WordImage Inc.
CORPORATE SUMMARY
1984 - 2010
WordImage, Ottawa, Canada
WordImage, owned and operated by Janet B. Uren, offers a range of
communication services, including the planning, development and/or writing of
exhibitions, institutional and family histories, visitor guides, feature articles, annual
reports and corporate plans, speeches, newsletters and promotional materials and
websites.
EDUCATION
1993 - 1996
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Post-graduate studies in History
1975 - 1978
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Master of Arts, English
1967 - 1971
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), English/Spanish
EMPLOYMENT
1984 - present
Principal, WordImage Inc.
1993 - 1995
Senior Writer/Editor, Creative Services
National Capital Commission
Ottawa, Ontario
1991 - 1992
Teacher (English)
The English School
Scalea, Italy
1983 - 1984
Editor
What’s On in Ottawa-Hull
The Ottawa Newcomer
Wedding Bells
Ottawa, Ontario
1982 - 1983
Writer/Editor
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Ottawa, Ontario
1981 - 1982
Editor
The Enterpriser
Ottawa, Ontario
1980 - 1981
Editor
The Cottager
Ottawa, Ontario
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1977 - 1980
Assistant (latterly Associate) Editor
Canadian Geographic Magazine
Royal Canadian Geographic Society
Ottawa, Ontario
SELECTED RECENT WORK
Exhibits
Research, interpretive planning, image research and acquisition and text-writing
Cobourg: People in Motion, Interpretive Heritage Panels, Town of Cobourg [in progress
2010]
Reflections of Canada: Provincial and Territorial Representation in the Capital, National
Capital Commission, 2009
On the Road North: The Journey to Freedom of Black Canadians, Parks
Canada/Department of Canadian Heritage, 2007-08; updated 2009 [travelling
exhibit]. Online learning materials: Virtual Museum of Canada, Agora Learning
Centre, 2008 [online]
The Magnificent, The Merry and The Mundane: The Display Windows of the Eaton’s
Department Stores, with Frank Edwards, Archives of Ontario, 2008 [online]
Eyewitness: Thomas Burrowes on the Rideau Canal, with Frank Edwards, Archives of
Ontario, 2007 [online]
Quest for the Capital, City of Ottawa Archives, 2007
A Capital Choice: 150th Anniversary of Canada’s Capital, National Capital Commission,
2007
Streetscape II, National Capital Commission, 2005
Leamy Lake Interpretive Project, National Capital Commission, 2005
Interpretive Texts
The Canadian Car, Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation, 2009
More Than Honey: Our Partnership with the Bee, Agriculture Museum/Canada Science
and Technology Museum Corporation, 2009
The Greeks, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2008 [audio-guide]
Treasures from Beijing, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2007 [audio-guide]
Canada, Face to Face, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2006
Acres of Dreams, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2005
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Research and text
Walking Tour of National Historic Sites in Toronto, Parks Canada, 2008 [online]
Research
“The Billings Family,” Primary Exhibit Research, Billings Estate National Historic
Site, City of Ottawa, 2010
Family Histories and Biography
Loyalty: the Hanes Family, 2009
Measure of My Days: A Memoir, 2009
Far from Home: Elmwood School and the British Evacuees, 2004
Institutional Histories
Place of Peace: The Story of Bruce House, 1988-2008 (Ottawa: Bruce House), 2010
Minto: Skating through Time, 1904 – 2004 (Ottawa: Minto Skating Club), 2003
Voices: from Elmwood School, 1915-2000 (Ottawa: Elmwood School/Baird, O’Keefe), 2000
Articles
“Modern Love,” Ottawa Interiors, February 2010
“All About Light: The House that A.Y. Jackson Built,” Ottawa Interiors, February
2010
“Family Connections: the Fuller House,” Ottawa Interiors, February 2009
“Perennial Delight: the Garden of Mary Pratt” Ottawa Interiors, February 2009
“Love at First Sight: my affair with an old house” Ottawa Interiors, February 2009
“Still Point of the Turning World,” Ottawa Magazine, December 2008
“The Scientist-Gardener of Carrigliath,” Ottawa Magazine, June 2008
“Canadian Club: 7 Rideau Gate,” Ottawa Interiors, 2008
“History in the Making,” Ottawa Magazine, October 2007
“Wearing Its Age Lightly: Restoration of the Library of Parliament,” Ottawa
Magazine, December 2006
“The man who lit up Ottawa,” Ottawa Magazine, March 2006
“A Quiet Private Light: Lillias Ahearn Southam, 1888-1962,” Ottawa City Woman,
March 2006
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“Catherine The Great: Arts For The Empire: Masterworks of the State Hermitage
Museum, Russia,” NUVO Magazine, November 2005
“Cause for Rejoicing,” Ottawa City Woman, Summer 2004
“Labour of Love,” Ottawa City Woman, Winter 2004
Web Writing
Canada’s Official Residences, National Capital Commission, 2008
Canada’s Capital: Introduction to the National Capital Region, National Capital
Commission Website, 2008
Lesson Plans (relating to online exhibits), Archives of Ontario, 2007
AWARDS
Award of Excellence, 2007
Interpretation Canada
For the Leamy Lake Interpretation Project
Gold Pinnacle Award, 2004-05
From the International Festivals and Events Association: Best Miscellaneous
Printed Materials (Multiple Pages)
For the National Capital Commission Annual Report
Gold Medal, 2000
From the International Festivals and Events Association: Best Miscellaneous
Printed Materials (Multiple Pages)
For A Capital Adventure: Confederation Boulevard Guide
Silver Medal, 1999
From the International Festivals and Events Association: Best Educational Program
For “A Capital Century,” National Capital Commission Centennial Exhibition
Awards for Excellence, 1999-2000, 1998-99 and 1996-97
From the Auditor General of Canada
For the National Capital Commission Corporate Plans and Annual Reports
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