Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Bill Burns
Fuyubi Nakamura
Diane Borsato/ Kelsey Oseid
Lisa Jean Russ
Jean Walton
Amanda Swinimer
Trevor Boddy
Legal Services Society
Michael H. Khan et al.
Government of BC/ Vancouver Island University/ BCCampus
Vanessa Perrone
Claudia Cornwall
Jack Knox
Beverley Patwell
Arne Quinze et al./ with photography by Dave Bruel
Yvonne Boyer/ Larry Chartrand
Tyee Bridge
Christy Goerzen
Angus An
Simon Fraser University
Ann Douglas
Tyee Bridge
Ed Kravitz
Andrew Thomas
Colin Henthorne
Kevin Thomas Townley, Jr.
Judith Williams
SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Corynne Pless/ Tim Hirschmann/ Ye Rin Mok
Barry Gough
Sylvia Olsen
Lisa Dawn Bolton
April Liu
Jane Munro
Jean Barman
Anthony Alan Shelton
Johanna Wagstaffe
Jeri Ross
Barry Baugh
Lily Collison/ Kara Buckley
Dominique Prinet
Jennifer Schell
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
K.L. Denman
Victoria Dickenson et al.
Karen Autio/ Emma Pedersen
Sharon Kirsch
Martin Family Initiative
Stephen Hui
Dianne L. Woodruff
Barbara Smith/ Nellie McClung
Bal Pawa
Elisa De Wyngaert/ Lou Stoppard/ Ellen Sampson/ Charlie Porter
Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Polly Daktilly
Deirdre Buryk
Stefanie Waldek
John MacLachlan Gray
Lauren Mote/ James O. Fraioli
Sam George
Roy Henry Vickers/ Robert Budd
Workshop for Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)
Rochelle Grayson/ Daniel Padgett/ Andrew Loos
Kathryn Bridge
Marc Lepine
James McCann
Kadir van Lohuizen
Shalene Wuttunee Jobin
Isabelle Groc
M. Anne Wyness
Katharena Vermette/ Scott B. Henderson/ Donovan Yaciuk
Christopher Dummitt/ Christabelle Sethna
Carolyn Jung
Sean McCammon
Jeremy Snyder
Barbara Smith
Richard Van Camp/ Julie Flett
Beatrice Mosionier
Ian Waddell
Richard Wagamese
Dan Jason
Laura Langston
Lee Murphy
John Hatch
Allison Crawford/ Lisa Boivin
Leslie Howard
Catherine Marie Gilbert
Ricardo
Ian Hanomansing
BC Ministry of Advanced Education/ University of British Columbia / BC Campus
St. Margaret’s School
Linda L. Richards
Tracy Kasaboski/ Kristen den Hartog
Legal Services Society
Wendy Wickwire
First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia
Kit Pearson/ Katherine Farris/ Gabrielle Grimard
Joseph Kimble
Richard Moxley
Children’s Heart Network of BC Society
Rika Ruebsaat
Ralph Milton
Christine M’Lot
James McCann
Tony Esteves
Adrian Forte
Thierry Geerts
Daniel Pauly
Tiny Frog Strategies
Barry Gough
Giulia Riva/ Tristan Manco/ Dries Van Melkebeke
Office of the Auditor General of BC
Preena Chauhan/ Arvinda Chauhan
Tracy Severson/ Sergio Fazio
Jeremy Snyder
Chef David Hawksworth
Jean Barman
Sandee Krause
Monique Gray Smith
Michael Gates
Anna Olson
Natural Resources Canada
John E. Marriott
Robin Stevenson
Faye HeavyShield
Torbjørn Ekelund
BC Ministry of Education
BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development
Andrew Mellen
Lou Beauchesne/ Kate Chappell
Lily Collison
Jim Reynolds
Skye Sherman
Keith Seifert
Nick Hannes
Lori Weidenhammer
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Drew Hayden Taylor
Katherine Luo
Julia Zarankin
Workshop for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia
Susan D. Dion
Christopher Gainor
Hanna Bjørgaas
Doctors of BC
Kwanlin Dün First Nation
Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie/ Nancy J. Turner
Agata Toromanoff
Trish Magwood
Richard Zussman/ Rob Shaw
Wade Repta/ Andrée Repta
Tamar Glouberman
Workshop for Halton Region Health Department
Sharona Adamowicz-Clements and Darrin J. Martens
Aaron W. Hughes
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry
Val Markos/ Tammy Martin
Nancy Marguerite Anderson
From the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection
Dr. Michele Kambolis
Ana Pêgo/ Bernardo P. Carvalho/ Isabel Minhós Martins
Priscilla Stanbury
Carey Newman/ Kirstie Hudson
Culture and Sport Glasgow
John Hunsley/ Catherine M. Lee
Rowena Rae
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Shari Peyerl
Rosie Daykin
Author: Margriet Ruurs, Artist: Nizar Ali Badr
International Journal of Indigenous Health
Tamara Williamson
Gordon McFarlane/
Jackie King
G. Wayne Pepper
Rowena Rae
Rinny Grimaud
Rowena Rae
BC Ministry of Advanced Education/ University of British Columbia/ BC Campus
Legal Services Society
Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia
Ian McAllister/ Alex Van Tol
Alice Ming Wai Jim/ Diana Freundl/ Howie Tsui
Jordan Mounteer
Christopher D. Burnley
Audain Art Museum
Corbin Tomaszeski
Created by Christine M’Lot
Sandra Rollings-Magnusson
Rosie Daykin
Venkat Venkatraman
Orac Decor
Emma Fitzgerald
Legal Services Society
Bridgett Miller
Grant Lawrence
Robert Lemon
Jo Chrona
David Waltner-Toews
Zazie Todd
Karen Autio
Dr. Lindsay Herriot / Kate Fry
Geoff Mynett
Adriana Barton
Rowena Rae
Early Childhood Educators of BC
First Nations Fisheries Council of BC
David A. Neel
Antonia Huber
The Law Society of British Columbia
Andy MacKinnon/ Kem Luther
Derek Hayes
Lana Okerlund
Nicola Levell
Jim Reynolds
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Other projects
Editing
- Annual reports, information sheets, and manuals (WorkSafeBC)
- BCcampus Open Textbook Project
- BC’s New Curriculum 2014–present (BC Ministry of Education)
- Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education
- Combatting Money Laundering in BC Real Estate (BC Ministry of Finance)
- EASE Online (Open School BC)
- Forestry technical reports (BC Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy)
- Principles of Administrative Justice course manual and online videos (Foundation of Administrative Justice)
- The New Energy Playbook: An Accelerator for Innovation and Transformation (Boston University/Amazon Web Services)
Writing
- From Gold Trails and Farm Fields: The Story of Our Ordinary Extraordinary Family (Marti Oppenheimer)
- From the Ground Up: The Story of Ledcor—The First Seventy Years (Ledcor)
- SOP Manual, editorial and writing style guide (Metro Vancouver—Public Involvement Division)
Training
- Introduction to editing
- Proofreading, basic and advanced
- Copy editing, basic and advanced
- Stylistic editing
- Structural editing
- Querying
- Style sheets and style manuals
- Cookbook editing
- Strategic planning for editors
- Developing a freelance editing career
- Writing process
- Plain language
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Workplace writing
- Report writing
- Writing professional bios