Emily Joyce Watkins
Born and raised on Vancouver Island,
I have lived in various places across B.C., Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. I now make my home in Victoria, B.C., the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples. I enjoy spending time by the ocean, hiking our beautiful west coast paths, and writing fiction in my spare time.
From the time I could hold a pen, and read my first sentence in a book, I was a writer, communicator and storyteller. I went from creating my own newspaper at the age of 11, to attending journalism school, to writing my first novel, and then working as a communicator in government.
During my time in government, I have coordinated divisional issues management, worked on the Overdose Response, Alcohol Sense and Healthy Families’ B.C. communications campaigns, and provided strategic advice to communicators and executive regarding internal and external documents.
When I graduate in April 2025 with my B.A. in Professional Communications from Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C., I am looking forward to growing in my career as a communications analyst for the Government of B.C., publishing my first work of fiction and launching other freelance projects.
I would like to invite you to enjoy the samples of my work from across the spectrum of my life: newspaper articles, photos, layout and design and fiction.
You can find out more about my professional CV and other endeavours on my LinkedIn page.
Diversity Statement
I am passionate about justice, fairness and equity for all people from all genders, races, ethnicities, social, cultural, racial and religious backgrounds. I am committed to eradicating racial inequality and inequity in all areas of my personal and professional life.
As a non-Indigenous Canadian of European descent, I acknowledge the true history of injustices and genocide that has been committed against the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. I live on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples and I take my responsibility to decolonize and humbly learn the truth very seriously.
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