Professional Development
A smattering of the things I have learned and the very smart people I have learned them from.
Beyond Inclusive Language: Developmental Editing for Conscientious Representation in Fiction
with Genevieve Clovis and Tanya Gold, Editors Canada, 2026
Building Characters Using Role-Playing Games
with Anuja Varghese, The Festival of Literary Diversity, 2026
Workshops Against Empire:
Story Medicine
with Susan DeFreitas, 2026
Decolonizing Editing
with Amber Riaz, Editors Canada + The Festival of Literary Diversity, 2025
Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy
with Jennifer Lawler, Club Ed, 2025
Unconventional Descriptions and Subjectivity-Infused Storytelling
with Ai Jiang, Reach Your Apex, 2024
Conscious and Inclusive Language in Academic Contexts
with D. Scott & Thoko Kamwendo, 2024
Antisemitism in Fiction & Fantasy
with Molly Rookwood, 2023
Writing Inclusive Historical Fiction
with Alaya Dawn Johnson
and Nisi Shawl, Writing the Other, 2023
DE Detective
with Jennifer Lawler, Club Ed, 2023
Non-Linear Fiction
with Premee Mohamed, Reach Your Apex, 2023
Sensitivity Reads and
Conscious Editing
with Fazeela Jiwa, Ronan Sadler, Ameema Saeed and Ardo Omer, Festival of Literary Diversity, 2023
Should Authors Write Characters Different from Themselves?
with K. Tempest Bradford and Nisi Shawl, Writing the Other, 2023
No Kind of Magic: Practical Considerations for Editing Retellings
with Tanya Gold, Rachael Oestrich, and Jessica Coles, Editors Canada, 2022
Editing Short Stories and Novellas
with Jennifer Lawler, Club Ed, 2023
Editing Memoir
with Tanya Gold, 2022
Worldbuilding in Fiction Editing
with Genevieve Clovis and Andrew Hodges, Editors Canada, 2022
Developmental Editing: Fiction Theory and In Practice
with Sophie Playle, 2022
Gender-Inclusive Editing: Becoming a Radical Copyeditor
with Alex Kapitan, Editors Canada, 2022
Countering Stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples
with Dr. Tasha Hubbard, Dr. Savage Bear, Molly Swain, and Sara Howdle, University of Alberta, 2021
Indigenous Canada
with Dr Savage Bear and Dr. Paul Gareau, University of Alberta, 2021
Inclusive Editing as a Tool of Transformation
with S. Kate Moore, Editors Canada, 2021
Trauma-Informed Editing
with Iva Cheung, Editors Canada, 2021
Editing Fiction at Sentence Level
with Louise Harnby, 2021
Language, Gender, and Pronouns
with James Harbeck, Editors Canada, 2021