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