You’ll find my work in many publications, such as the Western Alumni Gazette, Understorey Magazine, YES Mag: The Science Magazine for Adventurous Minds, and Eatdrink Magazine. Over the past 15 years, I’ve prepared articles, reports, proposals, executive summaries and biographies for national not-for-profit organizations, small to medium-sized businesses, and award-winning magazines.

  • Contributed a short story to a book honouring Canada’s sesquicentennial
  • Received honorable mention in a poetry contest
  • Contributed poem to The Lit Platform open call for writing responding to the war in Ukraine
  • Wrote a feature article for a award-winning children’s science magazine
  • Prepared a winning national nomination package
  • Wrote biographies of Faculty of Science faculty for Western University
  • Prepared 18 inductee biographies for The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
  • Wrote four consecutively successful Canada Summer Jobs grant applications
  • Managed a Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) report on a $13 million grant

Magazines/Newspapers

  • Understorey Magazine: “Today” arose from a craving to connect to others during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Eatdrink Magazine: “Pescatarian Tales” shares personal, light-hearted anecdotes about an unusual diet.
  • The Western Alumni Gazette: “Brewing up cancer therapies with yeast” focused on a Western University professor whose research holds promise in treating cancer.
  • YES Mag, The Science Magazine for Adventurous Minds: The feature article “Built for Birds” introduced young readers to an amazing facility dedicated entirely to the study of our avian friends.
  • The Beat Magazine: In “Trekking for Photos”, readers were told of a novel travel agency that caters to photographers.

Not-For-Profit Organizations

  • Western University
  • London Arts Council
  • The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
  • Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Centre
“Becky’s science background along with her natural talents proved to be invaluable assets to tackle the job at hand. She had efficiently completed the five biographical sketches well ahead of schedule. Throughout her stint with Western Science, she was enthusiastic, hard-working, conscientious, courteous and empathetic.”

~Mitch Zimmer, Writer and Publications Officer, Western University Faculty of Science