For 16 years, Angela used her MA in Literature from Queens University, an Honours English BA from Redeemer University and the grammar skills she learned teaching ESL in Moscow to run a small but feisty national paper called Christian Courier. Under her leadership as Editor-in-Chief from 2009 to 2025, the independent Canadian publication navigated the unceasingly-tumultuous news industry, expanded its online readership and won dozens of awards.
During that time, her own writing was recognized for “excellence in religious journalism” with the prestigious A.C. Forrest Memorial Award (2016) and by the Debra Fieguth Social Justice Award (2018) for “outstanding work that addresses social justice issues.” In 2020, Angela received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Redeemer University.
In 2026, Angela returned to the classroom and rediscovered her passion for teaching. Her debut graduate-level course, offered online to life-long learners across North America through the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, broke new ground by exploring contemporary Canadian literature and its depiction of the legacy of the Christian Church. She also taught a bit of Shakespeare and essay-writing to high school students, who happily traded contemporary slang for every word of Old English they learned.
Angela has edited memoirs, monographs and anthologies, and traveled across Canada as a guest speaker. Blessed are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada, co-authored with Peter Schuurman, is her first book.
She lives in Newcastle, Ontario with her family, where you’ll find a bookshelf in just about every room of their house. Even the driveway.
