WRITING
Laura Jones
is available as a writer. Her specialties are health, environment, current
social issues and travel. The following is a selected list of previous
projects:
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
- Down at the Corner Store (Oct-Nov 2005)
- North to Alaska (April 2003)
- La Belle France (April 2002)
- Safari into Sorcery (May/June 2001)
Researched and wrote
"Rediscovery
Women in Photography"
The Blatant Image: A Magazine of Feminist Photography
"Reproductive
Hazards on the Job"
Women and Environments
Researched and wrote with Maxine Nunn
REPORTS
Researched
and wrote
For City of Toronto
- Toronto 2003: Ward 30
Researched
and wrote
For Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre
- Environmental
Scan -Ward 30
(Shared with local social service agencies)
- Background
and Model for a Parent Child Resource Centre
(For internal use) 39 pages - Child/Family
Resources
(For internal use) 27 pages - Parent-Child
Resource Centre: Needs Assessment
(For internal use) 9 pages
Additional reports:
- Toxic Soil: Making it Healthy: A Guide for Citizens of South Etobicoke
- Safe Soil: A Citizen's Guide to Decomissioning and Clean-up
- Hazardous Materials: Environmental Audit of the East Bayfront/Port Industrial Area Phase II
POSITION
PAPERS
- Response to Environmental Review Report for the Portland's Energy Centre
- Response to Supporting Document 1 - the Air Quality Assessment for the Proposed Portland's Energy Centre
- Response to Document 7 - Human Health and Ecological Effects Assessment for the Proposed Portland's Energy Centre
PAMPHLETS
Researched
and wrote
For South Riverdale Community Health Centre
- Health
Hazards of Meat Cutting and Wrapping
- Health
Hazards of Bakery Work
- Health
Hazards of Auto Repair
- Health
Hazards of Electronic Work
- Health
Hazards of Hairdressing
- Health
Hazards of Retail Work
- Health
Hazards of Textile Work
- Health
Hazards of Household Work
- Health
Hazards of Soap and Detergent Industry
- Health Hazards of Office Work
Researched
and wrote
For City of Toronto Department of Public Health
- Safe Lead
Paint Removal
- Be a Dust
Buster
- Getting the Lead Out
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
The Lake shore Advertiser
(Partial List)
- Household
Solvents can Kill Children
- Are Carcinogens Used
- in your
Workplace?
- Job Safety
Your Concern
- PCBs evoke
reactions of fear, anger
- Handle
Solvents Carefully
- Chemicals
May Cause Sterility in Men
- Review of Health and Safety Act
Riverdale
Cabbagetown News
(Partial list)
- Getting
the Lead Out -Nearing the Goal
- South
Riverdale Environmental Liaison Committee
- Darling
Debacle
- Odours
continue to Plague Riverdale
- Health
2000 Study Underway
- Colgate
opens to the Community
- Cat caught
in tree
- Colgate:
A Good Friend is closing
- Darling:
the beat goes on and on and on…
- Riverdale
2000:Create the Dream
- Withrow
Kids want fresh air
- Chinese
and Vietnamese Parents discuss high school choices
- Withrow
School suffocating in studies
- Refugee
Students face a range of problems
- Withrow
Students finally see the light
- Modern
Dance Thrives at Toronto Dance Theatre
- Windows
to Open on Withrow School
- Canada Day, a time to celebrate
ETC News
(Partial list)
- Trustee
Update- ViolencePrevention
- Trustee
Update - What is your holiday wish list?
- Trustee
Update - Cuts will undermine whole system of education
- Trustee Update - Ward 8 school news
Canadian
Waterfront Resource Newsletter
- Caution!
Hazardous Materials
- Gare! Substances dangereuses
The Toronto
Voice
(Partial List)
- Province
to let Polluters off the Hook
- Board
[of Education] seeks ways to raise money
- No shortfall
-it's a cut
- Canada Day
Guest edited by Laura Jones
Rediscovery:
Canadian Women Photographers 1841-1941
36 page catalogue
Guest curator, London Regional Art Gallery
Laura Jones
OTHER
BOOKS
Containing photos by Laura Jones
Eclectic
Eve
By Janice Cameron and others
Published by the Ontario College of Art
The Female
Eye Coup d'oeil feminin
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
Women
See Woman
A Photographic Anthology by over 80 talented photographers
By Cheryl Wiesenfeld and others
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Contemporary
Canadian Photography
From the Collection of the National Film Board
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
Born a
woman
Songs by Rita MacNeil
Published by the Canadian Women's Educational press
The Lace
Ghetto
By Maxine Nunes and Deanna White
Published by New Press
Collaborative
Image Nation
11 - Guest editing by the Women's Photography Co op
Published by Coach House Press
OTHER
Minna Keene
- brief bio
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Hurtig Publishers