Jeanne McKane
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I help people communicate their ideas clearly. I work with writers to reduce errors, improve clarity, and ensure their work is at its best. I specialize in science and medical editing, working with government organizations.
Certified diplomate Editor in the Life Sciences (ELS[D], Board of Editors in the Life Sciences)
Certified Professional Editor (CPE, Editors Canada)
Skills
Copy-editing, proofreading, plain/clear English, editing non-native English, developmental/substantive editing, rewriting, project management.
Media
Government reports, journals.
Experience
Working as an editor/proofreader since 1996.
Training
Plain Language (CIEP), 2021
Project Management (CIEP), 2021
Indigenous relationship and cultural safety courses (Ontario Health), 2021
Microagressions in Editing (ACES), 2021
Data Literacy (Statistics Canada), 2021
Festival of Literary Diversity conference, 2021
Editorial Project Management (CIEP), 2021
CIEP annual conference, 2020
CIEP Toronto mini-conference, 2018, 2019
Indigenous Cultural Safety (Sana'a), 2018
Editing with Word, 2018
Editors Canada annual conference, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Coaching Writers: Beyond the Copyedit (Copyediting.com), 2017
Editing Tables and Graphs (Copyediting.com), 2017
Inclusive Language: A Practical Approach to Avoiding Bias (Copyediting.com), 2016
Working with ESL Authors (Copyediting.com), 2016
Subjects
Agriculture/farming (animal husbandry; animal sciences; veterinary sciences, general)
Business (marketing; practice; professional exams; public relations; quality standards)
Education (administration/management; adult; policy and planning)
Medicine (academic/research; clinical; clinical research; complementary/alternative; disease management; drug treatment; ethics; nursing; patient information; pharmacy; popular; preventive; primary care; psychiatry; psychoanalysis; psychology; psychotherapy; public health; surgery)
Medical specialisms (allergies; anaesthesia/anaesthesiology; audiology; cardiology; cardiovascular medicine; dermatology; diabetes; endocrinology; epidemiology; gastroenterology; gynaecology; haematology; HIV/AIDS; hypertension; immunology; infectious diseases; IV nutrition; microbiology; neurology/neurosciences; obstetrics; oncology; ophthalmology; orthopaedics; paediatrics; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; respiratory medicine; rheumatology; sexually transmitted infections; toxicology; urology; virology)
Sciences (scientific writing; popular)
Social sciences/studies (health economics/planning; health and social care)
Tourism/travel
Qualifications
Diplomate Editor in the Life Sciences, Board of Editors in the Life Sciences
Certified Professional Editor, Editors Canada
Certificate in Publishing, Toronto Metropolitan University
MLitt Scottish Literature, University of St. Andrews
BA English and Celtic Studies, University of Toronto
Specialised software
Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, Adobe InCopy