Jen Powley

Jennifer Lynn Powley (1977 – 2023) was a Canadian writer and disability advocate from Nova Scotia.

Biography

Jen Powley was born in Vegreville, Alberta, in 1977 to parents Barbara Morris and William Powley. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 15.

Her first book, Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis, was published in 2017 by Roseway Publishing, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing.

Her next book, Making a Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People, was published in 2023, also by Roseway Publishing.

Powley died on 18 September 2023 due to complications with multiple sclerosis. She was 45 years old.

Publications

• Powley, Jen (2017). Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis. Halifax, NS: Roseway Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5526-6923-5. OCLC 968345104. Search this book on
• — (2023). Making a Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People. Halifax, NS: Roseway Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7736-3595-8. OCLC 1354945727. Search this book on

Recognition

• 2019 James McGregor Stewart Award

References

Sources

• Arif, Hafsa (29 October 2023). "Jen Powley honoured in celebration of life". CTV News. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Blissett, Rebecca (5 May 2021). "Author Q & A with Jen Powley". rickhansen.com. Rick Hansen Foundation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• [CBC Books] (13 February 2017). "Just Jen". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• [CBC Books] (8 May 2023). "Making a Home by Jen Powley". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• [CBC Books] (1 December 2023). "15 Canadian books to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• [CBC News] (19 September 2023). "Jen Powley remembered as passionate disability-rights advocate, environmentalist". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Corfu, Nina (8 May 2017). "Halifax author with multiple sclerosis dictated memoir line by line". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Devaney, Julie (June 2017). "Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Gorman, Michael (4 April 2019). "Disability advocates call for more community-living support". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Haiven, Judy (28 June 2019). "Activist Jen Powley receives 2019 James McGregor Stewart Award". The Nova Scotia Advocate. Halifax, NS. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Janssens, Christy (8 May 2017). "How Jen Powley wrote a memoir about living with multiple sclerosis". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Kimber, Stephen (4 November 2018). "Jen's choice is no choice at all; why not?". Halifax Examiner. Halifax, NS. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Lord, Ross (12 November 2018). "Halifax author with multiple sclerosis at a crossroads without access to affordable medical care". Global News. Vancouver, BC: Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Marasigan, Jemicah Colleen (26 June 2017). "REVIEW: Powerful memoir explores the challenges of living with multiple sclerosis". This Magazine. Toronto, ON: Red Maple Foundation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• McColl, Moira (7 May 2017). "Jen Powley brings her story to Vernon". The Vernon Morning Star. Vernon, BC: Black Press. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Powley, Jen (14 August 2021). "We need more people with disabilities in politics — and represented in policy". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Rent, Suzanne (19 September 2023). "'The sun is duller today': remembering Jen Powley". Halifax Examiner. Halifax, NS. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Rent, Suzanne (2023). "In Memoriam — Jen Powley (1977–2023)". writersunion.ca. Toronto, ON: Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Robinson, Bryn (9 September 2023). "Making A Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People by Jen Powley". The Miramichi Reader. Miramichi, NB. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Simmons, Ken (18 September 2020). "MEET THE CANDIDATE Jennifer Powley, Halifax". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, NS: Saltwire Network. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• [The Toronto Star] (18 September 2023). "Jen Powley, author and advocate for people with disabilities in N.S., dies at age 45". The Toronto Star. Toronto, ON: Torstar. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
• Tutton, Michael (18 November 2022). "Housing for N.S. adults with disabilities shifts slowly out of nursing homes". Penticton Herald. Penticton, BC: Continental Newspapers. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
• Tutton, Michael (18 September 2023). "Jen Powley, author and advocate for people with disabilities in N.S., dies at age 45". Global News. Vancouver, BC: Corus Entertainment. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

Further reading

• [Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia] (2021). "Author spotlight: Jen Powley". writers.ns.ca. Halifax, NS: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 June 2025.

External links

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• Jen Powley at Goodreads
• Jen Powley at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers

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