Beverly was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, Bev’s home was in Toronto until she moved to live fulltime in Muskoka in the family cottage.
Bev graduated from the University of Toronto with the notion of becoming a teacher or a social worker. Her introduction to life skills teaching methodology and group work facilitation set the stage for her life’s work. At Seneca Polytechnic Bev ran life skills groups and supported adults in job readiness and academic upgrading. Eight years later Bev took a position in the social service worker diploma program. In year fourteen of her teaching life, Bev completed a Bachelor of Education in Adult Education degree at Brock University and then later had the privilege of teaching in the program.
With a whetted appetite for deep learning she enrolled in the department of Curriculum Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and acquired a Master of Education degree. An introduction to narrative inquiry and personal experience research methods incited an in-depth study of teaching and learning on the community college landscape. In 2002, Bev attained her PhD. When she taught in the college’s Teacher Development program, Bev supported faculty members in curriculum preparation. Bev retired in her thirty-sixth year of teaching on the college landscape. In retirement, Bev writes fiction and memoir. In the Fall of 2023, Blue Denim Press published her memoir, Dance into the Light. Her long-time project, What No One Knew, was released on October 1, 2026. When Bev’s not writing, she’s in a kayak and when the water freezes over, on snowshoes somewhere in the bush. She’s happy to have found like-minded friends who hike and play pickle ball all year round. Never without a dog, Bev lives with Bailey, her golden retriever.
