John Moelaert

John Moelaert has been a published author since 1958. He was born in Holland in 1930 and came to Canada in 1951. He studied philosophy at the University of Alberta and creative writing at the University of British Columbia. His articles have been published in newspapers and magazines across Canada and in the U.S., Japan and Costa Rica.

Writing has always been an important part of his life. His writing legacy spans 1958-2012 and includes articles, columns, editorials, travelogues, short stories and news analyses with special emphasis on social issues. Human interrelationships fascinate him. They are the strands of the tapestry we call life. Over the years his writing has generated many comments of which one he values more than any other. In a face-to-face meeting a reader told him: “I don’t always agree with what you write, but it does always make me think.”

Several of John’s short stories have won prizes including first prize for the Canadian Authors Association contest: Donovan versus Donovan, a.k.a. When Love Ends. He is also the former editor-publisher of the Canadian Conservationist and Insight. During the late 1970’s he served as a participant in B.C.’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Uranium Mining, and wrote the 1980 report, Uranium Mining Is Not in the Public Interest. His book, The Cancer Conspiracy, exposes the politics of cancer and continues to be a timely eye-opener.

His writing and photographic assignments have taken him to 30 countries from Stockholm to Rome, and from the Northwest Territories to Southern Chile. In 1998 the Government of Peru invited him to produce a photographic essay to promote tourism in that fascinating Latin country. His extracurricular involvements include being the founder of The B.C. Wildlife Park near Kamloops, B.C.