More than 10 years’ experience writing and editing, specializing in translation of complex business and financial topics into consumer-friendly prose, as well as proofreading, copy-editing, and fact-checking. Author of Sit Still and Prosper: How a Former Money Manager Discovered the Path to Investing with Greater Clarity, Calmness, and Confidence (A Bird in the Sky Press, November 2018).
I am a professional author with over 20 years’ experience in sales, marketing, and freelance writing and editing. My specialties are travel, lifestyle, memoirs, and features/profiles, but I love any and all non-fiction work, because I always learn something fascinating in the course of researching, writing, and talking to people. I am the author of five books from Altitude Publishing: • Alexander Graham Bell: the Spirit of Invention (2005) • Western Canada SuperGuide (2003) • Portrait of Edmonton and Northern Alberta (with Andrew Bradley, 2004) • Portrait of the Pacific Rim (with Ole Hoyer and Wendy Snowdon, 2005) • Portrait of Alberta (with Andrew Bradley, 2005) In the past decade I have worked with The Banff Centre, Crowfoot Media, WHERE Canadian Rockies, Parks Canada and many other clients. I'm an on-time, on-budget, detail-minded person, and I'm also easy to work with. I assist my corporate clients to convey their message in an effective, evocative way. Communication pieces such as web content, brochure and catalogue copy, and corporate plans and reports need to be dynamic and clear – that's where I come in. I also enjoy feature writing – I love doing interviews, profiles, and stories of all kinds. I think my approachable, accessible style helps connect the reader to the piece and to the experience. Give me any topic and I can research and write a great story about it!
Bylines • BrightFocus Foundation • Canadian Living • Chatelaine • Globe & Mail • Good Times • Mind Over Matter (Women's Brain Health Initiative) • Postmedia Content Works • Reader's Digest Canada • Rapport (Med/Dent Alumni mag.) • Today’s Parent • Western Alumni Gazette Services Offered • Advertorials • Annual reports • Articles • Branded content • Case studies • Ghost-written articles • Marketing copy • Newsletter copy • Patient education materials • Website copy • White papers
I'm a Toronto-based writer and editor, and the founder of an online intersectional feminist magazine called Nasty Women's Press.
I have held positions as communications director for a major HarperCollins author (including assisting with her book launch, securing events, managing a team, ghostwriting, etc.), written for various publications both as a writer and ghostwriter (including Inc., Forbes/CenturyLink, Business Insider, Dow Jones, and many others), acted as a reporter for the Royal Bank of Canada, held content marketing positions for numerous startups, and have obtained columns in major publications (Psychology Today, Inc., KevinMD) for various media clients.
More than 20 years' experience editing. Taught French at university and federal Language Bureau. Created weekly crosswords for the Toronto Star for 19 years. Self-publishing True North Crosswords. Author of O Canada Crosswords (published by Harbour).
I am a freelance writer with years of experience as a newspaper columnist, community journalist and feature story writer. I am best known for my weekly column "Notes From The Farmer's Daughter" where I share stories to inspire, educate and entertain. I was recently awarded honourable mention in the Agri-Food Promotional Excellence category in the Excellence in Agriculture Awards by Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for my contributions to the agricultural community through my writing and my regional online Farm Directory. Rural living story features are my specialty and my passion. I connect with my readers in a manner that is similar to talking with a neighbour. I have worked with a number of businesses in tourism and agri-tourism to help them attract visitors and increase product and service sales. I write from the heart and readers recognize that and respond in a positive way.
Columnist and freelance writer since the 1960s for local and world wide newspapers and magazines such as Readers Digest, Globe and Mail, New York Times, West Australian, Up Here, Milepost, specializing in nature, the outdoors, off the beaten track travel experiences, wildlife conservation, family history, and written primarily from personal experience. "There's a Seal in my Sleeping Bag" is my most well known book. "Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon" is my latest book. "Love Affair with a Cougar" is my favourite book and appeared recently on the Jimmy Fallon midnight talk showin New York. other stories appear in anthologies such as "Great CanadianFishing Stories." I have also produced films on my personal life in the outdoors with David Hancock eg "Pacific Wilderness" and "Coast Safari".
Based out of North Bay, Ontario, Allison Hannaford graduated with distinction from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in 2022 with an honours degree in journalism and a minor in English literature. She has worked as an associate producer for CTV's W5, as an associate producer for CBC's The Fifth Estate, and as a researcher and contributing reporter at Canada's National Observer and The New York Times.
I'm a writer, artist, host of the Memoir Body, Healing Story Podcast and the creator/teacher of a transformational memoir-writing course called The Art of Personal Mythmaking. I'm a born and raised Yukoner, and solo mother who has been working as a trauma-informed bodyworker in the hands-on healing arts fields for 14+ years and as an artist (writing, painting + dance) for 17+ years. Throughout that time I've taught adults out of my living room, arts centres, universities and community colleges. For the past 5+ years I've integrated all of my expertise, including a BA in Anthropology, an MA in Dance and a Diploma in Structural Integration, into supporting people in their creative healing work via the alchemy of transformational memoir-writing.
Kiana holds an Honours Bachelor's of Creative Writing & Publishing from Sheridan College, and has studied in both the United States and Canada. Originally from Kentucky, Kiana moved to Canada in 2019 to pursue her dreams of becoming an author and publisher. After growing up in the foothills of Appalachia, she has a special interest in writing surreal horror set in deep, lonely woodland areas, where the land is old and the gods that roam - even older. She also enjoys writing happier things like romance, and her current work-in-progress is a novel that combines both the horror of the wilderness and the love that can be found in the midst of it.Kiana is chronically ill and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. She lives in the Greater Toronto Area with her partner and their spoiled cat, Spyder. She has worked as an editor and a ghostwriter for a number of companies and clients and is currently volunteering as an indie game tester and copyeditor while looking for full-time employment.
20 years in educational writing and publishing, memoirist, magazine work, children's books with a social conscience
My core communications skill is journalism, having worked as a major daily reporter, trade publication writer and editor and columnist for several publications. I have also written for corporations, and for senior executives as well as provincial political figures . These have included candidates, elected officials, party leaders, ministers and a premier. Aide from this I have written and published a travel blog and website, focused on european travel.
• Eight years professional freelance writing experience including proofreading, editing, research and photography. • Creative, non-fiction editorial contributor to numerous local and regional publications (Ontario) in the genres of lifestyle; arts, culture and entertainment; health and wellness; and food and drink (5 years). • Year-round, bi-weekly columnist for community newspaper (7 years). Occasional contributor (articles, op-ed) to community newspaper (8 years). • Copy editor for health and wellness magazine (4 years). • Part-time assignment reporter for online media outlet (7 months); occasional assignment reporter for community newspaper (9 months).
I can do, or train, write and edit, shoot and cut. I can work on professional gear, (my own), or as a mobile journalist, (iPhone15Pro). Re-wired after stepping away from CBC after 35 years in the biz. I teach mobile journalism at the University of Kings College.
Dedicated, reliable, results-oriented Front End Web Developer with over 25 years experience. Skills include user interaction, requirements analysis, problem-solving, web design, website development, testing, configuration, content migration, e-commerce and support/maintenance. Adept at understanding the requirements of clients, team collaboration, performance testing, and delivering projects accordingly.
Freelance Camera Operator & Visual Storyteller 35 years of experience. Veteran news camera operator & news editor, CityTV, Vancouver, BC 1992 - 2019 General assignment news camera operator (Sony PDW-700) and non-linear editor (Quantel Editing). An accomplished live news field producer. Worked well with all parts of the television operation. My services: I shoot, produce, and edit all elements of a video story I employ a cinematic documentary shooting style, using high quality 4K video with dual channel wireless audio I create strong editorial storytelling with focused messaging I publish professional results to YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, or DropBox I offer quick turnaround, moving efficiently from the shooting to publishing stages I work collaboratively to achieve clients’ goals
