Editing & Writing Experience
Copy editing (academic)
Copy editing, and stylistic/structural editing (literary, memoir, poetry)
Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre by Niigaan Sinclair Winner, Non-fiction, Governor General’s Literary Award | Stations of the Crossed, poems by Carol Rose GoldenEagle Shortlisted, 2023 Book of the Year Award (Saskatchewan Book Awards) Shortlisted, 2023 SK Arts Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski Shortlisted, 2023 Rasmussen & Co. Indigenous Peoples’ Writing Award | Carving Space Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology (Edited by Jordan Abel, Carleigh Baker, and Madeleine Reddon) |
Penguin Random House Canada | Inanna Publications | Penguin Random House Canada |
Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel Winner, Fiction, Governor General’s Literary Award | Alha Disnii – My Truth: Words from a Wet’suwet’en Woman by Corinne George | Horses in the Sand, a memoir by Lorrie Potvin |
McClelland & Stewart (Penguin Random House Canada) | Medicine Wheel Publishing | Inanna Publications |
This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands by Katherine Palmer Gordon with foreword by Dallas Smith Winner, Jeanne Clarke Award (2024), Short-listed Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize (2024) | ||
Harbour Publishing |
Copy editing and writing (business, blog, web, zine)
we are medicine course by the Moose Hide Campaign
pando blog, writer/contributor. Sample: “Prevent employee turnover by investing in clear career progression pathways“
Indigenous Editors Association: Strategic Plan 2022
Destination Toronto. Samples: “7 Can’t-Miss Indigenous Events Taking Place this Summer” and “30 Iconic Toronto Activities to Enjoy with the Kids“
Owning Ourselves – The Mamawi Project / Red River Echoes
Proofreading
Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr | All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice (Author: Bryan Trottier, Foreword: Jesse Thistle, with Stephen Brunt) National Bestseller | The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling Winner of the Montana Book Award |
Penguin Random House Canada | Penguin Random House Canada / McLelland & Stewart | Milkweed Editions |
Reconciling History: A Story of Canada by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh | From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry by Delores Churchill | BEAST: A Novel by Richard Van Camp |
Penguin Random House Canada | Harbour Publishing | Douglas & McIntyre |
Sensitivity / Inclusivity Reading & Other Projects
Alicia has worked on sensitivity reading, book proposal reviews, Land Acknowledgements, and a definition of Métis for publishers like Greystone Books, Chronicle Books, Milkweed Editions, and Simon & Schuster, as well as directly with authors.