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As a writer, editor, and researcher I define and refine content. I write and research for all media platforms. I copyedit, proofread, and revise text, from the shortest press release to more technical documents to multi-stage book productions. I have worked as a copyeditor and proofreader for various publishing houses, academic institutions, and broadcast & print media outlets. My writing has appeared in the Montreal Gazette, the Boston Globe, Ascent magazine, and Food History News, among others. I have authored a travel guide to Quebec City for Globe Pequot Press and am a contributing author to publications from John Wiley & Sons, and McGill-Queen's University Press. I also guest speak for broadcast media and have contributed segments to Radio-Canada Télévision, WGBH-PBS Boston, CBC Radio-One, CJAD, and CKUT.My freelance PR and Communications work has included projects with OceansTech Canada Technocéans (a government-sponsored international trade show), the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Halifax G7 Summit, and the West Island Cyclones speed skating club.As a translator (French to English), I turn around high-quality work quickly and on short notice. I have provided translation and linguistic revision services for corporate and not-for-profit clients including companies in the metals & mining, renewable energy, rail, academic, and cultural production sectors.

Project editor/chargée de projets for numerous ELT series, from primary/elementary through collegial & professional levels.

Weekly restaurant reviewer for HOUR, a weekly arts & culture digest for the city of Montreal. Contributed additional food & dining content to the newspaper. Food editor and contributing news, food, and music writer for midnightpoutine, a Montreal arts, culture, and media blog.

Researched and wrote a weekly food column for CBC Montreal's Radio-One drive-home show, Homerun. Presented a different food topic live each week, in conversation with host Bernard Saint-Laurent. Topics were as diverse as the merits of cooking ham in hay, the history of fish chowder, rhubarb cookery, and the movement to award the Montreal bagel an AOC-style designation.

Responsible for in-house and external publications, web content, media relations. Assisted with procurement of private and public funding; developed communications materials for exhibitions, daily operations, and outreach programs.

Member of the front-of-house staff for the McBois Restaurant Group. Consultant to the owners for improved business performance.

Managed own catering business. Client consultations, budgeting, menu planning, scheduling, and all food preparation and service.