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