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