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My Work.
The author, a former long-time university instructor, received this red gift box (with an intentional small act of kindness inside) from one of her students. This story is one of ten chapters in “Every Little Thing.”
Credit: Paul Darrow Photography
Rob and Laura Dauphinee, Janice’s immediate family and her biggest cheerleaders. The author’s husband and daughter are the primary inspiration behind “Every Little Thing.”
Credit: Josée Hanson
Janice Landry has won four national awards for her writing and mental health advocacy.
On March 1, 2025, she was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal from the Government of Canada for her writing, books, and national mental health advocacy. Janice was nominated by the Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, MP for Halifax West. Janice is grateful and humbled by this major career highlight and honour.
Janice has been a journalist for nearly four decades, graduating from the University of Kings College, Halifax in 1987. Janice has an honours degree in journalism and graduated with distinction.
Janice has worn many hats over her lengthy career including television reporter, producer, anchor, university instructor, web writer and editor, video script writer and producer, mental health advocate and public speaker.
If you are looking for a dynamic writer, producer, or speaker for a project or event, some of the topics Janice tackles include: gratitude, resiliency, movement and its connection to mental wellness, environmental issues, first responders and frontline mental health, teamwork, love, hope, empathy, family, acts of kindness and connection.
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