I am the author of several published short stories (soon to be published as a book club anthology)  and two textbooks on Professional Ethics, published  by Pearson-Prentice Hall. I'm a writer and a professor at Conestoga College in Kitchener, and I live with my husband, elderly cat, and whichever daughter drops by, in Waterloo, Ontario.

2013 Events:
Writers' Digest Conference East, New York City: April 5-7, 2013
Algonkian New York Pitch Conference, NYC: June 20-23, 2013
Write! Kitchener, Kitchener, Ontario: September 28, 2013 - event organizer & presenter
Florida Writer`s Association Conference: October 25-27, 2013
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IMPACT: a Memoir of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
To read about trauma and PTSD, and the first chapter on my memoir, please go to the Memoir page.

College textbooks on ethics generally fall into two categories: academic textbooks on ethical philosophy or workbooks with exercises geared to practical application, but very little theory. These textbooks provide an overview of ethical philosophy meant for general readers, as well as practical exercises and discussion-starters geared to a number of social and professional ethical issues facing Canadians today.

The Right Choice: Making Ethical Decisions on the Job
Ethics In Action: Making Ethical Decisions in Your Daily Life

  The decision to act ethically or unethically is one that we make every day.  But do we always make these decisions consciously?  Are we acting out of habit, out of attitudes and experiences from our past, and maybe even beliefs that we no longer hold?  Do our choices really reflect how we want to behave, or are they the result of pressure from others or how we have been taught we should behave? 

Publisher:  Pearson Education Canada, © 2009.
ISBN-10: 0135008611    ISBN-13:  9780135008614

Ethics comes from the Greek word ethos, which means character.  Character is a complex word.  It can be described as the attitudes, values, and beliefs that determine a person’s behavior.  A person’s character, or ethics, will largely determine which choices he or she will make when faced with moral decisions. 

Pearson Education Canada, © 2010  ISBN-10 0-13-504140-6