Women Talking About Women on Women’s Day, with Mary-Anne Neal:

On March 8th, celebrated worldwide as International Women’s Day, we will welcome Mary-Anne Neal, an author and educator who has worked closely as a volunteer with Indigenous women in the remote Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories, to improve literacy and increase pride in their Dene heritage. She will tell us about her memoir and about the impact of writing on the women who live in isolated Indigenous communities. Mary-Anne’s memoir, “Under the Midnight Sun” recounts her fifty-year friendship with the Arctic Dene and provides an insight into Indigenous and non-Indigenous lives in the context of the changing environment of the Arctic. Since 2021, more than 4,000 copies of the book have been sold.

Date: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Time: 7pm PST – The program will be approximately 1 hour.
Location: Zoom meeting – link will be sent to registrants (see below for link to online registration form).

About The Speaker:

Mary-Anne Neal is an author whose career includes ten years as Communications Director for the BC Ministry of Education, and almost twenty years as a faculty member for Royal  Roads University. Now semi-retired, she volunteers extensively in developing countries, and has worked with the women of Ecuador and Kenya while on assignment with Global Affairs Canada.

She has been honoured with awards from Leadership Victoria and the Arctic Inspiration Prize, as well as numerous writing and teaching awards. All friends of CAA are invited. Men too!

Visit Mary-Anne Neal’s website at: https://www.maryanneneal.com/