John Woolfrey
D.E.C. (Science), B.A.
(Liberal Arts), Gr.Dip.
(Instructional Technology)
Writer, Translator & Editor
Instructional material
• Science & Technology • Home & Auto • Magazines, Marketing
& Tourism
220 Rue Berlioz, Suite
110, Nuns’ Island, Verdun, Québec, Canada H3E 1B8
john@woolfrey.ca · 514 373-5845 · www.woolfrey.ca
Writer
Recent
publications (2011):
• “LGBT
parties around Montréal,” article for Tourisme Montréal website,
Sept. 30
• “Unlimited
design possibilities with PVC/vinyl windows and doors,” press release
for NATA PR, Sept. 19
• “Call
me Mr. Woolfrey, unless you know me,” opinion piece for the Montréal Gazette, Aug.
4
• “Construction
underway to transform famed Nuns’ Island gas station,” article for OpenFile, May 10
• “Nescafé Dolce Gusto Circulo by Krups makes the perfect gift for romantic mornings,”
press release for NATA PR, January
10
Fiction:
• Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts
(Explorations Program) to write a collection of short stories entitled
“East of the
Big Q.” Several have been published in anthologies and reviews in
Translator
Clients:
• Quebec Golf Superintendents Association (QGSA) – translate their magazine, Grassmaniac, 2012−
• FCM (Federation of
Canadian Municipalities), 2011−
• NATA PR −
Product press releases, 2010−
• Tourisme Montréal
– Press releases and other texts, 2008 −
• Transcontinental − Annual bilingual edition of
Québec Vert,
a horticultural trade magazine; marketing material for Good Times magazine and other projects, ongoing; and the CAA-Quebec quarterly
magazine, Touring, 2005−2010
• Tourisme & Cie − Travel brochure on Québec,
2010
• imagine entrepôt d’idées
− Old Montréal quarterly magazine, xplore for the SDC Vieux-Montréal,
2009−2010
• cégep@distance
− Part of an Economics course for distance education,
2009
• QA International / Québec Amérique
− Part of a 4-member team translating Le Visuel
Définitions into the Merriam-Webster Visual Online
Dictionary (3-month contract, Fall
2004)
Editor
Clients:
• Transcontinental − Marketing material for Good Times magazine and other projects, 2005−
• Documentia – Proofreading technical documents,
2001–2005
• Softimage – Documentation set for Softimage 3D
and XSI software, 1998-2001 (full-time employee)
• Hour –
Copy editor, 1995–1998
Courseware designer
Clients:
• JED New Media 2002 – Designed e-course on E-mail etiquette
and other topics
• Other clients – Air Canada,
Education
Gr.Dip.(Graduate
Diploma) Instructional Technology, with
concentration in computer-assisted learning. Concordia University,
Montréal, 1986
B.A.
German, with studies
in languages, engineering and computers. Concordia University, Montréal, 1983
D.E.C. Pure and Applied
Science. Sir George Williams University, Montréal,
1974
Sec.
V
Languages
English,
French and some German
Memberships
Association
des communicateurs et rédacteurs de l’agroalimentaire (ACRA). 2012–