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