Strategic Communicator. Trusted Advisor. Storyteller.
If you’re here, you’re probably trying to get a sense of what I actually do — not just what my resume says I do…
Fair enough. Below is a selection of work that reflects the range of environments I’ve worked in and the kind of communicator I am: someone who can write a technically accurate safety piece for a gold mine, produce a video that moves people to donate $40,000 and build the tools that help a provincial health system communicate clearly under pressure. The through line is the same in all of it — know your audience, respect their time and make every word worth reading.
Ontario Health atHome | Communications Lead & Communications Specialist 2022 – Present
The nature of provincial health system communications means I’m not able to share specific samples from this role publicly — and honestly, that’s part of what the work requires. What I can tell you is that I’ve developed communications frameworks supporting the patient services and long-term care portfolio, built the templates, briefing materials, memos and job aids that teams across the province rely on, and supported senior leadership on complex, high-stakes files where accuracy and discretion aren’t optional. If you’d like to talk through the work in more detail, I’m happy to do that in conversation.
Evolution Mining Red Lake Operation | Communications Coordinator 2022
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OUR RED LAKE — Community Newsletter
Red Lake, Ontario has no radio station and no local newspaper. When I arrived at Evolution Mining’s remote gold mine in northwestern Ontario, the community had no reliable, independent source of information. I saw the gap and built something to fill it.
Our Red Lake is a community newsletter I conceived, wrote, designed, photographed and produced from the ground up. By offering free advertising space to local businesses, we positioned it as a genuine community resource — not a corporate publication — and made it the trusted source of truth for a town that didn’t have one.
Each volume covered community events, safety communications, employee stories, inclusion and diversity initiatives and operational updates — all translated from technical and corporate language into content a real community actually wanted to read. Producing it required writing feature journalism, conducting interviews, shooting and editing photography, designing layouts in InDesign and managing the full production process from concept to distribution.
Alzheimer Society of Durham Region | Communications Coordinator 2019 – 2022
During my time at the Alzheimer Society of Durham Region, I produced communications across every channel — digital, print, social media, web and video — for a sensitive, community-facing health organization where tone and accuracy matter enormously.
The work I’m most proud of from this role is a care partner story I wrote and produced as a short video. It was entered into a charity foundation contest and won — securing a $40,000 donation for the Society. That outcome required more than good writing. It required understanding what moves people, and why.
I also designed and wrote the Society’s annual report and program guide in InDesign — including infographics, personal stories and program descriptions — managing both the content and the visual production.
📄 Annual Report | Program Guide
Durham College | Faculty Instructor & Communications Work 2019 – 2022
As a faculty instructor in the Public Relations and Strategic Communications program, I taught copywriting and Canadian Press Style to the next generation of communications professionals. I also produced press releases and web content for Durham College, including coverage of student achievements and program milestones.
📰 First Responders Press Release | DC New and Notable
A note on writing
If you’d like a sense of my writing beyond communications work, the Globe and Mail reviewed my debut novel, Avelynn, on publication. You can read it here. While not a communications sample, it’s a testament to what I can do with words when someone’s actually paying attention.