The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say,
Anaïs Nin
but what we are unable to say.
C A R O L Y N G R I S O L D , M.A., PhD (Candidate)
Carolyn has led reflexive writing workshops across Canada since 2014 and is an active member of Lapidus International, the writing for well-being association based out of the U.K. She works full-time as a senior writer in public affairs and teaches communications at local colleges near her home in Ontario. Her work experience includes myriad roles writing and editing for magazines, broadcast television, public relations and event marketing. She has been a freelance journalist since 2010.
Carolyn is currently pursuing a PhD on writing for well-being in Scotland at the University of Dundee and holds an M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, where she followed an independent track focused on Reflexive Writing. She recently completed further study this field of expressive arts with a Post-Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. Carolyn is a graduate of Glendon College (York University), with a Bilingual (French/English) Combined Honours B.A. in English Language & Literature and Philosophy, as well as The Humber School for Writers, where she completed a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing with a collection of poetry under mentor Olive Senior. She’s been a poet since she was 11 years old.
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