The Life of Liza Morris

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The Life of Liza Morris

• LIBR 500, September 2001

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Education

• Douglas College, University Transfer, 1992
• University of Victoria, BA (English major/Womens
  Studies minor), 1995
• Various non-profit training courses, 1997-2001
• Board/Member Development
• Grass-roots fundraising
• Non-profit staff development
• Negotiation Skills
• Hollyhock Environmental Leadership School

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Work Experience

• 1989-1996 Various retail and administrative
  jobs, including cashier, bank teller, special
  needs assistant, pharmacy assistant
  administrative assistant at the University of
  Victoria SUB.
• 1996-1997 ESL instructor in Chichibu, Japan,
  teaching for children and adults with a focus on
  business English at Canon, Nikon and Chichibu
  Onoda, a cement company.
• 1997-2001 Worked for various environmental
  non-profits (ENGOs), including Friends of Cortes
  Island Society, Reach for Unbleached! Foundation,
  the Watershed Sentinel Magazine the BC
  Environmental Network.

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Work Experience cont.

• For more information on some of these important
  ENGOs, please check out the following sites
• BC Environmental Network
• http//www.bcen.bc.ca/
• Reach for Unbleached!
• http//www.rfu.org

Photo credit Western Canada Wilderness Committee
website.
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Travel Europe

• 1989, 1992, 1998, 2001 Backpacking in Europe.
• Highlights included climbing Ben Nevis in
  Scotland, exploring the Greek Islands picking
  grapes on Cyprus.

Boat ride in Southwestern Crete, Greece
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Travel Japan

• 1996-1997 Lived and traveled widely in Japan.
  Highlights included climbing Mt. Fuji visiting
  the temples of Kyoto.

Kamakura, Japan
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Travel Southwestern US

• 1999 Hiking camping in Utah, New Mexico
  Arizona. Highlights included hiking to Druid Arch
  in Canyonlands, Utah.

Arches, Utah
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Travel Eastern US

• 2000 Traveled through Rhode Island, Connecticut,
  Massachusetts New York. Highlights included
  seeing Shakespeare on Boston Common a Tom
  Stoppard play on Broadway.

Times Square, NY
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Things that make me happy . . .

• Reading
• Travel
• Hiking
• Yoga
• Swimming in the ocean
• Spending time with my partner, Doug
• And last, but not least . . .
• Fine wine good company!

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And, to close, my happiest moment . . .

• Me and my new husband, Douglas Jackson, at our
  wedding party on August 5, 2001.

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The End