​ETJ WAS RAISED IN THE Northwest Territories AND ON THE PRAIRIES. SHE IS AN ALUMNA OF THE BANFF CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. 
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SHE FOUNDED HERMES GALLERY IN NOVA SCOTIA, AND HAS CURATED FOR DALHOUSIE ART GALLERY OF DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, CURRENT SPACE IN BALTIMORE, AND OTHER VENUES. HER OWN ART HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY VTAPE AND EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY.

Her poems have been in THE PURITAN, HARVARD REVIEW, VALLUM, DALHOUSIE REVIEW, DENVER QUARTERLY, AND ELSEWHERE. BUTTERCUP WILL BE HER FIRST BOOK. 

ETJ LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND IN MONTREAL, WHERE SHE TEACHES FOR THE QUEBEC WRITERS' FEDERATION AND EDITS COLUMBA.