WRITING
As an award-winning journalist, Cori has travelled around the world telling stories for a wide-variety of international newspapers, magazines, TV and radio networks. From the slums of Rio de Janeiro, to the plight of First Nations foster kids in British Columbia, to the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Cori has written everything from hard news and feature stories to personal essays and memoirs.
Her writing style has educated and entertained readers through thousands of stories.
Versatile and creative, Cori has been published in major publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Real Simple Magazine, Huffington Post, Maclean’s, Chatelaine, Reader’s Digest, Conde Nast Traveler, The Independent, among others. She was a staff reporter for The National Post and spent many years as a producer and reporter for CBC Television and Radio in both Washington, DC and Vancouver. She has lived in Costa Rica and in Chile as a foreign correspondent. And she has published a best-selling anthology Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood, which to this day continues to connect and inspire mothers.
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Divorce Lit's Big Literary Moment
Globe and Mail
March, 2025
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On Sisterhood across time, borders and babies
Pangyrus Literary Magazine
January, 2025
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The Fifth Season: Cori Howard writes about her discovery of a fifth season in many women's lives
Midstory Magazine
November, 2023
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The Missing Middle: Cori Howard finds that it takes more than Marie Kondo and burning sage to transition to an empty nest
Spirituality & Health Magazine
May, 2023
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Fact or Friction: A Pandemic Comes Between Best Friends
Maisonneuve Magazine
July, 2022 -
The College Goodbye Redux
Medium
July, 2021 -
Why I'm Still Living Under the Same Roof as My Ex-Husband
Real Simple
October, 2017
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Celebrating my Daughter’s Coming of Age
Washington Post
October, 2016 -
It’s Not Safe to Run Alone. I Do it Anyway
Washington Post
September, 2016 -
It’s a Cow. No, it’s a Goat. Experiments in Farming for City Kids
Huffington Post Parents
August, 2012 -
She Isn’t Sexy. She’s Seven
New York Times Online
Motherlode
July, 2012 -
Mixed Emotions: Living in multicultural Canada, I thought interracial marriage was proof race no longer matters. I was wrong
Chatelaine
November, 2008
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Ablution
Contemporary Verse 2
June, 2025
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New Critique Journal
June, 2024
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Home is a Holiday
Quail Bell Magazine
July, 2023
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Stones
Quail Bell Magazine
July, 2023
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Tinder
Yellow Arrow Journal
May, 2023
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Lilac Longing
Musing Publications
April, 2023
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Unbirthing
Cordella Review
April, 2023
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Threshold
Discretionary Love
March, 2023
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The Children
The Fieldstone Review
February, 2023
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My Life in Food
Sustenance
November, 2017
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How a Vancouver Charity Supports Single Mothers
Montecristo Magazine
August, 2025
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The Architecture of Mindfulness
Montecristo Magazine
October, 2019 -
The Easy Way to Travel as a Single Parent
Globe and Mail Travel
September, 2018 -
A Sliver of Hope
Reforms have brought prosperity to Burma, but poverty is still the norm for most.
Maclean’s
April, 2013 -
Golden Moments: Back on the tourist trail after 20 years
Yangon offers a new generation a wonderful taste of Myanmar’s culture and history.
Silkroad Magazine
January, 2013 -
Inside Canada’s First Breast Milk Bank
Best Health Magazine
August, 2010 -
Saving James
One mother’s quest to change the system of mental health in Canada.
Today’s Parent
June, 2009 -
The steep price of becoming a ‘dollar mommy'
Globe and Mail
April, 2009 -
His Big, Fat Diet
An aboriginal community finds a low-carb mix of modern and traditional foods can boost their health.
Reader’s Digest
March, 2009 -
Invasion of the nanny snatchers
Globe and Mail
July, 2007 -
Vancouver's Group of Five: The Young Romantics
Five artists, will paint for money: Not for themselves, of course.
National Post
February, 2006
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An ancient helper for making a baby
Many parents swear by acupuncture for increased fertility
Maclean’s Magazine
January, 2006
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Stealing Home
First Nations are taking back children that were fostered out by over-zealous government agencies. But what happens when those children don’t want to go home?
Vancouver Magazine
October, 2003
Winner of Western Magazine Awards -
Artist Brian Jungen
The breaking point: Artist Brian Jungen rips consumer items apart and rebuilds them into cultural artifacts. More is broken than plastic lawn chairs
National Post
October, 2000
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Lasqueti Island
An uneasy truce on the island: Old-timers and dope growers. Both want the island preserved, but in ways that can conflict
National Post
August, 2000
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Plato and poetry for the poor
An innovative program brings philosophy to the streets
National Post
July, 2000
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Chief Injustice
Escalating abuse, corruption & mismanagement on First Nations reserves are prompting women to take action.
Homemaker’s
April, 2000 -
Jann Arden
Just your atypical rock 'n' roll babe: At home with the cats: With a new album out next week, the singer muses about success
National Post
March, 2000
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The day $7 million dangled from my ears
Introducing two glittering Oscar stars
National Post
March, 2000
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Various reportage from Mexico and Brazil
National Post
1999 - 2000
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Isabel Allende Profile
Cinderella of magic realism: Isabel Allende says time, not critics, will determine the value of her best-selling novels
National Post
November, 1999
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Burning Man Festival
Extreme art: Creative minds spend a week building a temporary city in the Nevada desert. Then they burn it all down
National Post
September, 1999
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The Grouse Grind: Mother Nature's Stairmaster
Mother Nature's Stairmaster is pure adrenalin rush: 1,000 sweaty bodies a day: The hike is popular way of keeping in shape, getting a date
National Post
August, 1999
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The life and art of Susan Musgrave
She may be a prolific poet with 20 books to her name and a nomination for the Governor General's Award, but for the wife of accused bank robber Stephen Reid, it's her life that gets all the attention
National Post
August, 1999
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Poet bill bissett Profile
Poet bill bissett lives inside his own language -- is it a private world, or can we all share?
National Post
July, 1999
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Wreck Beach: Full Frontal Beach Property
National Post
July, 1999
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Super success -- at a cost
At age 15, international model Noot Seear's life appears to be the height of glamour. But is there any time for fun when you're wanted on runways in New York, Paris, and Milan?
National Post
May, 1999
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Return of the Exiles: Reporting from Chile
Going home to a Chile reception: You can and can't go back, Pinochet-era exiles report. Their presence stirs unpleasant memories for those who stayed put. Says Isabel Allende: ``. . . they had to take all the repression and they built this new country and now these people have come to benefit.
Vancouver Sun
June, 1998
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'Senator-for-Life' Pinochet
Chileans protest as country’s ex-dictator leaves military post for new role
San Francisco Chronicle
March, 1998
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Dinosaur dictator attains political eternity
Thousands died or disappeared in Chile under Pinochet's regime, but he won support by creating `elephants in the desert' to bring prosperity. Now he's a senator-for-life.
Vancouver Sun
March, 1998
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Inside Burma: Big Brother and Poverty Rule
San Francisco Chronicle
October, 1996
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Alarm Grows Over Clear-Cutting on Majestic Coast
San Francisco Chronicle
November, 1993
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Costa Rica Selling out to Foreigners
A wave of foreign investment is wreaking havoc on the country’s traditional economy and agriculture
San Francisco Chronicle
August, 1993
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The Raging Grannies
Vancouver Sun
October, 1992
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Opposing Forces
Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood.
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008 -
The Splitting of Thunder
Witness to Wilderness.
Arsenal Pulp Press, 1994