Conference Presentations

Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland, Even Jane Austen Needed an Editor, 2019.

American Translators Association Conference, Palm Springs, CA, Subtitle Editing: Walking the Fine Line between Red-Pen Pedantry and Facilitating Audience Immersion, 2019.

Society for Editors and Proofreaders Conference, Birmingham, UK, Justice in the Gate, 2019.

Society for Editors and Proofreaders Conference, Birmingham, UK, In the Beginning Was the Word…, 2019.

#a11yTO Conference, Toronto, ON, [Dog Barking in Distance], 2018.

Qualifications

Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, UK, (formerly Society for Editors and Proofreaders) Editorial Syllabus Test

Editing in Word, Society for Editors and Proofreaders

Closed Captioning Transcription, Captioning and Timing training

Copy Editing for Books, Journals, and Reports, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

Indexing for Books, Journals, and Reports, Toronto Metropolitan University

Professional Editorial Standards (update), Editors’ Association Canada webinar

Editorial Bootcamp: Copy Editing Intensive, Communications Central Conference

Indexing Textbooks sessions, Indexing Society of Canada/American Society of Indexers Conference

Graphic Design for Publishing Professionals, Editors’ Association of Canada course

Acquiring Fiction, Editors’ Association of Canada course

Proofreading, Editors’ Association of Canada course

Script Editing, Editors’ Association of Canada workshop

Editing Visuals, Editors’ Association of Canada workshop

Plain Language, Editors’ Association of Canada workshop

Self Publishing, Editors’ Association of Canada workshop

Academic Background

Master of Theological Studies (focus on liturgical arts), Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

BA Classical Studies, Latin (minor Greek), York University, Atkinson College

BA Sociology (minor Psychology), York University, Glendon College

BSW courses, York University, Atkinson College