Janita holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from the University of Manitoba, and worked for a financial institution for 27 years. She is also a former Grainews columnist and author of the award-winning travel memoir Postcards Never Written.

Postcards Never Written was the recipient of the Saskatchewan Reader’s Choice Award in 2008 and was also listed by CBC as one of the top funny books in 2009. In 2010, Janita was inducted into the 100th anniversary edition of the Canadian Who’s Who publication.

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Janita is known for her candour, her sense of humour and her generosity – she donates a portion of all proceeds from the sale of her book to charity, most notably to World Vision and FCC’s Drive Away Hunger Campaign. To date, those donations have exceeded $30,000. She’s convinced that we’ve been given more than we’ll ever need in this lifetime, and a firm believer that the line-up of people willing to help, should always be longer than the line-up of those in need. Even better, she believes a world like that is possible.