Editors' Association of Canada

Ruthanne Urquhart

Profile

As your editor, my goal is to make your text flawless without altering your voice. 

 

I work for the Department of National Defence as the English editor of the DND/Canadian Forces newspaper The Maple Leaf.

To relax, I freelance and/or volunteer as an editor, writer and designer, producing newsletters, brochures, technical manuals and other products for various groups and associations.

For both public- and private-sector clients, I've worked as editor, writer, journalist, copy editor, proofreader, desktop publisher and website designer/webmaster. I’ve designed and laid out daily and community newspapers—tabloid and broadsheet—and magazines, and created posters, pamphlets, ads and items such as personal journals.

I've both written and edited public affairs products such as news releases, media advisories, backgrounders, fact sheets and speeches, and have worked on communications plans. As well, I've created and/or maintained public- and private-sector databases.

I enjoy teamwork and working alone. Bottom line: I love the work – every facet of it.

 

www.rurquhart.com

Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 1G6
Canada

Email:urquhart@editors.ca
Editorial SkillsMedia/GenresSubjects
  • Plain language
  • Rewriting
  • Web adaptation
  • Copy editing
  • On-screen editing
  • Proofreading
  • Structural and substantive editing
  • Stylistic editing
  • Desktop publishing
  • Developmental or project editing
  • Layout and design
  • Mark-up and coding
  • Online editing
  • Research and fact-checking
  • Writing
  • Editing translations
  • Translation, French to English
  • Academic papers and essays
  • Guidebooks
  • Manuals and how-to books
  • Government materials, general
  • In-house publications
  • Public relations materials
  • Résumés and CVs
  • E-materials, general
  • Newsletters
  • Websites
  • Educational materials, general
  • Periodicals, general
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Style guides
  • Atlases, maps, plans
  • Multimedia
  • Pictures and illustrations
  • Government, federal
  • Canada
  • Europe
  • Archaeology and ancient history
  • Architecture
  • Arts
  • Grammar and linguistics
  • Literature
  • Communications
  • Travel and tourism
  • Ecology and environment
  • Society, general

Working Languages

English

Other Interests

Geography; Psychology and mental health; Cinema; History; History, Canadian; Music; Technology; Aboriginal people