Portfolio
Magazine Journalism
Called up on the Red Carpet
Globe and Mail, February 2005
Looking for your 15 minutes? A trip to India comes highly recommended. Called up on the Red Carpet (PDF)
In Harm’s Way
Saturday Night, April 2005
A Canadian Mennonite organization helps high-risk sex offenders re-integrate into society. Also selected to be republished in the July/August 2005 issue of U.S. magazine The Utne Reader, billed “the best of the alternative press.” In Harm’s Way (PDF)
Snapshot: Sheila Fraser
Homemakers, December/January 2008
An interview with Canada’s most outspoken auditor general. Snapshot – Sheila Fraser (PDF)
ru in yr pj’s?
Reader’s Digest, March 2006
Cover story profiling Paul Gillespie, the former head of the Toronto Police Service’s innovative and internationally renown Child Exploitation Section of the sex crimes unit. ru in yr pj’s? (PDF)
Race for Life
Reader’s Digest, June 2007
When the newborn suddenly stopped breathing, it was up to her dad and a quick-thinking police officer to save her life. Race For Life (PDF)
The Ultimate Gift
Homemakers, December/January 2008
An innovative volunteer mentorship program at Toronto General Hospital gives organ transplant patients insight, emotional support and hope when they need it most. The Ultimate Gift (PDF)
Documentaries
Poor No More
Feature-length documentary about poverty in Canada, with comparisons to countries such as Sweden that handle poverty very differently.
Hop to, Toronto!
Feature-length documentary about how lindy hop, the exuberant, original form of swing dance that grew out of Harlem in the 1920s came to 1990s Toronto.
Communications Services
CNIB Facility Rental Program
Brochure copywriting for the CNIB
Download CNIB Conference Centre Brochure(PDF)
The Face of AMD
Articles/Web copy for The Face of AMD (profiles of Jeanine Leroy, Ingrid Hebenstreit, Mario Petrucci, and George McCullock Kay)
AMD Alliance Website – Patient Stories
Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age
Editing/Plain Language writing:Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age: Guidelines for Development, International Federation of Library Associations
The Glaucoma Challenge
Online multimedia learning tool for CNIB.
Does Your Home Need a Low-Salt Diet?
Brochure copywriting for the Sierra Legal Defence Fund and Riversides Stewardship Alliance
Download Road Salts (PDF)