Writing Skills

Throughout my education, I regularly received high grades on essays and lab reports. Please follow the references link above to view reference letters from past professors that speak to my academic research and writing capabilities. I am media literate, politically aware, and a proud skeptic who understands that good writing comes from sound evidence and thorough research.

Writing Samples

• Image Database Documentation for a BC NGO ( 2,000 words)
  User manual for an image database web application.
• Recipe for A Quagmire: Bulk Water Exports and NAFTA (3,000 words)
  A policy research paper dealing with NAFTA and bulk water exports.
• Comprehensive Description and Analysis of the Cayoosh/Melvin Creek Four Season Resort Development Environmental Impact Assessment (6000 words).
• The Holy Grail of Sustainability Does Not Reside In Technology (5000 words)
• News Paper column published in the Prince George Free Press (1,500 words)
  An argument in favour of increased fossil fuel taxes.
• A Power Point Presentation and accompanying document (6000 words) from a fourth year Rural Planning and design course. This was a group project in which we split into two teams, one arguing for a conventional development, the other for a neo-traditonal/ecological development plan. I did all of the graphics and wrote the ecology section for our team's report (arguing for the Neo-Traditional design) as well as took part in editing the entire document.
• Unconscious Hypocrisy: The Anti-Hunting Campaign (1,700 words)
  An essay critical of certain anti-hunting campaigns that endanger cultures.
• Criminals or Critics? Reflections on Clayoquot (3,000 words)
  An essay examining the criminality of those arrested during the 1993 Clayoquot Sound BC logging protest.