English CV — Alison Ramsey
WORK EXPERIENCE
Editor-in-Chief
Westmount Examiner; Downtown Experience
Managing Editor
Journal of Palliative Care
Newsletter Editor
International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care; McGill University (various departmental newsletters)
Associate Editor
Taste of Home Canada Magazine; Swap & Drop Cookbook; Fresh Home magazine
Researcher / Writer
QuickSeries Publishing
Editor / Copyeditor
English books, Reader’s Digest Canada; CBRS Guide to Conservative Fixed-Income Investing
Fact-checker
Reader’s Digest Canada
Web work: critique / maintenance / writing
Critique of web sites, focus on written material (includes updating client website); maintenance, Journal of Palliative Care website; stories, briefs for the web, Reader’s Digest
Writer / Reporter / Columnist
Reader’s Digest Canada; The Montreal Gazette; Franchise Canada, Canadian Franchise Magazine; Montreal Business magazine; The West Island Chronicle; The Tillsonburg News; Eeyou Business; The Newport Ensign; McGill/Concordia Alumni Magazines
Westmount Examiner, Best Feature Photo (QCNA)
AWARDS
Westmount Examiner, Best Overall Newspaper (QCNA)
Westmount Examiner, Best Feature Photo (QCNA)
SOFTWARE LITERACY
Word, Filemaker, Excel, PowerPoint, InDesign, QuarkXpress
EDUCATION
BA (Journalism), Concordia University; DEC (Chemical Technology), Dawson College
Parent Participation Organization, William Latter School; Westmount High School
VOLUNTEERING
Centre d’action des bénévoles Chambly Carignan; Mackay Centre School; churches;
Parent Participation Organization, William Latter School; Westmount High School