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