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EXPERIENCE

Journalist, self-employed. Write news and feature stories with a focus on the life sciences and the environment. I was a key contributor to the Montreal Gazette’s series on Sustainability in Business and the Globe and Mail’s Climate Change Almanac. I also write career and business stories. (May 2001 – present)

Publications Editor, The McGill University Health Centre. Managed the hospital’s bilingual newspaper, MUHC Ensemble, a health resource for the Montreal community. I recruited freelance writers, planned the editorial calendar and worked with graphic designers to pull together each issue, including special issues. I researched and wrote the 2004 annual report. (May 2004 – May 2005)

Editorial Intern, Nature. Covered science policy, research and other news for the weekly news section of the print journal and for Nature’s online news service. (January 2003 – June 2003)

Reporting Intern, Discover. Reported and wrote news for the magazine and for the website. I also fact-checked departments and proofed blues. (June 2002 – August 2002)

Senior Medical Writer, IC Axon. Collaborated with medical specialists to determine content for online medical training material. I wrote and lessons and audio scripts, storyboarded material, and worked with animators and artists to illustrate key medical concepts. I also managed a team of five junior writers and made important human resources decisions about the writing team. (May 2000 – July 2001)

Medical Writer, IC Axon. Researched and wrote content for online medical training materials. (March 1999 – April 2000)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Co-founder & Editor, Midnight Poutine. Created Montreal city blog about arts, music and other cultural events. Runner-up for best Montreal city blog, 2007 Best of Montreal (Montreal Mirror). Part of Freshdaily, Canada’s first national blog network. (August 2005 - present)

Volunteer Coordinator, Atwater Library Digital Literacy Project. Recruited media volunteers for the pilot phase of the Digital Literacy Project, a not-for-profit program for underprivileged youth. Coordinated communication between the volunteers and workshop instructors. This is a volunteer position. (November 2006 – present)

Panel Member, Science Writing as a Career, Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. (2004)

Plenary Producer, Society's Challenge from Emerging Science, 4th World Conference of Science Journalists. (2004)

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

5th World Conference on Science Journalism Travel Scholarship, recipient of one of three scholarships awarded to early- to mid-career Canadian science journalists for travel to the 5th World Conference on Science Journalism in Melbourne, Australia. (March 2007)

Nature-IDRC Science Journalism Award, Finalist for travel and administrative costs to report on science issues from a developing country. (January 2007)

Marine Biological Laboratory Science Journalism Fellowship, on climate change and arctic ecosystems, Woods Hole, MA & Toolik Lake, AK. (June 2005)

CASE Media Fellowship, On Common Ground: How Veterinary Medicine Affects Human Health, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. (March 2005)

Celanese Canada Fellow, Canadian Bureau of International Education. (September 2001 – September 2002)

Knight Scholarship, Boston University College of Communications. (September 2001 – December 2002)

EDUCATION

MSc Science and Medical Journalism
Boston University, Boston MA
December 2002

MSc Biology (Genetics), Dean's List
McGill University, Montreal QC
October 1999

BSc Honours Life Sciences
Queen's University, Kingston ON
May 1996