Author: Maureen Littlejohn

Maureen is an award-winning journalist who has been practicing her craft since the 1980s. Her career includes stints as a daily newspaper reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press, music critic on Global Television, and editor/managing editor of magazines including Network, Tribute and Sears Family First. She is a prolific freelance writer and has written for such publications as Travel + Escape, Jetsetter, More, Flare, Homemaker's, Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian magazine, Convene, CAA and the Toronto Star. Her book, Aboriginal Tourism in Canada in the 21st Century (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010), examines how Native tourism destinations can bring positive change to communities.

Vietnam’s Training Restaurants for Disadvantaged Youth

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he resiliency of Vietnam is remarkable. Despite being ravaged by wars with France, the United States and China, the country’s economy is surging. English schools are popping up everywhere as people strive to learn the language of commerce and tourists arrive by the planeload to see UNESCO world heritage sites such as dream-like Halong Bay, […]

Travels with My Dad: A Father-Daughter Bonding Trip Through Southern Africa

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]umping along the highway, strapped into my seat aboard the tour group’s converted truck, I was marveling at my surroundings. Flame red desert dunes rose on the horizon and ostriches loped along in the distance as a deep blue African sky stretched straight up to heaven.[quote align=’right’]Sitting in front of our cabana, we gazed out […]