About Christine Shaw Roome
Born on Alberta soil, Christine made her way to British Columbia to attend the University of Victoria 20 years ago and, of course, has not looked back. After testing the waters in three faculties, she finally committed to an undergraduate degree in women studies and history where she learned how to write and think critically about the world. She followed this with a master’s degree in history, which she now uses to write historical fiction.
Christine supplemented her undergraduate and graduate degrees by shelving books and working at the circulation desk at UVic’s McPherson library. A firm lover of books, she found it very difficult to leave the library and even when she did it was only a brief flirtation with the private sector. She now works as a professional fundraiser for the McPherson library.
She writes in the mean early hours of morning, during children’s naps, on coffee and lunch breaks and in any other nook and cranny of time and space that she can carve out. She writes about motherhood and parenthood because she is in it, but plans on doing so much more. She reigns queen over her household of boys which includes her husband, Loch, her nearly-four-year-old, Corbin, and her now one-year-old son, Hamish.
E.J. Hughes – The Artist Who Brings Me Home
Christine Roome writes about her experience of viewing E.J. Hughes paintings, her connection to Vancouver Island and how the work of an artist can give one a sense of home.
School Daze #2: I Don’t Know How She Does It!
Christine Roome recounts the harried moment when she was late for volunteer duties at her son’s school and ponders the seemingly age old question of work/life balance.
Giving Thanks for the Season of Abundance
Christine Roome reflects on the history of Thanksgiving, the emergence of autumn and her connection to the abundance and gratitude inherent in the season. The first day of fall has passed. Autumn brings with it the ancient Chinese wisdom of Yin. … Read more →
School Daze #1: Wooden School Desks, Cherry-red Apples and Scribblers
What do an 93 year old man and 5-year old boy have in common? Their love of early 20th century wooden school desks.
Google doesn’t have Children: 5 Morsels of Advice I Would Give Myself
What advice would you give yourself before you had children?
Achieving Balance: 5 Ways to Ease Post-Partum Recovery
Becoming supermom immediately after delivery may be detrimental to our health. Christine Roome explores how traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture aid postpartum recovery.
Learning How to Duck When Dealing with Kids’ Anger
A mother puts into practice the advice she read on how to deal with anger in children.
This Day in History: The First Gay Rights Demonstration in Canada
40 Years later, an academic conference in Vancouver acknowledges, honours and celebrates the first public protest to address gay rights in Canada
The History of Mother’s Day, and Why This Day Still Matters
Christine Shaw Roome looks back at the history of Mother’s Day and reminds us why this day still matters for humanity.
Trains, Tanker Trucks, and Salmon
What does the suspension of an historic railway route, the spilling of fuel into precious salmon habitat, and a couple of elections have to do with one another? For one woman, they all add up to a call for action.
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