Hi there! Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I’m Christine.
I’m a South African-Canadian, born and currently living in Vancouver, Beautiful British Columbia.
I’m in my final year of my dental hygiene education, and who knows where I’ll end up after that, because I hear oral health therapy calling my name. But I wasn’t always destined to clean teeth. In fact, early on I aspired to be a journalist. While completing my undergrad in communication, I worked as an editor at my alma mater’s campus publication, the Capilano Courier. I reported on housing, transit, activism and student, municipal and provincial government and ultimately became the publication’s editor-in-chief. I was shortlisted for a JHM Labour Reporting award in December 2017 for my coverage of the Capilano cleaners’ fight for a living wage.
I’ve also worked as a staff writer for Pursuit Media, a lifestyle publication for entrepreneurial-minded women; for Kids Help Phone, where I wrote editorial content for Homes for the Holidays magazine; and a marketing coordinator for Canada Wide Media—the biggest magazine publisher in Western Canada—where I planned events for BCBusiness, Vancouver magazine and Western Living. Two of the events I helped coordinate, the 30th annual Restaurant Awards and Top 100 networking event, were both named Top 100 Events in Vancouver by BizBash in 2019.
Obviously, my background as a writer is what keeps me fuelled. You’ll find all of my everyday musings—from my dental hygiene journey to my travel diary, my recipe book to my fun facts about the ancient world—right here.
