History instructor, archivist, writer
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Moved to Ottawa in 1961.
Studied at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (history), McGill University (M.A. History) and Carleton University (print journalism).
Author of 11 non-fiction works. Has written many books on historical figures and events related to Ottawa's history such as Making Waves: A History of the Riverside Hospital of Ottawa (1996) and Through the Chateau Door: A History of the Zonta Club of Ottawa, 1929-1989 (1994).
More recently, she has published Capital Lives Vol. II: Profiles of 32 Leading Ottawa Personalities (2010).
www.writersunion.ca
www.valerieknowles.com
About Me
- Women In Ottawa: Mentors and Milestones
- I was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario and moved to Ottawa in 1978. I obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education from the University of Ottawa. My partial doctoral studies in adult learning deepened my research interest in women's learning styles. I published a book on women and learning with the University of Ottawa Press (in French, Les femmes en milieu universitaire) for which I was awarded the Laura Jamieson Prize in 2000, given by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. In 2004-05, I hosted a television program on Rogers Television in Ottawa (French station) called D'hier à aujourd'hui. The program chronicled 150 years of Bytown and Ottawa history through stories of people, events and buildings that left their mark on local and national history. In March 2012, I published a book on health in French. Please visit www.unebonnesante.ca for more information about this book. You can also visit my production company at www.triyana.ca.
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