Jackie has been active in social justice work for 40 years - in women's, labour and political action movements.

In recent years, she has integrated a deep environmental perspective to her work.

In 2006 she left her 13 year job as Education Coordinator for the BC Nurses'
Union.  Jackie continues to work with unions, community groups and the health care sector in a consulting capacity: as facilitator, planner, course designer, and educator focusing on leadership development.

With Maggie Ziegler, Jackie also facilitates "The Work that Reconnects"  Workshops which support exploration of our deepest feelings about our troubled world and the re-building of human-ecological relationships.  As Director of Toxic Free Canada, she is committed to the struggle to build a toxin-free world and to grow the work of grass roots organizations like LEAS.

In the past, Jackie helped build a small education company, taught electronics at a community college, worked as a mill worker, was a political organizer and engaged in other interesting 'vocations' which have given her a rich life.

The Work That Reconnects
www.toxicfreecanada.ca