Experience

Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO)

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Transcription Editor

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Member of volunteer team preparing oral history transcripts for an online digital archive. Editor's role is to audit and copyedit the work of transcribers, plus do some light research. Transcription level is "verbatim intelligent," which requires finely tuned editorial judgement to preserve accuracy and narrator voice. Member of volunteer team preparing oral history transcripts for an online digital archive. Editor's role is to audit and copyedit the work of transcribers, plus do some light research. Transcription level is "verbatim intelligent," which requires finely tuned editorial judgement to preserve accuracy and narrator voice.



Better Publishing

• Copy Editor

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2021

  Part-time contract copy editor for the behind-the-paywall versions of the online publications Better Programming, Better Marketing, and Better Humans on Medium. Part-time contract copy editor for the behind-the-paywall versions of the online publications Better Programming, Better Marketing, and Better Humans on Medium.



Numéro Cinq

• Production Editor, later Managing Editor

  • Nov 2015 - Aug 2017

  Member of international volunteer team that produced online literary magazine Numéro Cinq until it ceased publication in August 2017. Production editor role included copyediting and posting of scholarly and popular essays and articles, short fiction, memoirs, poems, and reviews. Managing editor role consisted of writing editorial style guides, training production editors and assigning work to them, and managing content production to deadline. Member of international volunteer team that produced online literary magazine Numéro Cinq until it ceased publication in August 2017. Production editor role included copyediting and posting of scholarly and popular essays and articles, short fiction, memoirs, poems, and reviews. Managing editor role consisted of writing editorial style guides, training production editors and assigning work to them, and managing content production to deadline.



Sister Writes

• Web Editor and Researcher

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2017

  Volunteer role that included research, report writing, and preparation of website FAQs. Volunteer role that included research, report writing, and preparation of website FAQs.



Legislative Assembly of Ontario

• Canada
• Legislative Offices
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Manager, Web Publishing

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2015

  Established dedicated web editorial group and managed it until my retirement in 2015. Set editorial and content management standards for website and intranet. Managed work of web editors. Wrote and edited web and print content.

• Manager, Office of Information Management

  • 2007 - Jan 2013

  Managed group responsible for the Assembly's website and intranet, information policy and standards, copyright, and freedom of information.