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Our faculty -- working professional writers, researchers, editors, and designers -- practise what they teach.
Program office: Room 3323 (New Westminster campus), 604-527-5292, printfutures@douglas.bc.ca
Program coordinator MAUREEN NICHOLSON
BA, MA (Simon Fraser)
Maureen Nicholson has taught in Print Futures since 1994 and coordinated the program since 2000. In 2002, she received the Douglas College Award for Faculty Excellence, and from 2005 to 2007, she served as the national president of the Editors' Association of Canada. This year, Maureen resumed writing and editing work for a number of book publishers and academic journals.
Courses taught in 2011-2012: Fundamentals of Professional Writing (PRFU 1100), Research Skills (PRFU 1102), Professional Readiness (2390), and Work Experience (PRFU 2400)
Research interests: Composition theory; editing; textile arts history and practice
Professional affiliations: Honorary Life Member, Editors' Association of Canada; Vancouver Board of Trade; Advisory Committee Member, School of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University; Vice-Chair, Bowen Island Public Library Board
JOHN CARTER
Graphic Design Diploma (Stevenage College), Photography Diploma (Leicester College of Art), MA (Liberal Studies) (Simon Fraser), PhD (cand.) (Arts Education) (Simon Fraser)
John Carter has practised and taught graphic design and print production for more than 30 years and maintains an enthusiastic interest in all aspects of publishing. His interest in popular culture is wide-ranging, and he is currently a regular contributor to When Saturday Comes , an alternative soccer journal published in the United Kingdom. This year, John is writing his dissertation.
Courses taught in 2011-2012: Document Design & Production (PRFU 1350 and 2450)
Research interests: Print culture and issues related to the production and dissemination of images and text
CLAUDIA CORNWALL
BA (hons), PhD (Philosophy) (Calgary)
Claudia Cornwall, a freelance writer for more than 15 years, has been published in many Canadian magazines and newspapers including the Globe & Mail , Reader's Digest (both the Canadian and international editions), BC Business , and The Tyee . She is the author of two books, one of which, Letter from Vienna , won the BC Book Prize for best non-fiction. In addition to teaching at Douglas, she teaches courses in SFU's Writing and Publishing Program. Claudia grew up in Vancouver, is married, and has a son and a daughter. A member of the Canadian Science Writers' Association, she has written extensively on scientific and medical topics.
In March 2009, Claudia received a $20,000 Journalism Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to write a series of stories about immunity. Her book At the World's Edge: Curt Lang's Vancouver 1937-1998 will be published in October 2011.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Professional Readiness (Legal and Ethical Issues for Writers) (PRFU 2390)
Professional affiliation: Canadian Science Writers' Association
IAN HANINGTON
BA (Simon Fraser), Journalism Certificate (Langara)
Ian Hanington is the editorial and publications specialist for the David Suzuki Foundation. In that position, he is able to apply many of the skills he gained as a writer and editor, both freelance and staff. He has worked as a researcher, news reporter, opinion-column writer, critic, and editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines in B.C., from small-town community papers to Canada's largest alternative weekly. During his 11 years at the Georgia Straight , he worked his way from editorial assistant to assistant editor, managing editor, and finally editor. (He was also travel-section editor.) He has written about subjects ranging from politics to music, and just about everything in between. He was also editor of Shared Vision and has worked for Business in Vancouver . Ian has written many publications, including Enterprise , alive , the Georgia Straight , the WestEnder , Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine , and Alberta Venture .
Course taught in 2011-2012: Structural and Stylistic Editing (PRFU 2330)
JEAN HEBERT
BA (hons) (British Columbia), PhD (cand.) (Communication) (Simon Fraser)
Jean Hébert has taught Communication courses at SFU, Fraser International College, and the Centre for Digital Media. His writing has appeared in scholarly journals such as First Monday and the Canadian Journal of Communication. Jean's PhD research investigates the sociocultural dimensions of mobile phones, ubiquitous computing, and the postindustrial city. His research interests are in critical theories of media, social and ubiquitous computing, and popular music and technology.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Interpersonal Communication (CMNS 1216)
GLENDA LEZNOFF
BA, MFA (British Columbia)
Glenda Leznoff is a writer, college instructor, and artist. Her writing spans several genres: film, television, animation, fiction, magazine writing, non-fiction, and children's literature. Her work is noted for its humour and character-based drama. Glenda Leznoff's paintings have been shown in galleries, group shows, and private collections. She has been teaching Creative Writing courses at Douglas College for over 20 years.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Personal Narrative (CRWR 1202)
RICK MADDOCKS
BA (hons) (Guelph), MFA (British Columbia)
Rick Maddocks's fiction and non-fiction have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies throughout Canada. His work has also appeared in Write Turns: New Directions in Canadian Fiction (Raincoast) and AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds (Vintage). He received his MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, where he was fiction editor for Prism International . He is a former editor of Event: The Douglas College Review . Rick is also a musician and songwriter. He writes and performs music with The Beige, an atmospheric pop/jazz quintet. The Beige's second album, El Angel Exterminador , was released in fall 2009.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Personal Narrative (CRWR 1202)
JUNE MADISON
BA (Simon Fraser)
With over 15 years' experience in the web and technology industries, June Madison was instrumental in launching and designing the first website development training program on the West Coast. June has taught technology and software courses for over 10 years at several private and public postsecondary schools in the Lower Mainland. She participated in several website and intranets projects for such clients as the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver School Board, and Douglas College, and she developed a synchronous broadband solution for tutoring learning disabled students using state-of-the-art technology via the Web. This year, June will also teach for Douglas's Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration.
Courses taught in 2011-2012: Writing Technical Manuals (PRFU 1310) and Writing for the Web (PRFU 2340)
Research interests: Synchronous and asynchronous digital methods of delivering education
Professional affiliations: Fraser Valley Technology Network; Wired Woman; the Society for Technical Communication
DEREK MOSCATO
BA (Western Ontario), MSc (Journalism) (Kansas)
Derek Moscato is director of marketing and communications at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. In addition to his extensive work in public relations and marketing, he has written hundreds of articles for business and popular media, including BC Business, the Vancouver Sun, the South China Morning Post, TheStreet, Asian Business, Resource Investor, and Business in Vancouver.
Derek has been an op-ed columnist for both the Vancouver edition of Metro and the Province. He also served as Canadian correspondent for the Singapore-based business periodical Asia Inc., where he covered Pacific Rim business issues.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Public Relations Writing I (PRFU 2370)
Professional affiliations: Canadian Public Relations Society; International Association of Business Communicators; Society of American Business Editors and Writers
NAOMI PAULS
BA (British Columbia), MPub (Simon Fraser)
Naomi Pauls is a publishing professional with more than 20 years' experience as a writer, editor, and proofreader. She provides editorial services to a broad range of clients, including academic journals, book publishers, self-publishing authors, and research organizations. Her special areas of interest encompass B.C. history, First Nations, oral history, and memoir writing. Naomi has taught workshops for the B.C. branch of the Editors' Association of Canada and helped to rewrite the association's Professional Editorial Standards. In 2011, she co-chaired the national conference of the EAC in Vancouver, on the theme of "Editing in the Age of e-Everything."
Course taught in 2011-2012: Professional Readiness (Business Skills) (PRFU 2390)
Professional affiliations: Association of Personal Historians; Editors' Association of Canada; Indexing Society of Canada
FRANCES PECK
BA (hons) (Acadia), MA (Ottawa)
Frances Peck has been a freelance editor and writer for over 20 years, working on everything from government reports to websites, technical documents to newsletters, magazine articles to brochures. She has taught editing and writing for the University of Ottawa, Simon Fraser University, the Editors' Association of Canada, and many private clients. Frances prepared The St. Martin's Workbook for Canadians , a university-level grammar workbook; is a co-author of HyperGrammar, a popular grammar website; writes a regular column for the journal Language Update ; and recently completed the e-book Peck's English Pointers . She is a partner in West Coast Editorial Associates.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Copyediting & Proofreading (PRFU 1230)
Professional affiliation: Editors' Association of Canada; PLAIN (Plain Language Association International)
ROBERTA STALEY
BA (Calgary), Journalism Diploma (Grant MacEwan)
Roberta Staley is an award-winning journalist whose experience embraces magazine editing and writing, specializing in newsgathering in the developing world. She has covered medicine, the environment, business, culture, HIV-AIDS, and social, public policy, and women's issues. Currently, Roberta is the interim editor of the Canadian Chemical News, Canada's magazine for chemists and chemical engineers. She also edited the national trade magazine Enterprise for 10 years. Under her direction, Enterprise won Best Trade Magazine in Western Canada from the Western Canada Magazine Foundation for an unprecedented six years in a row. She has contributed to numerous publications, including Vancouver, BC Business, Maclean's, the Georgia Straight, ELLE Canada, Homemakers, MORE, Vancouver Review, CA Magazine, Canadian Lawyer, and the Vancouver Sun.
Course taught in 2011-2012: Writing for Magazines and Trade Publications (PRFU 2401)
JOHN VIGNA
BA (Calgary), Professional Writing Diploma (Douglas), MFA (British Columbia)
John Vigna works as an advertising copywriter with clients across North America in urban and resort real estate. He attended the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and is a graduate of the MFA program at UBC. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Cabin Fever: The Best New Canadian Non-Fiction , Grain , Event , sub-Terrain , The Antigonish Review , and Exact Fare 2: Stories of Public Transportation . His copywriting has been recognized by the Applied Arts Design and Advertising Annual Awards, and he is the winner of the Dave Greber Award for Freelance Writers, the sub-Terrain Lush Triumphant fiction contest, and the 2002 Vancouver Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Business-to-Business category. In addition to teaching at Douglas, John is a sessional faculty member at the University of the Fraser Valley.
Courses taught in 2011-2012: Professional Readiness (Markets and Job Applications) (PRFU 1190) and Professional Readiness (Portfolios) (PRFU 2490)
DIANA WEGNER
BA (hons) (Manitoba), MA, PhD (English) (British Columbia)
Diana Wegner teaches in Print Futures: Professional Writing and the Communications Department and pursues scholarship in the analysis and theory of professional discourse and rhetoric. Her ongoing research includes a series of research projects on language and power at municipal sites, and the study of transitional writers in the Print Futures Program. She has been published in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Rhetor, Technostyle, and the Canadian Journal for the Study of Discourse and Writing, and in edited collections on language and communication. She continues to present her research at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing and at meetings of other professional associations (RMMLA and CSSR). She has done consulting work, and for a number of years she taught courses in academic writing at Simon Fraser University.
Courses taught in 2011-2012: Workplace Writing (CMNS 1118), Researched Reporting (CMNS 1218), and Language Studies (PRFU 2201)
Professional affiliations: Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing; The National Council of Teachers of English; Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Literature
Faculty dean MEG STAINSBY
BA, MA (English), MA (Liberal Studies) (Simon Fraser)
Meg Stainsby has taught literature and technical and academic writing at SFU, Okanagan University-College (Kelowna), and Douglas College, which she joined in 1992. She has published a reference work on the medieval poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" (Garland, 1992), as well as literary reviews in Room of One's Own and EVENT. She has also presented and published on pedagogical issues, particularly on the subject of interdisciplinary and team-teaching. In 2004 she had a one-act play performed as part of the UBC Brave New Play Rites, and she is currently working on playwriting and life-writing scripts within the MFA (Creative Writing) program at UBC.
A former chair of the English Department, Meg became Dean, Faculty of Language, Literature and Performing Arts, in 2011.
Last updated September 2011
