Portfolio
Mariellen Ward: writer, editor, content specialist
Below you will find selected work samples in the following categories:
- Personal finance and investment
- Health
- Travel
- Lifestyle
- Arts and culture
For a more complete list of both print and online travel articles, please visit BreatheDreamGo
For my resume please visit my Linkedin profile or download my Linkedin profile in PDF format.
Personal finance and investment
Advice for new Canadians
Cover story: Building an edge in immigrant communities
Publisher: Advisor’s Edge Date: September 2010
Dealing with difficult clients
Sooner or later, every advisor has to face the inevitable: the problem clients
Publisher: Advisor’s Edge Report Date: December 2009
Structural Advantages
Multi- and virtual-family offices let advisors focus on top clients
Publisher: Advisor’s Edge Date: February 2010
AVIVA Insurance Straight Answers blog
Editor of the Straight Answers blog – part of a campaign to demystify the insurance industry.
Client: Aviva Insurance Date: Autumn 2008
(sample available on request)
TD Canada Trust Retirement website
Contributed personal investment and lifestyle articles to Explore Your Vision, a comprehensive retirement planning website.
Client: TD Canada Trust Date: September 2008
GP E-Wealth Guide
Wrote quarterly personal finance and investment e-newsletter for a Toronto-based wealth management firm.
Client: GP Wealth Management Date: Spring 2008-Summer 2009
BMO Harris Private Banking website
Provided the concept and copy, and contributed to the design, for BMO Harris Private Banking’s website.
Client: Bank of Montreal Date: Fall 2004
Health
HealthyOntario
Wrote a weekly feature article on a different health topic for the official health website of the Ontario provincial government.
Client: Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion Date: Fall 2007
(sample available on request)
Bayshore Bridges
Wrote the bi-monthly newsletter for Bayshore Home Health, Canada’s national leader in supplying home health care services.
Client: Bayshore Home Health Date: Fall 2006 – Winter 2009
All One Newsletter
All One Wholistic Clinic offers integrated, holistic healthcare. Wrote and edited their quarterly e-newsletter from 2005-2008.
Client: All One Wholistic Clinic Date: 2005-200
What yoga is
After studying and practicing yoga for about 15 years, I recently had the pleasurable experience of hearing an outspoken yoga teacher say the emperor has no lululemons. What yoga is.
Publisher: Humantimes Date: September 2008
How I learned to accept change
During a series of devastating losses, when it seemed as though a river of sorrow was sweeping through my life and I was hanging onto the bank, I decided to let go.
Publisher: The Mindful Word Date: Spring 2008
(sample available on request)
Finding Bliss On Juniper Island
A bliss-filled yoga retreat with Indian yoga teacher Yogi Vishvketu in the Thousand Islands.
Publisher: Federation of Ontario Yoga Teachers newsletter, FOYTspace Date: Fall 2007
Travel
BreatheDreamGo
Writer, editor and publisher of India travel blog, BreatheDreamGo Promoted on Twitter @breathedreamgo, on Facebook, and using other social media tools.
Launched: August 23, 2009
Golden Mirage
Deep in the heart of India’s Thar Desert exists Jaisalmer, a place of fairy tales where imagination mixes with past and present for a powerful elixir. Wrote six-page full-colour feature and provided photos.
Publisher: Acura Style Date: Winter 2010
Slum Tourism
Booming trade in Slum Tourism dispels some myths, creates others
Publisher: This Magazine Date: January 2010
Winter Wonderland
Winter in India is cooler and far more colourful, making it the perfect time to visit. It’s a Winter Wonderland.
Publisher: Aeroplan’s Arrival Magazine Date: Fall 2009
India: A journey to the other side
Cremation fires burn day and night on the ghats in India’s holy city of Varanasi, powerful symbols of the cycle of death and life. Travel section cover: India: A Journey to the Other Side.
Publisher: Toronto Star Date: August 2009
India is Yoga
Rishikesh, a small and relatively peaceful town that meanders along the Ganges River in north India, is the centre for yoga in India. Provided photos.
Publisher: Dreamscapes Magazine Date: May 2009
11 Reasons to visit India in the summertime
While the majority of travelers visit India in the winter, there are some who like it hot. There are lots of good reasons for visiting India in the summer. 11 Reasons to visit India in the summertime.
Publisher: The Matador Network Date: August 2009
ATOURZ India Brochure
28-page travel brochure, which describes tours you can take to India, land of dreams and fantasies.
Client: ATOURZ Date: Fall 2005
Lifestyle, arts and culture
Beauty amid the garbage strike
Beauty amid the garbage strike: A Toronto writer looks at things differently.
Publisher: CBC.ca Citizen Bytes Date: Summer 2009
EQ Magazine
Contributing Editor, feature writer and part of a three-person team who helped create the full-colour quarterly magazine of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
Client: Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
Date: Spring 2007 PDF
Date: Fall 2007 PDF
Date: Summer 2008 PDF
Yannt and the Magic Moon
A web-based children’s story written by Mariellen Ward, illustrated by Victoria Ward and designed by Andrew Ward. Yannt and the Magic Moon