Here’s my background
time for a shift
After two terms serving in municipal government, I’m returning to editing and writing work for trade book publishers, government, non-profit organizations, and intriguing others.
My major clients have included:
- Book publishers: More than 70 books for UBC Press, Altitude Publishing, SFU Institute for the Humanities, Greystone Books, Douglas & McIntyre, Anvil Press, The Banff Centre, Harbour Publishing, Talonbooks
- Journals and magazines: Various little magazines, Vancouver Review, Georgia Straight (six years as proofreader), Canadian Journal of Higher Education
- Educational organizations: SFU, UBC, Royal Roads University, Douglas College, Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (more than 15 courses), Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (more than 30 books over a decade)
- Corporate and not-for-profit clients: David Suzuki Foundation, Intrawest, SFU Learning Strategies Group, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C.
education & training
MA (English) (Simon Fraser University)
BA (English & Psychology) (SFU)
Banff Publishing Workshops (Magazines & Books)
certificates
Certified Proofreader, Copy Editor, and Structural Editor (Editors Canada)
Certified in Local Government Leadership, Levels 1 and 2 (Local Government Leadership Academy)
services & skills
Developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading, structural editing, research, fact checking, writing, rewriting, teaching
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