Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson, Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call (Between the Lines, 2015) – winner, Aboriginal History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association, 2016
Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf Canada, 2016) – shortlist, Man Booker Prize; winner, Giller Prize, Governor General’s Literary Award, 2016
Ian Williams, Reproduction(Random House Canada, 2019) – winner, Giller Prize, 2019
Clients
Current:
Trade publishers: Between the Lines, House of Anansi, Penguin Random House Canada
Publishing consultants: Page Two Strategies, LifeTree Media
Publishers: Frederick Harris Music, Goose Lane, Harcourt Brace, HarperCollins, Irwin Law, Pearson Canada, Stoddart, Talonbooks, Thomson Nelson
Communications studios: bmir/Bryan Mills & Associates, gordongroup, The Works Design Communications (employee 1999–2004)
Organizations: The United Church of Canada, Communications Unit, General Council Office (employee 2004–2018); The Change Foundation; Children’s Aid Society of Toronto; Heritage Toronto
Education
Certification:
Editors’ Association of Canada, Certified Professional Editor, 2010
Degrees:
Yale University School of Music, Master of Music (cello performance), 1988
Queen’s University, Bachelor of Music, Honours, 1985
Ryerson University, Indexing for Books, Journals, and Reports, 2016
Tech Forum/ebookcraft, Toronto, 2015
Digital Book World, New York City, 2014
University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies, Information Architecture, 2002
Ryerson University, Substantive and Line Editing, 1998
Ryerson University, Copy Editing for Books, Journals, and Reports, 1997 (Eve Orpen award)
Centennial College, Bell Centre for Creative Communications, Writing for Multimedia, 1997
Other Experience
Writer: published in Musicworks (2004–2008) and Mandate(2007–2009; 2016–2017) magazines
Literacy tutor: Dixon Hall (2015–2016)
Social services front-line support worker (1988–1993): Metropolitan Toronto Association for Community Living, Reena Foundation, L’Arche Daybreak
Music performance: Brampton Indie Arts Festival, Guelph Jazz Festival, North by Northeast, Pop Montreal, SoundAxis, Sweet Magic London, Toronto Biennial, Wavelength, X Avant Festival (curious? see my musician’s site)