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