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Peter Johansen
Freelance travel journalist, Published in Taste & Travel, Inns Magazine, Ottawa Citizen, National Geographic Traveler
Member for 7 Years
Joined March 2017
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Ottawa, Ontario
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About me

I taught journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa for nearly four decades and am a freelance travel writer who's won several awards from the North American Travel Journalists Assn. and the Travel Media Assn of Canada.

Why did you join the community?

Get to know fellow travel writers

What is your favorite travel destination?

Windswept, remote islands: Sark, Miquelon, Shetland

Where do you dream of traveling to?

Switzerland

What was your first travel job?

Judging the media awards program for the Canadian Tourism Commission (now Destination Canada)

What do you want to learn more about?

Social media

Three words that describe why we should travel?

Expands cultural understanding