Judy McFarlane

Judy McFarlane is a writer and former lawyer who lives in Vancouver, BC. She donates to projects that support the education and empowerment of girls and women with scholarships for at risk students in Canada and for young women attending secondary school and university in Kenya and Uganda. She also supports programs for girls through the Canadian Women’s Foundation and Tostan International. Judy’s writing has taken her into inner city schools and schools in remote communities, where she has helped students write and perform plays about issues important to them. Her writing has also taken her into the world of disability, where she worked with a young woman with Down Syndrome who wrote a book. Judy’s book about that experience, Writing with Grace, was published in 2014 and was a finalist for a national nonfiction award in Canada.