Taijiquan has been a part of Rowena’s life for over twenty-five years. She studies and practices both the Chen and Yang styles. In 2006, she attended the International Forum on Taijiquan in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where the 16 Movement Forms of the five major styles of taijiquan were presented during the Grandmasters’ workshops. Rowena also attended the 2014 International Tai Chi Chuan Symposium in Louisville, Kentucky, where she thoroughly enjoyed Grandmaster Yang Jun’s Tai Chi Kung workshops and Master Han Hoong Wang’s QICP sessions.

Rowena has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Diploma in Library and Information Technology. She had worked in libraries most of her life and retired from Mount Royal University Library in late 2015 after thirty-three years of service. As part of her responsibilities, Rowena taught students how to use library resources in small group and classroom settings. She also provided research assistance to faculty members.