Jennifer C. Peers

Born and raised in Southern Alberta, Jennifer is a poet, artist and author. She started her career as a beautician and worked in that field for 13 years.

She began working in administration starting with "The Edmontonian" a local magazine. She then worked as Executive Assistant to three producers at the National Film Board of Canada, including Tom Radford, Anne Wheeler and Vladimir Valenta.

She then went to Alberta Health as a trainer and was promoted to Division Administration Coordinator.

She started using computers in 1980 which led to her job with IPL (Interprovincial Pipeline Co). I

She joined the Alberta Worker's Compensation Board in 1990. She went from a Business Analyst to a supervisory role. She introduced automation to administrative processes. She subsequently conceived and developed the Voice Recognition Technology program to return injured workers back to work accessing computers through voice technology.

Jennifer left the WCB in the year 2000 when she and her husband, Simon formed Wabamun Wisdom, a specialty gift business.

For the past twenty years her poetry and artwork has been sold throughout Western Canada as greeting cards and giftware marketed by Wabamun Wisdom. This includes various greeting card lines including:

Gracious Greetings - "Say It With Sensitivity";

Memorable Moments - "Grain Elevators of Alberta";

Cankunckle Chuckles - A take-off on celebrities;

CompuCards - greeting cards written in computer jargon;

Vintage Vehicles - Paintings of vintage vehicles found at the Reynolds-Alberta museum;

Animal Antics - Cute drawings of animals,

Astro-Analysis - Greeting cards displaying a portion of the Astrology poem "The Wheel".

These items are found in fine retail outlets throughout Western Canada.

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