Copywriter, technical writer, translator (FR>EN, ES>EN, IT>EN), journalist

Periodical Writing Samples

Parade One – CityPlace

Located on former railway lands just west of downtown Toronto, the Parade One condominium development consists of a nine-storey podium from which rise towers of 18 and 38 storeys, containing 835 suites total – plus one of the most daring design elements to grace a condominium to

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Lawyers wary of new technology (cloud computing)

Law offices have long used sophisticated computer systems. Today, those systems don’t need to reside in the firm’s offices. Using cloud computing, also known as software as a service (SaaS), firms can use robust systems located off the premises. But attorneys aren’t rushing to replace premise-based systems

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Library and Academic Building, Centennial College

Toronto’s Centennial College, Ontario’s oldest public college, is putting a new “face” on its Progress Avenue campus, erecting a four-story Library and Academic Facility at the campus entrance. Thanks to both its height and its proximity to major roads, including a heavily-travelled stretch of Highway 401, this

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Services for cloud computing booming

On a network diagram, icons for things like phones, computers, servers and other devices often connect using straight lines. But when those devices leave the office, they connect back via a nebulous connection: a cloud. The cloud illustrates paths from devices to information that can vary depending

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E-trials seen as ‘essential’ for justice in the future

The only one of its kind in Toronto, Courtroom 807 at 393 University Avenue is outfitted for “electronic” trials, a trend many in the legal community see as essential to the evolution of the Canadian justice system.

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David Braley Athletic Centre, McMaster University

Originally published in Award Magazine Since Hamilton, Ontario’s Ivor Wynne Centre at McMaster University was built in 1966, the student population doubled but the athletic facility didn’t grow to keep pace. So in 2004, the university broke ground on the David Braley Athletic Centre. The $27.5M centre

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Evolution of Computer-Aided Design

originally published in Award Magazine In a building market that’s booming with no end in sight, where projects get more complex and industry professionals get by on ever-slimmer margins, architects and builders adapt by moving to automation.

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Cloud Computing for Data Backup, Storage and Protection

originally published by BCBusinessOnline.ca Data backup, storage and protection are crucial to many businesses. Take away the computers – and their data – and your business may go limp. Cloud computing may have the answer to keeping your data, and your business, afloat.

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Heaslip House at Ryerson University

They are no longer squatters on their own campus. That’s the main reason Ian Hamilton is thankful for Heaslip House, the new home for the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Toronto’s Ryerson University. “The Faculty of Continuing Education at Ryerson was experiencing incredible growth,”

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Running a legal blog takes commitment

Have you heard of the recent flick Julie & Julia? It came from a book which, itself, sprouted from a blog. The original blog (the vehicle in which the then-aspiring struggling writer Julie Powell published) contains individual posts (roughly analogous to journal entries) which became fodder for

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