linda acted as guest editor for a young adult issue of "prairie fire magazine", for which she was awarded the vicky metcalf short story editor award. she has been a member of the manitoba artists in the schools program and canscaip, toured with the canadian children's book centre, acted as a mentor in the manitoba writers' guild mentor program, and taught creative writing through the university of winnipeg's continuing education programme. she has served on a number of juries across canada, including the governor-general's award for children's literature, and created and facilitated writing workshops on many aspects of the writing process to both students and adults nationally and internationally. she held a nine-month term as writer-in-residence at the millennium library in winnipeg, and served on the editorial advisory board for turnstone press and on the board of the manitoba writers' guild. she is a member of the writers' union of canada.