Jenny Higgins
{{Short description|Canadian author and researcher}}
Jenny Higgins is a Canadian author and researcher residing in Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador.{{Cite web|last=Hoffe|first=Mark|date=2017-06-14|title=NL Heritage Website Rolls Out New Documentary Videos: Jenny Higgins Discusses the Series' History and Future|url=https://theovercast.ca/nl-heritage-website-rolls-out-new-documentary-videos-jenny-higgins-discusses-the-series-history-and-future/|access-date=2020-08-24|website=The Overcast|language=en-US}} She specializes in Newfoundland and Labrador history and has written for the provincial Department of Education and the Maritime History Archive.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jenny Higgins|url=https://wintersetinsummer.ca/main/details.php?entry=458|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-25|website=Winterset in Summer Literary Festival}} Her debut novel, Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, won the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award. Her second book, Newfoundland in the First World War, won the 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award. Higgins has written pieces for CBC, the Memorial University's Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website, as well as other magazines and newspapers.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jenny Higgins|url=https://wanl.ca/members/jenny-higgins/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-25|website=Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador|language=en-US}}
Life
Higgins attended the Memorial University of Newfoundland for her undergraduate program, earning a bachelor's degree in English. She received a master's degree from Queen's University. She managed the English Language Research Centre at the Memorial University of Newfoundland from 2010 to 2012.{{Cite web|last=Newfoundland|first=Memorial University of|title=English Language Research Centre|url=https://www.mun.ca/elrc/|access-date=2020-08-24|website=Memorial University of Newfoundland|language=en-CA}} In 2019, she became the "Wikipedian in Residence", a position offered through the Centre for Newfoundland Studies at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.{{Cite web|title=Memorial University - Wikipedian-in-residence: Author Jenny Higgins tackles N.L. digital content in new role|url=https://educationnewscanada.com/social/h1d8/article/education/category/appointments/102/794924/Wikipedian-in-residence-Author-Jenny-Higgins-tackles-N-L-digital-content-in-new-role-.htm|access-date=2020-08-24|website=Education News Canada|language=en}} She is an organizer of "Wiki-Edit" events at the A.C. Hunter Library, with a focus on adding more information about the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to Wikipedia.{{Cite web|last=Duggan|first=Richard|title=Library Spreading Wiki-Knowledge to Fill Online Gaps in Province's History|url=https://vocm.com/2019/10/27/library-spreading-wiki-knowledge-to-fill-online-gaps-in-provinces-history/|access-date=2020-08-24|website=VOCM|language=en}}
Works
- Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster (2014){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2014-03-30|title=The 1914 sealing disaster: 100 years later|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/the-1914-sealing-disaster-100-years-later-1.2591837|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-24|website=CBC News}}
- Newfoundland in the First World War (2016){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jenny Higgins's new book|url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2690191424|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-24|website=CBC News}}
Awards
- 2015 Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-05-15|title=3 Atlantic Book Awards won by Newfoundland and Labrador titles|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/3-atlantic-book-awards-won-by-newfoundland-and-labrador-titles-1.3075437|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-24|website=CBC News}}{{Cite web|last=Johns|first=Stephanie|title=Atlantic Book Awards winners announced!|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2015/05/15/atlantic-book-awards-winners-announced|access-date=2020-08-24|website=The Coast Halifax|language=en}}
- 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Newfoundland in the First World War{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-05-03|title=And the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards go to...|url=https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/and-the-newfoundland-and-labrador-book-awards-go-to-129467/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-24|website=The Telegram}}
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Category:Writers from Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)