An abbreviated version : My Life Journey So Far

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An abbreviated version My Life Journey So Far

• Julie Michaud
• juliem10ca_at_yahoo.ca
• LIBR 500 Foundations of Information Technology

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To know the universe itself as a road, as many
roads, as roads for traveling souls. (Walt
Whitman, Song of the Open Road, sect.13.)

• Grew up in northern Saskatchewan
• Fields and forests were my haven
• I like chickens I wonder why?
• Became a bookworm
• Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy Mysteries

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Moving into my adult world

• Moved to Windy
• Winnipeg
• Beginnings of my classical music love
  Handels Messiah
• Attended the University of Manitoba discovered
  love of learning
• Gained Bachelor of Education

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Some of my literary favourites

• English Literature
• Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass
• Comparative Religion
• Aldous Huxley. The Perennial Philosophy
• Canadian Fiction
• Margaret Atwood. Surfacing

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Traveled Europe via EuroRail

• Worked in an orphanage in Germany
• Visited pubs castles in England
• Attended the Festival of the Running of the Bulls
  in Pamplona, Spain
• Lived with family in Holland met my Dutch
  maternal Grandmother

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Enjoyed short stint as Elementary School Teacher

• Substitute- taught for Winnipeg School Division
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• Taught grade 2/3 at a fly-in reserve at Moose
  Lake, Manitoba
• Some of my favorite students

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On to other career/life explorations

• The joys and travails of parenting
• First stint in B.C.
• Have you ever been to Yahk and back?
• Lived in Cranbrook for awhile
• Our forest home
• Moved to Vancouver Island
• Learned to drive a standard vehicle in hilly
  Duncan

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Headin back to Saskatoon!

• The City of Bridges
• There are 7 soon to be 8!!
• Interests/Hobbies/Learnings
• Gardening/Cooking
• My favourite house and garden
• Biking, Canoeing

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Some of my favourite places/creature friends

• Exploring outdoors
• Fall is the best time of the year
• My pets

Meewasin Valley Trail
Otis
Sarah Poohcat
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Work/Study/Community Involvement

• Study and Work
• Pre-employment Welding Certificate
• Brief welding career
• First computer experiences
• Saskatchewan Environmental Society
• Catalogued School Materials
• Library Technician Diploma Course

• Community Involvement
• Cooperatives
• Parents Daycare Coop
• Rainbow Housing Cooperative
• Steephill Food Coop
• Library/School Work
• Library/Classrooms Volunteer

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Sleuthing Skills Evolve into Library Career

• Saskatoon Public Library
• Casual employment in Circulation and Reference
  Services at all branches
• St. Pauls SCSD 20
• Birth of Bibliographic Control Skills
• Catalogued Childrens School Library Material
• Co-organization of Annual French Book Display

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Some of my favourite books

• Womens Spirituality/Storytelling
• Estés, Clarissa Pinkola. Women Who Run with the
  Wolves
• Travel
• Davidson, Robyn. Tracks
• Chatwin, Bruce. Songlines
• Fiction
• Burnham, Sophy. The Treasure of Montségur

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THE Grand FINALE

• Moving back to British Columbia
• Employment
• Douglas College
• Burnaby Public Library
• Vancouver Passport Office
• Application/Adventures and Admittance to SLAIS

To be continued