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Faculty Profiles
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. She edits materials ranging from law books and online curriculum to websites and magazines. 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.
Courses taught in 2009-2010: Fundamentals of Professional Writing (PRFU 1100), Stylistic and Substantive Editing (PRFU 2330), and Work Experience (PRFU 2400)
Research interests: Composition theory; editing; textile arts history and practice
Professional affiliations: 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
Diploma Graphic Design (Stevenage College), Diploma Photography (Leicester College of Art), Master of Arts (Liberal Studies) (Simon Fraser), PhD (cand) (Arts Education) (Simon Fraser)
John Carter has practised and taught graphic design and print production for 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.
Courses taught in 2009-2010: Document Design and 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 two courses in SFU's Writing and Publishing Program, one on ethical and legal issues for writers and one on memoir writing. Claudia grew up in Vancouver, is married, and has a son and a daughter who are both at university. 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.
Course taught in 2009-2010: 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 . Recent writing assignments have been for Enterprise , alive , the Georgia Straight , the WestEnder , Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine , and Alberta Venture .
Courses taught in 2009-2010: Professional Readiness (PRFU 1190 and 1290)
LAURA MACKAY
BA (hons), MA, PhD (Psychology) (Simon Fraser)
Laura MacKay is a psychology instructor and instructional skills workshop facilitator who has taught at Douglas College, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Simon Fraser University. She currently holds a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of British Columbia's School of Nursing. Her research concerns risk and protective factors for vulnerable youth and the factors related to positive health outcomes during adolescence. She has co-authored reports on street-involved youth, sexually exploited youth, and youth in alternative education programs.
Course taught in 2009-2010: Research Skills for Professional Writing (PRFU 1102)
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 currently 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 , is due for release in fall 2009.
Course taught in 2009-2010: 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.
Courses taught in 2009-2010: Writing for the Web (PRFU 2340) and Writing Technical Manuals (PRFU 1310)
Research interests: Synchronous and asynchronous digital methods of delivering education
Professional affiliations: Fraser Valley Technology Network, Wired Woman, and the Society for Technical Communication
RACHELE ORIENTE
BA (McGill), MA (British Columbia), MLS (British Columbia)
Rachele Oriente is a librarian with nearly 20 years' experience in special, corporate, governmental, academic, and international libraries. She enjoys the challenge of secondary research and answers to obscure questions. In 2007, she taught research skills courses in the Douglas College Library. She has strong and enduring interest in the epistolary novel of the eighteenth century and in British women writers from 1760 to 1830. She is currently employed as a legal research database indexer in a large national law firm in Vancouver. She also does contract and pro bono ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts) indexing for AMBIO journal and the publications of a fisheries conservation organization.
Course taught in 2009-2010: Research Skills for Professional Writing (PRFU 1102)
FRANCES PECK
BA (hons) (Acadia), MA (Ottawa)
Frances Peck has been a freelance editor and writer for 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 2009-2010: Proofreading and Copy Editing (PRFU 1230)
BROOKE THORSTEINSON
BFA, MFA (cand.) (British Columbia)
Brooke Thorsteinson is a copywriter providing services to advertising and marketing agencies, design firms, and direct business clients. As a generalist, she enjoys writing in a wide variety of styles for diverse markets. She has worked as a magazine editor and has taught at Vancouver Community College. Her creative non-fiction has been published in BC Business , More , and Vancouver , and her poetry has appeared in Event .
Courses taught in 2009-2010: Business Skills (PRFU 2390) and Public Relations (PRFU 2370 and 2470)
HEATHER TOBE
BGS (Simon Fraser), MA (Intercultural Relations) (Antioch)
Heather Tobe works in the Communications Department. She has been active in the area of international education for over 20 years. More recently, she taught at SFU in teacher education. She presents at conferences and does workshops on topics around intercultural communication and understanding, and intercultural education.
Course taught in 2009-2010: Interpersonal Communication (CMNS 1216)
Research interests: Intercultural communication; identity
Professional affiliations: BC College of Teachers; SIETAR BC (Society of Educators, Trainers, and Researchers)
JOHN VIGNA
BA (Calgary), Diploma (Professional Writing) (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.
Course taught in 2009-2010: Professional Readiness (Portfolios) (PRFU 2490)
DIANA WEGNER
BA (hons) (Manitoba), MA, PhD (English) (British Columbia)
Diana Wegner teaches in Print Futures and Communications at Douglas College and pursues her interest in the analysis and theory of professional discourse and rhetoric. Her ongoing research projects include a series of projects at a municipal site and the study of transitional writers in Print Futures. She has been published in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication , Rhetor , and Technostyle and in edited collections on language and communication. She continues to present her research at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing and at the meetings of other professional associations (RMMLA and CSSR). She has done consulting work and for a number of years taught courses in academic writing at Simon Fraser University.
Courses taught in 2009-2010: Workplace Writing (CMNS 1118), Researched Reporting (CMNS 1218), and Language Studies (PRFU 2201)
Professional affiliation: Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
JOE WIEBE
BFA, MFA (British Columbia)
Joe Wiebe is a freelance writer and aspiring novelist who has written more than 100 articles for Canadian newspapers (including the Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, Winnipeg Free Press, Ottawa Citizen, Victoria Times-Colonist, and Georgia Straight ) and magazines ( Toro, enRoute, BC Business, Vancouver, AirLines, Coastlines, up!, Urban Male Magazine, and others). He is also the managing editor of Sociological Theory , an academic journal that just moved to UBC from Yale for a three-year term. Joe's websites are www.joewiebe.com and www.thirstywriter.com .
Course taught in 2009-2010: Writing for Magazines and Trade Publications (PRFU 2401)
Professional affiliation: Professional Writers Association of Canada
Faculty dean DAVID GORDON DUKE
BMus (British Columbia), MA (North Carolina), PhD (Victoria)
David Gordon Duke is a Vancouver educator, writer, and composer. He has taught music theory, history, and composition at Vancouver Community College, Capilano College, and the Seniors Program at SFU at Harbour Centre.
His biographical study, Jean Coulthard: A Life in Music (cowritten with William Bruneau), was published by Ronsdale Press in 2005, and he has contributed reviews and essays to the Vancouver Sun since 2003. He became Dean, Faculty of Language, Literature and Performing Arts, in summer 2007.
Last updated September 2009