Education

• MLIS (Library and Information Studies), McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• HSM Diploma (Health Services Management), Canadian Healthcare Association, Ottawa, Canada
• Honours English program (part-time), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
• BA (Political Science), University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
• Graduate course in thesaurus construction, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Professional experience

• Indexer with 20 years' experience
  • back-of-the-book indexing of reference books, trade non-fiction, textbooks, biographies
  • periodical indexing of professional journals and of Hansard
  • embedded indexing (in InDesign)
  • XML indexing

• Editor for 28 years with experience in
  • professional journals
  • reports and working papers
  • ministerial correspondence
  • newsletters and annual reports
  • revision of translations (French to English)
  • health care standards
  • Internet research

Computer programs

• Cindex (professional indexing software)
• InDesign (for embedded indexing)
• MS Word
• MS Excel

Subject knowledge

• Health care
• Social studies
• Politics
• Economics
• Information science
• Business/management
• First Nations
• Ecology and the environment