PROFILE

A back-of-the-book Indexer, member of the American Society for Indexing, and a researcher who works within diverse communities, I completed a Masters degree in Education in 2010 with a focus on Society, Culture and Literacies. I have worked with the Dublin Core schema for electronic indexing, as well as with controlled vocabularies.

Recommendation from Dr. David Jardine (see sample index tab at top):
As to the index you sent, well, it is wonderful. As the author of this
text, reading this index was like reading a reminder of the text itself
and, frankly, it brought out more depth in the text than I thought was
there in the first place. Amazing! It is so satisfying to read an index
that was written by someone who not only read but understood the text itself. Congratulations on a job well done--clear, careful, detailed, and a pleasure.

EDUCATION
M.A. Ed. University of Ottawa, 2010
Digital thesis/library access link: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19679
B.F.A. Honours (magna cum laude) University of Ottawa 1987
Bilingual accreditation, University of Ottawa

SELECTED EMPLOYMENT
  •  Currently working as an independent Indexer Completion of the ASI (American Society for Indexing) Business of Indexing course.
  •  Organization of research, and content management: creation of a digital map of existing resources related to the design, development, strengthening and implementation of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems. In particular: identification of main organizations, resources and content generators in the field of CRVS, including an indexed list of current materials on CRVS systems, for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
  • Creation of short abstracts for 1000 research outputs that appear on the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) public website. Each research output is skim read to gather context and relevant information and then a short abstract created and input into the IDRC Digital Library (IDL). Research subject areas include but are not limited to: Climate Change; Agriculture; Innovation; Food policy; Health administration; Eco-health; Human Rights; Gender Mainstreaming; Maternal and Child Health; Development policy. Abstracts are 100 words or less in length, providing the reader with a brief summary of the output, including its purpose and main results. The IDRC has recently launched a new public website.
  • Indexing and review of over 5,000 digitized research items for the IDRC Digital Library (IDL) research repository in all thematic and program areas (including project monitoring, policy making and evaluation); knowledge management through use and development of controlled vocabularies; revision of keywords/controlled vocabulary for IDRIS (English, French, Spanish subject terms); IDL records management using the Dublin Core metadata schema; organization of research.
• Creator, writer, administrator, media liaison, and grant writer for Blink Gallery.
• Co-ordinator & tech support for 40 schools nation-wide across 5 time zones, involving 150 schools, ‘Vigil Remembrance Project’ [http://www.1914-1918.ca/vigil.html]
• Curriculum Developer, writer, editor, Quality of Course- QC Design School a distance education company offering online courses.

SELECTED ARTS GRANTS AND AWARDS
2016    The Cottage-Le Chalet; artist residency
2015    Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Blink Gallery Project Grant
2014    Fieldwork Project:Speaking Volumes (OAC Exhibition Grant)
2013   City of Ottawa, Blink Gallery Project Grant
2012   City of Ottawa, Blink Gallery, Project Grant
2012   Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Project Grant, Blink Gallery


SELECTED CONFERENCES/INVITED PRESENTER
2013 ‘Living Research’ Inaugural conference for Social Sciences building, University of Ottawa
2011 Guest presenter for pre-service teachers June 2010, M.A. Ed and PHD students
2009 4th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference.
2009 5th WEEC (5th World Environmental Education Conference) ‘Earth, Our Common Home’. Montreal, Quebec. Paper presentation

WRITING/BLOGGING
Blog administrator, content provider and grant writing for Blink Gallery, Ottawa
• http://galleryblink.wordpress.com
Art as Research, project blog
•http://creaturality.wordpress.com/

Review, Gail Bourgeois art exhibit ‘Incidental Things’ Ottawa
• http://www.getguerilla.com/index.php/gallery-menu-item/374-can-negative-space-have-apositive
• On Site magazine, Issue 26, ‘Dirt Bank’ pp.20-24
Review, Bozica Radjenovic art exhibit ‘Newly Knitted Reality’
• http://www.getguerilla.com/index.php/gallery-menu-item/361-radjenovics-newly-knitted-reality
Others