With the unique combination of being a best selling travel writer, successful international entrepreneur and academic, Dr. Jayne Seagrave is an eclectic woman who has a wealth of experience and talents. With a long career as an entrepreneur, Jayne is best known as a writer. She has published nine works of non-fiction and in 2021 published her first novel entitled: The Games Women Use. In August 2022 she retired as Marketing Director at The Vancouver Tool Corporation, a position she had held since 1996. In retirement she is learning French, periodically teaching writing, and pursuing her first love by spending six months a year travelling. Since 2024 she has been producing articles on a range of diverse topics (divorce lawyers, Fiji, forest bathing, guilty pleasures) on a volunteer basis, which have been published in British Columbia. This is her latest love!
Freelance
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Freelance Writer - VolunteerFreelance Jan 2024 - PresentSince retiring from The Vancouver Tool Corporation in 2022 I have been involved in providing articles on a variety of topics (travel, self improvement, health) on a voluntary basis. These tend to be written in the first person and sometimes are provided at the suggestion of the body I am writing for (for example, The University of British Columbia, Campus Resident Magazine) and sometimes on topics I want to write on (for example to Lowentropy)
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WriterHeritage House. Touchwood Editions. Pegasus Publishing Jan 1995 - Present
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WriterSelf-Employed Jan 1995 - PresentVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Marketing Director (Retired)Vancouver Tool Cporporation Jul 1996 - Aug 2022Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Marketing DirectorVancouver Tool Corporation Jun 1996 - Aug 2022Vancouver, Canada AreaJayne was Marketing Director for The Vancouver Tool Corporation a company she established with her partner in 1996. Vancouver Tool has successfully managed to market and sell a number of patented inventions for the home improvement industry to every major home improvement retailer in North America. The company has also achieved export sales of their distinctive range of sealant tools - over 30 million of their products have been sold worldwide with significant export sales to Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA. In 1995 following a number of requests to provide information about marketing a new invention she wrote a book entitled: From the Mind to the Marketplace: The Story of an Inventor, The Home Improvement Industry, His Wife and Her Lovers (www.heritagehouse.ca). Following publication Jayne was asked to speak at a number of international conferences and events. In addition to international engagements Jayne also gives presentations to Canadian businesses, organizations and academic institutions. Jayne was on the Board of the Worldwide DIY Council (2009 – 2011) and then was asked to be President of the organisation (2011 – 2013).See: www.vancouvertool.comJayne has spoken at a number of international conferences. These included the following: - Presentation to the Inventor Bay Conference, Las Vegas. (www.vimed.com/2574995)- Conference address at the DIY Industry Conference. Athens, Greece.- Paper presented to the European Federation of DIY Manufacturers Barcelona, Spain.- A talk to the American Sealant Conference Savannah, USA.- Keynote address to the European Federation of DIY Manufacturers Brussels. Belgium. - Discussion paper presented to the Retail Management Club of Brussels, Belgium.- Paper presented at the Practical World DIY Forum Cologne. Germany.
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WriterHeritage House Publishing And Touchwood Editions And Pegasus Publishing 1996 - Aug 2022Heritage House Publishing And Touchwood Editions And Pegasus PublishingCAMPING: Jayne has written four books about camping in British Columbia (BC). Over 50,000 of these guide books have been sold making her one of the most successful travel writers in BC. Her works include: Camping With Kids; Best Camping Adventures - Southwestern BC and Vancouver Island; Best Camping Adventures – Northern, Central and Southwestern BC; and the most popular entitled Camping BC: A Complete Guide to Provincial and National Park Campgrounds (www.heritagehouse.ca). The latest 9th edition of this book was released in 2023. TRAVEL FOR THE SOLO WOMAN:For the last ten years through her work with Vancouver Tool Corp. Jayne has travelled extensively, primarily by herself. Her latest book is entitled: "Time to Take Flight: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Safe, Solo Travel" published (Touchwood Editions) in April 2016.BARD ON THE BEACH:Jaynes latest project is to document the history and success of Bard on the Beach, (www.bardonthebeach.org) the immensely successful Shakespearean theatre company which was established in Vancouver twenty six years ago with a budget of $35,000 and now has a budget of over six million and attracts over 100,000 patrons pa. (Heritage House Publishing, April 2017). FICTION: THE GAMES WOMEN PLAYPublished in late 2021 this is Jayne's first work of fiction...Set against the swirling activities in four Olympic Games host cities (Vancouver, London, Sochi and Tokyo) and culminating in Beijing during the 2022 winter games, four friends regularly get together to share their individual experiences, achievements, failures, goals and setbacks. What they rarely discuss are the events that led to the deaths of those once closest to them. The cities hosting the Games provide the place, time, and distraction for elite athletes to be celebrated, records to be broken, medals to be awarded and maybe for crimes to be hidden?www.jayneseagrave.com
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PresidentWorldwide Diy Council Apr 2011 - Oct 2013President Worldwide DIY Council, a non-profit association of US and Canadian firms serving the consumer, industrial and commercial Do-It-Yourself markets around the world. Prior to this Jayne served on the WDIYC Board for a period of three years.
Jayne Seagrave Education Details
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Criminology -
British Policy Studies -
Thesis On The Restoration Of Capital Punishment In Canada -
Sociology -
Carlton-Le-Willows
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Jayne Seagrave's current role is MARKETING DIRECTOR, VANCOUVER TOOL (Retired). WRITER.
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Jayne Seagrave attended Simon Fraser University, The University Of Sheffield, University Of Ottawa, University Of Essex, Carlton-Le-Willows.
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