Anne Mowat Email & Phone Number

British Columbia, Canada

Retired. Living in a hydro-grid solar-powered straw bale eco-house, with net metering—increasingly important as snowpack and glacial streamflows in Western Canada diminish. We grow and preserve much of our food using permaculture and regenerative agriculture principles. I am an active volunteer with the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), through which I report precipitation metrics daily and I am an enthusiastic volunteer with Butterflies in my Back Yard (BIMBY), a David Suzuki Foundation project to support research into butterflies in the hope of helping them survive and thrive in the years to come.

Nelson, Bc

Diversified, creative, business communications professional, writer and editor, problem solver, issues manager, strategist. All channels. All media. Online or in person, I help organizations use communications to build and maintain strong stakeholder connections and relationships.

Regina, Sk

I planned, created, and maintained image and brand assets for ISM Canada, and actively advanced the image of ISM Canada and parent company, IBM Canada. Recently, I've incorporated Web and social media applications into the mix to strengthen ISM Canada's corporate image and reputation--reinforcing the impact of our traditional proven channels and forums--to inform and engage ISM Canada's stakeholders. IABC Accredited, 1989. Degrees: B.A.A. in Journalism from Ryerson Polytechnical University, 1981; B.Comm (Hons) from Queen's University, 1977.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Voluntary Role. Served on the CMHA Board of Directors 2005-2009, Chair, 2008-09. Funded by the Ministry of Health, local and provincial government departments, the United Way, the Regina CMHA provides vocational and social support services to help individuals transition from clinical care to the wider community.

Marketing Communications / PR Consultant to the Grain GroupResponsible for variety of projects - Corporate Annual Report (1999 - 2000); working with Agency of Record on various campaigns to position Wheat Pool with farmer-clients and grain buyers overseas.

Note: Crown Life was bought by Canada Life, which was later acquired by Great-West Life Assurance of Canada. I served as Communications Consultant to Individual Insurance Operations, responsible for marketing and communications solutions relating to product launches and positioning Crown Life effectively in selected markets worldwide (Bahamas, Hong Kong, USA, Canada).

Promotional campaigns for new product launches, internal communications consulting, PR services to position Individual Operations within the insurance trade sector of North America.

A second tier financial co-operative, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan, today known as SaskCentral, provides pooled services to the credit unions of the provinces. My role there was principally to provide communications programming and consulting services in the areas of client and employee communications.

Baa (Journalism), Print Journalism

B.Comm Hons, Business - Marketing + Policy