Business name:
Kathi Hagan -- A professional editor who knows forestry and wood products

Address:

3727 Bluebonnet Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7R 4C9, Canada

Business phone:

604-982-9244

Email:

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Website:

Kathi Hagan, Scientific / Technical Editor

Years experience:

22 years of experience

Career profile:

Kathi’s knowledge of forestry and wood products is broad. She has many years of experience as an in-house editor at a major Canadian forest research institute, and as a freelancer for many industry and government clients.

The subjects of Kathi’s projects have included:

• Estimating greenhouse gas emissions/removals in Canada’s forests.

• Mountain pine beetle—issues and management.

• Forest products and value-added marketing.

• Forests and climate change.

• Logging operations, from road building to silviculture.

• Harvesting and sawmill economics.

• Ecology and wildlife.

• Hydrology, pedology, and geology.

• Architectural applications of wood in large buildings.

• Ocean ecology.

* Practical communication.
Practical as always, Kathi’s talent lies in massaging complex material into forms that are readable and useful.

While always comfortable dealing with highly technical documents, Kathi is also very adept at re-writing or converting scientific-speak into words suitable for a general-interest readership.
 
 
* One-stop shopping.
From basic editing to substantive editing, re-writing, writing coaching, typesetting, and document layout—Kathi offers one-stop shopping for clients with document production needs. She has experience collaborating with designers, artists, and printers.

Authors find her easy to work with because she is approachable and professional.

* A professional.
Kathi understands the importance of working to deadline. She is committed to providing clients with effective results on time.

Kathi is a member of the:
  - Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC)

Industry expertise:

Kathi’s clients have included:
• Feric-FPInnovations (formerly the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada [FERIC] — Vancouver, BC

• Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service — Victoria, BC

• Research Section, Coast Forest Region, BC Ministry of Forests — Nanaimo, BC

• Research Section, Nelson Forest Region, BC Ministry of Forests — Nelson, BC

• Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd. — Vancouver, BC

• Bill Dumont & Associates, Forestry Consultants — Cobble Hill, BC

• Asia Pacific Foundation — Vancouver, BC

• Conservation Law Foundation — Boston, Mass.

• World Wildlife Fund–Canada — Halifax, NS

• Forest Alliance of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC

• Hydrology Branch, BC Ministry of Forests — Victoria, BC

• Weyerhaeuser, BC Coastal Group — Nanaimo, BC

• Alberta Newsprint Company — Whitecourt, AB

• Northwood Pulp & Paper Limited — Prince George, BC

• Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited — Vancouver, BC