Jackie Flanagan

Jackie Flanagan is the publisher and editor of Alberta Views magazine. Born in Calgary in 1947 the daughter of John Flanagan (b. Medicine Hat, Alberta, 1916, of Irish immigrants) and Viola Skjei (b. Holonquist, Saskatchewan, 1919 of Norwegian immigrants), she grew up in Bowness, Alberta and has lived in Vancouver, Montreal and Edmonton. Educated at Ste. Ann's Academy in Kamloops, UBC (BA, 1967) and U of C (BEd, 1969, MA, 1975) she taught English at Mount Royal College for 15 years. She lives in Calgary with her two children, Natasha and Zakary Pashak, and her husband, Allan Markin with whom she sits on the Steering Committee of the Writer-in-Residence program at the University of Calgary.

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