Richard Van Camp/ Julie Flett

Iron Road West

Derek Hayes

The Well Teacher

Wade Repta/ Andrée Repta

Trish Magwood

April Liu

Zazie Todd

James McCann

Victoria Dickenson et al.

On the Rocks with Jack Knox

Jack Knox

Protecting Water Our Way

First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia

Follow-up on the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry

Office of the Auditor General of BC

Impressions

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry

Wired for Music

Adriana Barton

Bark!

Zazie Todd

Concrete Playground

Giulia Riva/ Tristan Manco/ Dries Van Melkebeke

Talk 2 More People

Tony Esteves

Take the Torch

Ian Waddell

Los Angeles Interiors

Corynne Pless/ Tim Hirschmann/ Ye Rin Mok

Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey

Author: Margriet Ruurs, Artist: Nizar Ali Badr

The Magic Boat

Kit Pearson/ Katherine Farris/ Gabrielle Grimard

Cougar Companions

Judith Williams

Howie Tsui

Alice Ming Wai Jim/ Diana Freundl/ Howie Tsui

Palm Tree Destinations

Skye Sherman

The York Factory Express

Nancy Marguerite Anderson

Calling Stones (Conversations)

Faye HeavyShield

A Girl Called Echo, Omnibus

Katharena Vermette/ Scott B. Henderson/ Donovan Yaciuk

Possessing Meares Island

Barry Gough

Hakai Magazine

Luschiim’s Plants

Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie/ Nancy J. Turner

What Young Children Need You to Know

Bridgett Miller

Pure Grit

Lily Collison/ Kara Buckley

Speaking Our Truth

Monique Gray Smith

Conserving the Legacy

G. Wayne Pepper

The Heart Protection Kitchen

Tracy Severson/ Sergio Fazio

21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act

Bob Joseph

Chemical World

Rowena Rae

No Place for the State

Christopher Dummitt/ Christabelle Sethna

Finding Our Own Way: The Story of MNP’s First Sixty Years

Lana Okerlund

See You in the Sky

Jeri Ross

Liberal Arts and 55+ Brochure

Simon Fraser University

On Boards

Lisa Dawn Bolton

Applied Marketing

Rochelle Grayson/ Daniel Padgett/ Andrew Loos

British Columbia Early Learning Framework

BC Ministry of Education

Blue + White

From the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection

Income Assistance on Reserve in British Columbia

Legal Services Society

Picking Up the Pieces

Carey Newman/ Kirstie Hudson

Mudflat Dreaming

Jean Walton

Spirit Magazine

St. Margaret’s School

Let Me Feed You

Rosie Daykin

What Comes from Spirit

Richard Wagamese

Outside

Sean McCammon

The Mind-Body Cure

Bal Pawa

Aboriginal Peoples and the Law

Jim Reynolds

Chasing Rivers

Tamar Glouberman

Lobsters and Fruit Flies and Me, Oh My!

Ed Kravitz

Pandemic Spotlight

Ian Hanomansing

The Larder of the Wise

M. Anne Wyness

Kah-Lan and the Stink-Ink

Karen Autio/ Emma Pedersen

Starting a Conversation about Mental Health

BC Ministry of Advanced Education/ University of British Columbia / BC Campus

The Famous Five

Barbara Smith

Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community

Robin Stevenson

Onscreen Proofreading: Professional Standards, Tips, and Tools

Workshop for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi

Keith Seifert

Let’s Talk about Suicide

BC Ministry of Advanced Education/ University of British Columbia/ BC Campus

After Us the Deluge

Kadir van Lohuizen

Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions

BCcampus

New Capital

Nick Hannes

Me Tomorrow

Drew Hayden Taylor

Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please

Joseph Kimble

Leading Meaningful Change

Beverley Patwell

Service on the Skeena

Geoff Mynett

Raymond the Buffalo

Lou Beauchesne/ Kate Chappell

Métis Rising

Yvonne Boyer/ Larry Chartrand

In Good Company

Corbin Tomaszeski

The Basics of Writing Effective Briefing Notes

Canada and Colonialism

Jim Reynolds

At the Bridge

Wendy Wickwire

Code of Ethics

Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia

Arne Quinze

Arne Quinze et al./ with photography by Dave Bruel

105 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia

Stephen Hui

Getting the Message Across: Tips for Clear Writing

Workshop for Halton Region Health Department

A Matter of Confidence

Richard Zussman/ Rob Shaw

River Mermaid

Christy Goerzen

You Got That Right! The Story of Wendy McDonald and BC Bearing Engineers

Lana Okerlund

Secret Life of the City

Hanna Bjørgaas

On the Cusp of Contact

Jean Barman

Heart of the Coast

Tyee Bridge

Keeping Aboriginal Kids Safe

Legal Services Society

Tall Tales, Long Lenses

John E. Marriott

The BC Wine Lover’s Cookbook

Jennifer Schell

The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard

Barry Gough

Mushrooms of British Columbia

Andy MacKinnon/ Kem Luther

Mushrooming

Diane Borsato/ Kelsey Oseid

The Fire Still Burns

Sam George

Understanding Financial Accounting

Christopher D. Burnley

Understanding the Early Years

Martin Family Initiative

Partners for Climate Protection: National Measures Report

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

A Journey Back to Nature

Catherine Marie Gilbert

10 Days that Shaped Modern Canada

Aaron W. Hughes

No Right Thing

Laura Langston

Hamaka

Leaving Abuse

Legal Services Society

Vignettes of Japan

Antonia Huber

Strengthening Understandings: Elder Knowledge and Early Childhood Research and Practice Project

BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development

The Queen of the North Disaster: The Captain’s Story

Colin Henthorne

Bill Burns

Return to Solitude

Grant Lawrence

The Valiant Nellie McClung

Barbara Smith/ Nellie McClung

Wayi Wah!: Indigenous Pedagogies

Jo Chrona

Spastic Diplegia

Lily Collison

The Science and Spirit of Seaweed

Amanda Swinimer

The Bomb and America’s Missile Age

Christopher Gainor

Belgian Architects Today

Agata Toromanoff

Built to Last: Smith Bros. & Wilson at 125 Years

Lana Okerlund

Proud To Be Me

Polly Daktilly

Making Seaker

Karen Autio

In Search of April Raintree

Beatrice Mosionier

Fisheries Indigenous Knowledge

First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia

Moving from Within

Dianne L. Woodruff

Faster than Truth

K.L. Denman

The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women

Megan Ramos

Glasgow Museums: The Ship Models

Culture and Sport Glasgow

I Will See You Again

Allison Crawford/ Lisa Boivin

Vanishing Fish

Daniel Pauly

My Paddle’s Keen and Bright

Rika Ruebsaat

George Paginton: Painting a Nation

Sharona Adamowicz-Clements and Darrin J. Martens

Introduction to Clinical Psychology

John Hunsley/ Catherine M. Lee

The Three Spartans

James McCann

Well Aged

Ralph Milton

Hollywood in the Klondike

Michael Gates

British Columbia in the Balance, 1846–1871

Jean Barman

Saving Seeds

Dan Jason

Voices from the Skeena

Roy Henry Vickers/ Robert Budd

Habitat Matters

North American Waterfowl Management Plan

The Digital Matrix

Venkat Venkatraman

The National Parks of the United States

Andrew Thomas

British Columbia in Flames

Claudia Cornwall

The Cowkeeper’s Wish

Tracy Kasaboski/ Kristen den Hartog

Maenam

Angus An

Journey After Midnight: India, Canada and the Road Beyond

Ujjal Dosanjh

Hand Drawn Vancouver

Emma Fitzgerald

Last Flight to Stuttgart

Lisa Jean Russ

The Brideship Wife

Leslie Howard

All the World’s a Mall

Rinny Grimaud

Have Bassoon, Will Travel

George Zukerman

Hawksworth, the Cookbook

Chef David Hawksworth

Appealing to the Crowd

Jeremy Snyder

Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage

Audain Art Museum

Asking for My First Legacy Gift

Tiny Frog Strategies

Doctors of BC

Rowena Rae

Fuyubi Nakamura

Preena Chauhan/ Arvinda Chauhan

Kazuo Nakamura

John Hatch

The World’s Best Swimming Pools

Stefanie Waldek

Conservation Canines

Isabelle Groc

Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species

Ana Pêgo/ Bernardo P. Carvalho/ Isabel Minhós Martins

Warriors and Heroes of a Different Kind

Priscilla Stanbury

UBC: The Next Century

Tyee Bridge

Tales from the Homestead

Sandra Rollings-Magnusson

Great Bear Rainforest

Ian McAllister/ Alex Van Tol

Rowena Rae

Linda L. Richards

Dominique Prinet

Ricardo

Trevor Boddy

Anthony Alan Shelton

The State of Canada’s Forests: Annual Report

Natural Resources Canada

Nanihtsulyaz ‘int’ en (Do things gently)

BC Campus

Capacity to Connect

Government of BC/ Vancouver Island University/ BCCampus

East Bay Cooks

Carolyn Jung

Yawd

Adrian Forte

The Trylowsky Collection

Exploiting Hope

Jeremy Snyder

Everyday Mediterranean

Vanessa Perrone

A Bartender’s Guide to the World

Lauren Mote/ James O. Fraioli

An Architect’s Address Book

Robert Lemon

A Year in the Woods

Torbjørn Ekelund

Beyond Inclusion

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls in the Workplace

WorkSafe BC

Mirror Horse

Tamara Williamson

Navigating the Messy Middle

Ann Douglas

Calling Bullsh*t on Busy

Andrew Mellen

Upholding Indigenous Economic Narratives

Shalene Wuttunee Jobin

Johanna Wagstaffe

Katherine Luo

David Waltner-Toews

Susan D. Dion

Bodies of Enchantment

Nicola Levell

First Nations Planning Guide for Freshwater Fisheries Habitat Restoration Projects

First Nations Fisheries Council of BC

Open Every Window

Jane Munro

Wisdom of the Elders

International Journal of Indigenous Health

Philosophers’ Walks

Barry Baugh

The Preservatory

Lee Murphy

Nature Out of Balance

Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Growing Up Trans

Dr. Lindsay Herriot / Kate Fry

Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder

Julia Zarankin

Boone & Kurtz Contemporary Business

Michael H. Khan et al.

The Smallest Objective

Sharon Kirsch

Baking Day with Anna Olson

Anna Olson

Teacher Guide for Sugar Falls, A Residential School Story

Christine M’Lot

Walls

Orac Decor

The Krause Berry Farms Cookbook

Sandee Krause

SkyNews

Atelier

Marc Lepine

Plain Language Techniques for Clear, Targeted Writing

Workshop for Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)

Kwanlin Dün

Kwanlin Dün First Nation

Alberta’s Cornerstone

Shari Peyerl

Player-Coach

Val Markos/ Tammy Martin

Henry & Self

Kathryn Bridge

Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras

Gordon McFarlane/

Jackie King

The Early Childhood Educator

Early Childhood Educators of BC

Powwow

Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

A Guide to Aboriginal Harvesting Rights

Legal Services Society

Folklife and Superstition

Sandra Rollings-Magnusson

Sylvia Olsen

Richard Moxley

Dr. Michele Kambolis

Children’s Heart Network of BC Society

Honouring

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Echo

Elisa De Wyngaert/ Lou Stoppard/ Ellen Sampson/ Charlie Porter

Matters of Life and Death: Public Health Issues in Canada

André Picard

Victory Gardens for Bees

Lori Weidenhammer

The Side Gardener

Rosie Daykin

My Paddle’s Keen and Bright

Rika Ruebsaat

The Way Home

David A. Neel

The HBC Brigades

Nancy Marguerite Anderson

Peak Season

Deirdre Buryk

Homo Digitalis

Thierry Geerts

Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again

Kevin Thomas Townley, Jr.

Salmon

Rowena Rae

Vile Spirits

John MacLachlan Gray

Benchers’ Bulletin

The Law Society of British Columbia

Liminal

Jordan Mounteer

This Place

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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.”

— Emily Gawlick, Executive Director, Early Childhood Educators of BC

“The clear writing course was excellent, and is worth taking, either as an introduction or a refresher. The learning was expertly tailored and it was a pleasure to work with Lana from start to finish. The interactive sessions were a safe forum for all questions, no matter how small, and they answered the needs of all our participants, regardless of their level of experience.”

— Andrea Loken, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

“Thank you, Rowena, for developing and delivering such a practical, informative, and engaging writing workshop for my policy team. I have already recommended you to several government colleagues and look forward to working with you again in the future.”

— Jenny Inkpen, BC Liquor Distribution Branch

“The plain language course was enjoyable and exceptionally engaging and practical. I strongly recommend everyone takes this session at least once! Rowena creates a learning environment where individuals feel safe and encouraged to ask questions. Her extensive knowledge base is truly impressive, and I left the course with valuable tips and tricks that I can use every day!”

— Vanessa Maragh, Workshop Participant

“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.”

— Zoe Maslow, Senior Editor, Appetite by Random House

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— Jeff Musialek, President and Co-CEO, Smith Bros. & Wilson

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— Monika MacNeill, Manager, Corporate Identity, humanworks consulting group inc.

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“The copy editing and proofreading services provided by West Coast Editorial Associates are uniformly excellent, and their on-time performance is exceptional.”

— Jay Draper, Managing Editor, BC Medical Journal

“Rowena presents tools and techniques for plain writing in an accessible and concise manner. The course is engaging and interactive, providing multiple opportunities to apply the tools and build knowledge. I appreciated that the course covered both vocabulary and formatting options to foster clear communication. Throughout the course, I reflected on examples of my own work that could be improved by using plain language and was able to apply the best practices immediately.”

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— Proofreading student from Simon Fraser University

“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.”

— Weymark family

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— Proofreading student from Simon Fraser University

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— Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Author, The Feral Children of Dunbar Street (forthcoming)

“It is grand to have the backup support that Audrey’s [blog] notice has given to my Churchill and Fisher. You professionals do so much of the heavy lifting in my line of work, essential to the productivity and quality of good historical writing.”

— Barry Gough, Author, Churchill and Fisher

“The corporate history book you produced for us is amazing, and so was your team. Thank you!”

— Randy Mowat, Senior Vice President, Marketing, MNP LLP

“West Coast Editorial Associates has always delivered high-quality services. The partners we’ve hired have impeccable work ethics, are extremely reliable, possess an exemplary style of writing, and always offer invaluable suggestions.”

— Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

“The team at West Coast Editorial Associates provided a tailored writing course that helped our staff truly understand how they can get their message across more concisely and confidently. Whenever someone asks me to recommend a writing workshop, I always provide WCEA’s name.”

— Manager, federal government department

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