes Notes and colour photographs. NOTE: Volume 2, Chapter 6 is viewable online at: www.awmp.athabascau.ca . Crozier, Jean. "An Interlude with the Paramedics". NOTE: Although this piece is unpublished, it has been used by Edmonton's Emergency Response Services Department, in their training classes. Crozier, Jean. "Loss". January 8, 2004. NOTE: This unpublished piece received the Laurie Allan Award for Excellence in Writing from Grant MacEwan Community College (now MacEwan University), Spring 2004. Rogers, Helena (nom de plume) "Odyssey to a Celebration", Globe and Mail Facts and Arguments, January 13, 2004. Crozier, Jean E. "They'd rather Fight than Switch the Valley Communities". The Strathcona Plaindealer, Vol. VII, #3, Fall 1984, p. 10-11. Crozier, Jean. "The Connaught Armoury". The Strathcona Plaindealer, Vol. VI, #4, Fall 1983, p 6-7. The Albertans. Edited by Grant Kennedy and James Stanton. Edmonton AB: Lone Pine Publishing. c1981. 176 pp. (Researched by Jean Crozier, R.R.Kennedy, and Elaine Trimble) Numerous other papers and publications relevant to the library and information management profession. |
| Awards | 2010 MacEwan University, Distinguished Alumna, 2010 2009 SAGE Award, Business and Entrepreneurship Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton, Edmonton AB 2008 IPPY Award, Best Non-Fiction Canada West, Bronze Medal, for No Corner Boys Here. Crozier Information Services: Edmonton. 2007. 2 volumes. Independent Publishers Book Awards, Los Angeles CA 2005 Laurie Allan Award for Excellence in Writing, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton 1996 One of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People Alberta Venture Magazine, Edmonton 1993 Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Regional Finalist, Quality Plus, Alberta Region 1992 Friendly Exhibitor Award, Canadian Library Association, National Conference, Winnipeg 1992 Distributor of the Year Award, IME Ltd., London, England |
| Memberships | Writers' Guild of Alberta The Writers Union of Canada Alberta Genealogical Society Ontario Genealogical Society Alberta Historical Society Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society |
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