Meet Tania

I have spent my entire career working with language. I started as a teacher of English in South Korea and Taiwan; that led to over 20 years teaching English for Academic Purposes and designing curricula at universities and colleges in Canada and the UK. Along the way I authored 16 textbooks for learners of English, trained teachers, and gave a lot of conference talks. 

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I started editing professionally in 2010, and I have been freelance since 2012. My clients have included the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL); international publishers of materials for language learners; and many individual academic writers from around the world in fields as diverse as art and design, economics, information technology, law, and archaeology. I love helping writers from different language backgrounds to express their ideas in clear, accurate, and convincing language.

I am a dual citizen of the UK and Canada. I grew up in Warwickshire, England, and I now live in Ontario, Canada, with my husband and two grown-up children, both university students.

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Credentials

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Recent Professional Development

• "With Your Consent": The Unruly Realm of Copyright and Permissions (webinar). Editors Canada

• Manuscript Evaluation (webinar). Editors Canada

• Academic Developmental Editing (webinar). Editorial Freelancers Association

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Editing and Publishing Courses

• Proofreading Theses and Dissertations. Chartered Institute for Editors and Proofreaders

• Copy Editing for Books, Journals and Reports. Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

• Proofreading for Books, Journals and Reports. Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada 

• Publishing Overview: Education. Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

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Academic Degrees​

• MEd in English Language Teaching. University of Manchester, UK

• MA in Anthropology (Linguistic). University of Toronto, Canada

• BA in Language and Linguistics. Trent University, Peterborough, Canada

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Other​

• Diploma in ELT Management. International House, London, UK

• TESL Certificate. University of Toronto, Canada

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Memberships