Gordon McFarlane/
Jackie King
Shalene Wuttunee Jobin
Derek Hayes
Barry Gough
Claudia Cornwall
Carolyn Jung
Tamar Glouberman
Ana Pêgo/ Bernardo P. Carvalho/ Isabel Minhós Martins
Priscilla Stanbury
Anthony Alan Shelton
Rochelle Grayson/ Daniel Padgett/ Andrew Loos
Lana Okerlund
Ian McAllister/ Alex Van Tol
Michael H. Khan et al.
Kevin Thomas Townley, Jr.
Antonia Huber
Tony Esteves
Christy Goerzen
Val Markos/ Tammy Martin
Ricardo
Johanna Wagstaffe
Andrew Mellen
Andrew Thomas
Doctors of BC
Grant Lawrence
Allison Crawford/ Lisa Boivin
Beatrice Mosionier
Diane Borsato/ Kelsey Oseid
Sean McCammon
Orac Decor
Lou Beauchesne/ Kate Chappell
Dan Jason
Nick Hannes
Lee Murphy
Tamara Williamson
St. Margaret’s School
Ian Waddell
Sharon Kirsch
Jeremy Snyder
Chef David Hawksworth
K.L. Denman
Lisa Dawn Bolton
Kathryn Bridge
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry
Adrian Forte
Isabelle Groc
Drew Hayden Taylor
Colin Henthorne
Kwanlin Dün First Nation
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
James McCann
Simon Fraser University
Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Alice Ming Wai Jim/ Diana Freundl/ Howie Tsui
Catherine Marie Gilbert
Early Childhood Educators of BC
Leslie Howard
Natural Resources Canada
First Nations Fisheries Council of BC
Corbin Tomaszeski
Lauren Mote/ James O. Fraioli
Emma Fitzgerald
Martin Family Initiative
Bridgett Miller
Barbara Smith
International Journal of Indigenous Health
John Hunsley/ Catherine M. Lee
Legal Services Society
Torbjørn Ekelund
Lisa Jean Russ
Jean Walton
April Liu
First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia
Polly Daktilly
Victoria Dickenson et al.
Katharena Vermette/ Scott B. Henderson/ Donovan Yaciuk
Robin Stevenson
Bal Pawa
Jean Barman
Rowena Rae
Daniel Pauly
Rosie Daykin
Michael Gates
John E. Marriott
Jim Reynolds
Richard Zussman/ Rob Shaw
Tiny Frog Strategies
Rowena Rae
Dianne L. Woodruff
Corynne Pless/ Tim Hirschmann/ Ye Rin Mok
Stephen Hui
BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development
Author: Margriet Ruurs, Artist: Nizar Ali Badr
Adriana Barton
Christopher D. Burnley
Susan D. Dion
Wendy Wickwire
Richard Wagamese
Roy Henry Vickers/ Robert Budd
Dr. Lindsay Herriot / Kate Fry
John Hatch
Yvonne Boyer/ Larry Chartrand
Angus An
Workshop for Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)
David A. Neel
Sharona Adamowicz-Clements and Darrin J. Martens
Preena Chauhan/ Arvinda Chauhan
Agata Toromanoff
James McCann
Jo Chrona
Stefanie Waldek
Workshop for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Richard Van Camp/ Julie Flett
Tracy Severson/ Sergio Fazio
Lori Weidenhammer
Workshop for Halton Region Health Department
Hanna Bjørgaas
Keith Seifert
G. Wayne Pepper
Shari Peyerl
Christine M’Lot
David Waltner-Toews
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
Jack Knox
Jennifer Schell
Venkat Venkatraman
Giulia Riva/ Tristan Manco/ Dries Van Melkebeke
The Law Society of British Columbia
Robert Lemon
Rosie Daykin
Legal Services Society
Jane Munro
Sandra Rollings-Magnusson
Trish Magwood
Tracy Kasaboski/ Kristen den Hartog
Judith Williams
Rowena Rae
Jim Reynolds
Zazie Todd
BC Ministry of Education
Rowena Rae
Legal Services Society
Audain Art Museum
Anna Olson
Laura Langston
Arne Quinze et al./ with photography by Dave Bruel
Amanda Swinimer
Nancy Marguerite Anderson
Deirdre Buryk
Ed Kravitz
Ralph Milton
Created by Christine M’Lot
Katherine Luo
Legal Services Society
Karen Autio
Skye Sherman
Lily Collison/ Kara Buckley
BC Ministry of Advanced Education/ University of British Columbia/ BC Campus
Trevor Boddy
Vanessa Perrone
Kit Pearson/ Katherine Farris/ Gabrielle Grimard
Dominique Prinet
Geoff Mynett
Government of BC/ Vancouver Island University/ BCCampus
Kadir van Lohuizen
Barry Gough
Zazie Todd
Sandee Krause
SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Nancy Marguerite Anderson
Fuyubi Nakamura
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Beverley Patwell
Tyee Bridge
Tyee Bridge
Wade Repta/ Andrée Repta
Jeremy Snyder
First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia
Faye HeavyShield
Rika Ruebsaat
Jordan Mounteer
John MacLachlan Gray
Elisa De Wyngaert/ Lou Stoppard/ Ellen Sampson/ Charlie Porter
Richard Moxley
BC Ministry of Advanced Education/ University of British Columbia / BC Campus
Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia
Ian Hanomansing
Sandra Rollings-Magnusson
Children’s Heart Network of BC Society
Barbara Smith/ Nellie McClung
George Zukerman
Andy MacKinnon/ Kem Luther
Monique Gray Smith
Barry Baugh
Christopher Gainor
Rinny Grimaud
Carey Newman/ Kirstie Hudson
Dr. Michele Kambolis
Bill Burns
Sylvia Olsen
Lily Collison
Sam George
Karen Autio/ Emma Pedersen
M. Anne Wyness
Julia Zarankin
Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie/ Nancy J. Turner
Thierry Geerts
Joseph Kimble
Marc Lepine
From the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection
Christopher Dummitt/ Christabelle Sethna
Ann Douglas
Culture and Sport Glasgow
Rika Ruebsaat
Linda L. Richards
Office of the Auditor General of BC
Jeri Ross
Aaron W. Hughes
Jean Barman
Nicola Levell
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Testimonials
“We can’t thank you enough for helping us turn our family history into such a beautiful book. From interviews to writing to photos and design, we enjoyed working with you from start to finish—you totally exceeded our expectations. Our family will treasure this book for generations.”
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“I remember my first call asking for assistance in professionally editing and publishing a book. To see what has been accomplished is certainly beyond my expectations. A big thanks to Lucy for keeping us moving and truly, at times, pushing us to the finish line!”
“West Coast Editorial Associates conducted a workshop on proofreading and developed a proofreading manual for our division. They did an excellent job tailoring their products to our needs, and both services were well received by staff.”
“The copy editing and proofreading services provided by West Coast Editorial Associates are uniformly excellent, and their on-time performance is exceptional.”
“Thank you, Rowena, for your efficiency and eagle-eyed skill in editing this book. Having such a competent and reliable editor has been of great comfort to me.”
“I had used other proofreaders and thought my book copy was clean and ready to go. Ruth returned a proof that showed what everyone else had missed. Now my professional readers have a professional book. I am thrilled with Ruth’s work and recommend her completely.”
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“As ECEBC’s managing editor for many years, Barbara is always professional and detail-oriented, and she cares deeply about our work. She is a shining star.”
“Lana, we are so fortunate to have had you lead us through the process of producing our 125-year history book. Your thoughtful and detailed research, interview skills, and amazing writing led us to this great outcome. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to making our history come to life.”
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“Thanks, Lana, for your work on Peace, Love & Fibre. I was so happy with the copyedit, and Mairlyn Smith [the author] told me she just felt so lucky to have someone asking these questions now rather than after publication! We were both really pleased at how thoroughly you’d researched her style, making notes and choices based on her previous books. It was pretty much the perfect author/ editor/ copyeditor connection.”
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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