Dallas Jennifer Cobb
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Biography

For fifteen years, I worked full-time as an adult education teacher, conducting courses in neighbourhood centers, not-for-profit agencies and community colleges. The courses I taught inlcude: graphic design, computer applications, creative writing, communications, small business start-up, life skills, employment readiness, technical writing and creativity workshops.  Since becoming a parent, and moving to a rural community, I have taught part-time for the past twenty-five years. 
With courses in communication, writing, business development, sport and fitness, and organizational development, I have had the joy of teaching adults, youth and children.

As an author  I publish under my full name, Dallas Jennifer Cobb. I have written articles about everything from garden design to herbs for health, from practical parenting to planning wedding rituals, from environmental art to homelessness.  I write fiction and non-fiction, undertaking technical writing, ghost writing, academic, corporate and grant writing.  I have over 300 published articles and essays; research resulting in publication; course curriculum and lesson plans; and essays that have been anthologized in books including  Three Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work and Family, Seal Press, 2004 and Far From Home: Father-Daughter Travel Adventures, Seal Press, 2004.  I'm a regular contributor to Llewellyn Annuals, and have had articles and writing in their date books, calendars and annuals every year since 2002. 

As a communication consultant, I have facilitated Board training and development, sensitivity and appropriate communication training, strategic planning sessions and annual general meetings and reports.  I regularly conduct community based research, working primarily in the not-for-profit sector, with research and publications focusing on homelessness, housing and health. 


I am diversely educated: a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science; with certificates in Library Management, Board Governance, Freelance Editing, Restorative Practices and Pilates Mat and Small Equipment Instruction. 

I live in a magical village on the shores of Lake Ontario with my daughter. In addition to wandering the beaches, juggling all my different jobs, and working out, I am currently at work on several writing projects, including a book proposal.
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