A Reflection of My Life

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A Reflection of My Life

• Tracy McLean
• LIBR 500
• Foundations of Information Technology

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Beginnings
I have always lived near the ocean.

• A field of water betrays the spirit that is in
  the air. It is continually receiving new life and
  motion from above. It is intermediate in its
  nature between land and sky.
• -Henry David Thoreau, The Writings of Henry
  David Thoreau

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City of Rainbows?

• I was born in the City of Rainbows.
• AKA Prince Rupert, B.C.

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Family
I am the oldest of six children.
I have two sisters, a step-sister, a
step-brother, a half-brother, and more than a
handful of cousins.
Various family members are scattered between
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, and
Hudsons Hope, B.C.
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A Little

• History

• In 1907 Charles Hays, president of the Grand
  Trunk Pacific Railway, chose Prince Rupert as the
  western terminus of Canadas second
  transcontinental railroad.
• Prince Rupert was to rival the port of Vancouver.

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History

• Continued

• Plans were well underway until Hays returned from
  a financing trip in England aboard the RMS
  Titanic.
• With the death of Hayes, the city became
  dependent on fishing, pulp and forestry.

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City of Rain!

• In order for Prince Rupert to be the City of
  Rainbows, first it must rain.
• My family moved to Vancouver about 16 years ago.
• Vancouvers weather is almost dry in comparison!

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Work Experience

• I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology.
• For the last 2 years, Ive worked as the
  Undergraduate Secretary for the Dept. of Earth
  Ocean Sciences, UBC.

Office animals on Halloween
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My Sweetie
We met while ballroom dancing 4 years ago.
This is Jeff.
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Favourite Books/Authors (in random order)

• Gone with the Wind
• Shining Through
• Anne of Green Gables
• Obasan
• Jane Eyre
• Pride and Prejudice
• Little Women
• Coyote Blue

• Stephen King
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Timothy Findley
• L.M. Montgomery
• William Gibson
• Thomas King

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Reflections
imageof water, a brightnessnot gold, not
silver,ripplingas if with laughter. - Denise
Levertov, The Ripple