Sarah Mackenzie Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Consult all relevant auxiliary documents and meeting materials to prepare a template according to in-house formatting guidelines in advance of the meeting- Attend live, virtual, or recorded corporate meetings, distilling discussions down to essential and actionable items and ensuring coherence and accessibility for shareholder readers- Edit minutes within a three-day timeframe to ensure compliance with in-house style guidelines, liaising with copyeditors to confirm accuracy before submission to the client

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Reliably attend class lectures, quickly adapting to and comprehending the subject matter, vocabulary and context from a wide array of academic disciplines for the purpose of taking discerning and concise notes - Independently edit notes within a 24-hour timeframe- Rigorously maintain confidentiality to protect the identities of the students, liaising with professors as necessary and always with discretion- Mediate scheduling issues between the scheduling coordinator and the university

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Introduction to Creative WritingJanuary - April, 2023- Served in an administrative capacity by coordinating students and three other TAs, answering student queries and managing online teaching platform, Quercus- Graded thirty writing portfolios on a rotating basis, in poetry, drama, and fiction genres- Attended weekly class lectures, supplying succinct notes for other TAs' reference- Hosted office hours with students to discuss their evolving writing practices and offer suggestions on techniqueCreative WritingSeptember - December 2022- Led two tutorials, which served as the course's workshop component, mediating twenty students per group as they provided feedback on each other's writing-in-progress- Attended weekly class lectures and meetings with the professor to discuss the course material, syllabus, and the students' progression in the workshops- Graded forty creative nonfiction, drama, poetry, and fiction portfolios, providing notes on progressing drafts before assessing the final submission with numerical grades- Hosted office hours with students to advise on their progress in the course and discuss areas of difficultyEffective WritingJanuary - April 2022- Advised undergraduates from a variety of academic disciplines on their essay writing through a combination of written feedback and one-on-one meetings, giving special attention to research methods, source selection, citation and thesis construction- Graded forty essays on a rotating basis, providing numerical grades and qualitative feedback regarding strength of argumentation, structure of essay, and effectiveness of prose

Master Of Arts - Ma, English In The Field Of Creative Writing

A graduate program consisting of academic coursework in English literature; a creative writing workshop in multiple genres alongside seven.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Creative Writing

A four-year program, which included a variety of writing workshops in fiction, poetry, playwriting, and memoir writing, culminating.