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Cynthia Brouse has more than two decades' experience teaching communication skills to adults, including, most recently, a third-year undergraduate course called Magazine Fundamentals in Ryerson University's School of Journalism, as well as Magazine Copy Editing and Magazine Fact-Checking and Research in the Magazine Certificate Program in Ryerson's Chang School of Continuing Education. Drawing on her background teaching business communications at George Brown College and her years working as a copy editor at Canada's most well-known magazines (Saturday Night, Toronto Life, Maclean's, Canadian Business), Cynthia can prepare a customized workshop on any of the following topics:
- clear and effective business writing
- common grammar errors
- using punctuation properly
- Canadian spelling
- proofreading and proofreader's marks
- communication between writers/editors and designers
- fact-checking for magazines
- plain language
- English as a second language
Cynthia's Teaching/Training Experience
- since 1987 have taught part-time at Ryerson University: Magazine Copy Editing and Research (Continuing Education), Magazine Fundamentals (School of Journalism)
- as full-time community college professor at George Brown College, Toronto (1991-1996), taught College English, College English for Non-Native Speakers, Professional Communications, Introduction to Journalism, Media & Culture, Job Search, Word Power and Speaking Effectively
- worked as program co-ordinator, English, St. James Campus, George Brown College, Toronto (1993-1994)
- worked as program co-ordinator, Magazine Publishing Certificate Program, Ryerson University Continuing Education (1987-1991, 2000-2002)
- taught English as a second language to adults, from beginners' to high intermediate (1988-1991)
- regularly conduct workshops on fact-checking, copy editing and proofreading for such clients as University of Toronto Magazine, Rogers Media Publishing, the Editors' Association of Canada, The Daggerwing Group, the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and Magazines University
- sourced trainers for professional development program at Rogers Media Publishing
- trained six to eight editorial interns yearly at Toronto Life (1996-2000) and Saturday Night (2002-present)
- acted as facilitator at Great Teaching Seminar, Ontario Central Region Colleges (1996)
- member, advisory board, General Arts & Science program, George Brown College (1996-1998, 2002-2004)
- member, advisory board, Magazine Publishing Certificate, Ryerson University (2000-present)
To book a training session, whether you want a couple of hours or a couple of days, e-mail Cynthia Brouse at brousec@sympatico.ca.