A Toronto-born journalist, memoirist, fiction writer and veteran digital content strategist based in Toronto and Prince Edward County. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, CBC, Today’s Parent, blogTO, and Chatelaine including short fiction and articles on relationships, parenting, travel and pop culture.

A graduate of The University of Toronto, Justine earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in English Literature and subsequently obtained post-graduate certification in digital journalism from Centennial College.

She has taught and facilitated groups across Ontario, including at CAMH, Seneca College as a sessional lecturer, and for multiple corporate entities.

She has also contributed as an editor, consultant or producer to Nimbus Publishing, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Santa Barbara Independent, Four Seasons Magazine, Divorce Magazine and as an editor or ghostwriter for a range of projects across fiction and nonfiction, including memoir and psychology and mental health textbooks and handbooks.

Justine writes novels, literary fiction, lyric essays, screenplays, articles, short stories and the occasional terrible poem, some published and some forthcoming.

Her most recent completed book is a short memoir which was written after experiencing some personal losses.

She founded Cardiff Collective as a way to build writing culture and expand community and camaraderie among writers.