Sheila Ascroft writer ~ editor ~ web designer
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Heritage Canada Foundation
editing of website This Week in History,1999-2009.
copy editing of websites: National Parks, National Historic Sites, SchoolNet and Canadian World Heritage Sites,1997-2000. Substantive editing of National Historic Sites' research monographs and other publications, 1997-2003.
Parks Canada Agency
editing of annual conference proceedings and annual reports and research papers, 2001-2007:
HCF Recommendations: Canada's National Trust, 2007
Heritage Conservation in an Electronic Age, 2006
Stewardship of Heritage Buildings, 2004
Heritage Preservation Works, 2003
Discovering Heritage Tourism, 2002
Economics of Heritage Conservation, 2001
copy editing of non-fiction manuscript: Heat: A Firefighter's Story, 2006.
James Lorimer & Co., publishers
editing of historical novel, The Healer of Merlegueche, 2005.
Laurel Pardy
copy-editing of the Study on the Conditions for Success of centres scolaires et communautaires for Official Languages Support Program Branch, 2003; Gold Brochure 2002 on culture and heritage for the Communications Branch, 2002.
Dept. of Canadian Heritage
substantive editing of his second self-help book, Eagles Must Soar, 2002.
Barry Siskind
developmental editing of the City of Ottawa, Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee's Guide to Heritage Structures in Ottawa, quarter-century report, 1999.
Ottawa LACAC
EDITING CREDITS
writing
magazine articles
newspaper features
press releases
web content
editing
substantive
stylistic
copy
plain language
web design
simple crisp, clean sites
Ottawa Outdoors Magazine
editing, spring/summer, 2008 and winter 2008
Ottawa Kick-About Magazine
editing of first and second issues of new Ottawa soccer magazine, spring/summer and summer/fall, 2008
Life in the County
Magazine
editing of Prince Edward County magazine, summer and autumn, 2008
The Conference Publishers
editing of news capsules and session summaries at various Canadian and U.S. conferences