Editorial Experience
Editor and Writer
Kathryn J. Dean Communications Ltd. (formerly Wordscapes Associates and Wordscapes Associates Inc.) (June 85–present)
provide editorial, research, and writing services; authors I have worked with include Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Robert Bateman, Mary Lou Finlay, Terry O’Reilly, Peter C. Newman, Mordecai Richler, Ronald Wright, Murray McLauchlan, Michele Landsberg, Greg Gatenby, Geoffrey York, and Maude Barlow
Computer skills: editing in Track Changes, proofreading with Adobe Reader/Acrobat Standard, editing PowerPoint presentations
Manager, Editorial and Production
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited (Jan 84–June 85)
did budgeting, financial reporting, scheduling; developed work-flow systems; oversaw manuscript preparation, editing, design, typesetting, and printing; did liaison with promotions and marketing – for high school & college texts, sci/tech & business
Supervisor, Editorial Services
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited (Nov 81–Dec 83)
hired and supervised freelance editors, rewriters; set editorial budgets; established house style and editorial procedures; wrote promotional copy; supervised photo shoots
Copy Editor
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited (Nov 79–Nov 81)
rewrote and restructured manuscripts; did copy editing, production editing, photo research, permissions; wrote promotional copy
Kathryn J. Dean Communications Ltd. (formerly Wordscapes Associates and Wordscapes Associates Inc.) (June 85–present)
provide editorial, research, and writing services; authors I have worked with include Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Robert Bateman, Mary Lou Finlay, Terry O’Reilly, Peter C. Newman, Mordecai Richler, Ronald Wright, Murray McLauchlan, Michele Landsberg, Greg Gatenby, Geoffrey York, and Maude Barlow
Computer skills: editing in Track Changes, proofreading with Adobe Reader/Acrobat Standard, editing PowerPoint presentations
Manager, Editorial and Production
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited (Jan 84–June 85)
did budgeting, financial reporting, scheduling; developed work-flow systems; oversaw manuscript preparation, editing, design, typesetting, and printing; did liaison with promotions and marketing – for high school & college texts, sci/tech & business
Supervisor, Editorial Services
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited (Nov 81–Dec 83)
hired and supervised freelance editors, rewriters; set editorial budgets; established house style and editorial procedures; wrote promotional copy; supervised photo shoots
Copy Editor
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited (Nov 79–Nov 81)
rewrote and restructured manuscripts; did copy editing, production editing, photo research, permissions; wrote promotional copy
Teaching Experience
Copy Editing for Books, Journals, and Reports
Ryerson University (Jan 1992–Dec 1999; online version – May 2005 to present)
14-week course; prepared original exercises and assignments; topics include grammar, style, author-editor relationship, bibliography, copyright, libel
Copy Editing & Grammar
Simon Fraser University, Continuing Studies (2014 to 2016)
2 separate online courses, covering grammar and basic
copy editing skills
Copy Editing: A Hands-On Introduction
Editors’ Association of Canada (2006 to 2012)
2 full-day seminars; developed original workshop materials; topics included style, punctuation, hard-copy and electronic editing
Stylistic Editing
Editors’ Association of Canada (Spring 2010, 2012, 2016)
1-day seminar; developed original workshop materials; topics included diction, tone, wordiness, syntax, dialogue, bias
English Writing Skills
Anishnawbe Health Toronto (Apr 1996–Aug 2000)
13-week and 26-week courses; basic grammar; paragraphing; essay outlining, research, and writing; proposal and report writing; academic upgrading; course was to prepare Ojibway, Cree, and Iroquois students for community health worker program at George Brown College
Ryerson University (Jan 1992–Dec 1999; online version – May 2005 to present)
14-week course; prepared original exercises and assignments; topics include grammar, style, author-editor relationship, bibliography, copyright, libel
Copy Editing & Grammar
Simon Fraser University, Continuing Studies (2014 to 2016)
2 separate online courses, covering grammar and basic
copy editing skills
Copy Editing: A Hands-On Introduction
Editors’ Association of Canada (2006 to 2012)
2 full-day seminars; developed original workshop materials; topics included style, punctuation, hard-copy and electronic editing
Stylistic Editing
Editors’ Association of Canada (Spring 2010, 2012, 2016)
1-day seminar; developed original workshop materials; topics included diction, tone, wordiness, syntax, dialogue, bias
English Writing Skills
Anishnawbe Health Toronto (Apr 1996–Aug 2000)
13-week and 26-week courses; basic grammar; paragraphing; essay outlining, research, and writing; proposal and report writing; academic upgrading; course was to prepare Ojibway, Cree, and Iroquois students for community health worker program at George Brown College
Education
B.Ed. OISEUT, University of Toronto, 1998
M.A. English University of Toronto, 1995
M.A. French University of Toronto, 1979
B.A. French/English University of Toronto, 1977
(with high distinction; third year Université Laval, Québec)
A.R.C.T., Piano Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, 1976
Performance
M.A. English University of Toronto, 1995
M.A. French University of Toronto, 1979
B.A. French/English University of Toronto, 1977
(with high distinction; third year Université Laval, Québec)
A.R.C.T., Piano Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, 1976
Performance
Awards
Ontario Scholar, 1973
Elizabeth Ann Wintercorbyn Scholarship for Modern Languages (University of Toronto), 1975 and 1977
Fellowship for Second Language Study (French), 1975/76
Norma Epstein Award (creative writing), 1977
Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence, 1991
(national book editing award, Editors' Association of Canada, for work on Thomas S. Axworthy and Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Towards a Just Society)
Elizabeth Ann Wintercorbyn Scholarship for Modern Languages (University of Toronto), 1975 and 1977
Fellowship for Second Language Study (French), 1975/76
Norma Epstein Award (creative writing), 1977
Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence, 1991
(national book editing award, Editors' Association of Canada, for work on Thomas S. Axworthy and Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Towards a Just Society)
