Plain Language Services
Christine Jackson

Christine Jackson

Do you need help to communicate your ideas with clarity and precision? Do the rules of grammar and punctuation give you a headache? Do you want a professional layout for an important document? When you need a clean-cut finish to an important document or communication, I’m here to help.

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Nora Adshade

Nora Adshade

As an LGBT+ editor and writer, I know the power of words. I help writers like you make your writing kinder for your readers, whether that means fixing grammatical errors that could trip up your reader, or ensuring all language is inclusive. I have a BA from Dal, majoring in English and Creative Writing with a minor in Classics. I am currently enrolled in SFU’s Certificate of Editing. I live in Halifax, use she/her pronouns, and am a bi ace member of the LGBT+ community.

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Claire Bennet

Claire Bennet

I am a detail-oriented and inclusion-minded writer and editor with a Certificate in Publishing from Ryerson University and a BA Hons. in English, Creative Writing, and Classics from Dalhousie University.

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Shelley Egan

Shelley Egan

I am from BC’s southern interior but lived in the United Arab Emirates for two years. I’ve been in Fredericton since 1999.

Before becoming a Hansard editor at New Brunswick’s Legislative Assembly, I taught English to speakers of other languages: international students and Francophone military personnel.

In 2016, I started my business. Since then, I’ve edited and proofread novels, blog posts, recipes, travel guides, magazine articles, and Hansard manuscripts.

I specialize in editing fiction.

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Cassandra Filice

Cassandra Filice

I began editing 18 years ago and continued throughout a 9-year high school English teaching career before focusing exclusively on my editing and writing business. I have particular experience in workplace mental health, large-scale projects, and poetry and fiction.

Memberships include the Professional Writers’ Association of Canada and the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador. I’ve taken courses on stylistic, copy, and developmental editing, and plain language.

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Glenna Jenkins

Glenna Jenkins

I am an economist and academic editor with ten years’ experience assisting clients in preparing their manuscripts for publication as books or in journals or for submission to academic committees. These clients are mainly non-native English speakers who are researchers and/or university lecturers.

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Antoinette Karuna

Antoinette Karuna

I edit a variety of texts, from educational materials (most recently in Treaty Education) to government reports. I also create style guides. My areas of expertise include art, culture, business, and education. I earned a BA in Communication Studies from Concordia University and am currently undertaking an MFA at Memorial University. In addition to working as a writer, editor, and translator (FR & DE to EN), I teach filmmaking at St. Francis Xavier University and am a practicing visual artist.

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Margaret MacQuarrie

Margaret MacQuarrie

I’m a writer and copy editor with over 30 years’ experience in government and corporate communications. I studied editing and proofreading at Ryerson, plain language at Simon Fraser, and hold an MFA in Creative Non-fiction from University of King’s College.

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Virginia McGowan

Virginia McGowan

I provide research, writing, and editing services to a global clientele. I help my clients produce written works that are coherent, clear, concise, and accurate: government and corporate reports, grant applications, white papers, books, chapters, articles, dissertations/theses, nonfiction books, proposals, application letters, and so on. Nonfiction only, please. We’re serious!

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Claire Bennet

Nigel Moses

My editing expertise arises from my long-time experience as a professional editor, university professor, medical research mentor and writing coach.

I have a BA in archaeology, a MA in social anthropology and a PhD in the sociology of education.

My peer-reviewed articles appear in several journals and can be found via academia.edu

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Jocelyn Pletz

Jocelyn Pletz

I am a writer and editor with a background in human resource management, labour relations, and policy and program development and evaluation. I offer structural editing, stylistic (line) editing, copy editing, proofreading and plain language writing and editing. I can also assist in obtaining permissions as required.

My clients include public sector, non-profit, and private sector organizations as well as individuals.

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Patti Simmons

Patti Simmons

Having a PhD in English from Cambridge and decades of experience, I am a careful reader and writer, equally attentive to precision and nuance in thought and expression. Words can be slippery. Writing can be fuzzy. Except in poetry and fiction, ambiguity can be tiring, if not downright irritating. As an editor, I approach all writing from the dual perspective of the author and the reader. I can help bridge the gap between authors and readers, refining the language to facilitate communication.

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Nicole Watkins-Campbell

Nicole Watkins-Campbell

I’m a freelance editor and plain language consultant and I train people to edit for plain language. This work can transform the relationship between an organization and its clients and stakeholders. Knowing reader and meeting their needs is key to successful writing. Effective communication is built on this knowledge.

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Steven Watt

Steven Watt

I’m an English-language editor and certified French–English translator with an academic background in history and years of experience in the community sector. Let me put my written language skills to work for you!

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Heather White

Heather White

I am a longtime editor/writer, having worked primarily for print magazines; I have recently branched out to take on communications roles. I have a silver Atlantic Journalism Award for Best Magazine Article and have been a finalist for the Professional Writers Association of Canada’s Editor of the Year award. Contracts range from being associate editor for Ontario Dentist magazine to communications coordinator for a community-based fundraiser. Ultimately, all roles involve engaging story-telling.

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