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