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Ministry of Women's Equality: A Safer Place for BC Women Developed for the Ministry of Women's Equality a complete public information package on a new provincial grants program on violence prevention. A Safer Place for B.C. Women consists of a brochure and seven fact sheets and the project involved creating all structure, copy and themes.
Outcome: Project developed that was appropriate to program objectives and sensitive to the subject matter. Materials well-received by target audiences.
Developed creative concept, hired creative suppliers, project managed and wrote copy for poster targeted to professionals who provide counselling services for children and families who have witnessed abuse.
Outcome: Created compelling, striking poster extremely well received by client and target audiences.
Provided communications planning, editorial and design coordination services for "What's New?", newsletter on Program Standards For BC's Transition House And Safe Home Programs. This newsletter was produced for the BC / Yukon Society of Transition Houses.
Outcome: Created an appropriate, clear and attractive newsletter that explains in clear language a potentially complicated subject. Final product received a highly positive reaction.
Outcome: Successful completion of project under tight deadlines. New, easier to follow format developed for detailed, technical
information.
Organized for the Ministry of Attorney General all communications for British Columbia's first province-wide weapons amnesty. Developed communications strategy; coordinated press conference and liaised with Vancouver Police Department to present a weapons safety demonstration for the media; wrote materials including press release and backgrounders, newspaper advertisements and promotional bulletin.
Outcome: Communications strategies resulted in well-organized announcement that received extensive, positive media coverage. Successful amnesty with good numbers of weapons turned over to police across BC.
Developed a new audio tour script for the museum's permanent galleries. Prepared a full script on all the museum's permanent exhibits: the First People's, natural history and modern history galleries. Interpreted scientific and highly detailed data into an informative, interesting script that will be narrated for audio use. The Bay House Group handled production of script translations in French, Mandarin, Japanese and Korean which are available for the tourist market.
Outcome: Well presented, thorough and interesting script covering all museum exhibits - well suited to target audiences.
Outcome: Creation of informative, credible publication well-received by target audiences - delivered both on time and on budget.
Created new product for the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training that highlights B.C.'s employment programs including Youth Works/Welfare to Work. Developed theme, design, newsletter content and provided all editorial services. Four reports will be prepared annually for the Ministry's Skills Development Division.
Outcome: Creation of user-friendly, positive and visually engaging report that successfully portrays this major program area.
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Managed creation and production of all aspects of the Land-Based Programs Handbook for Forest Renewal B.C., a 75-page manual
which outlines this Crown corporation's major funding programs
valued at $184 million. Coordinated all copy editing, design, layout
and production for a new format.
Bay House Group is in its second year of providing editorial services
on an on-going basis for the provincial government's newsletter on growth strategies including designing sustainable, livable towns and cities; and housing and community planning issues. Responsible for research, writing and liaison with designer for four issues annually.
Ministry of Women's Equality: Commemorative Vigil Organized a commemorative vigil for the Ministry of Women's Equality at the B.C. Legislative Building to honour the memory of the 14 young women who were murdered at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989. Created program and hired all suppliers.
Outcome: Well attended event with support and participation from numerous community and women's groups.
Organized for the Ministry of Women's Equality B.C.'s first symposium on the prevention of violence against women. The goal of the symposium was to bring together a diverse group of B.C. residents to develop workable solutions to prevention. Organized all logistics and sourced and liaised with two community youth groups to present their viewpoints on violence to symposium delegates.
Outcome: Highly successful first-time event that operated smoothly and effectively.
Responsible over a three-year period for all planning, coordination, fund-raising, marketing, communications and media relations for the fourth biennial Gender and Science and Technology Association international conference.
Outcome: 250 delegates attended from 15 countries, seamless operation of five-day conference at the University of Waterloo, successful fund-raising leading to surplus funds applied to 1996 conference in India.
Organized annual conference for volunteers and staff of Ontario Housing Corporation, the province's provider of affordable housing. Responsible for all developmental work in organizing this conference including theme, all logistics, preparation of marketing materials, hotel and supplier liaison and ensuring smooth operation of three-day event.
Outcome: Excellent event for 300-plus delegates from throughout province, smooth operation of all logistics and speaker presentations.
Coordinated for the Premier of British Columbia and the Minister of Housing all aspects of a special round table in Vancouver on developing housing strategies for low-income urban single people. Developed all materials, press releases, media advisories, detailed agendas and speeches. Coordinated all logistics, liaised with suppliers and speakers and ensured agenda stayed on track.
Outcome: Successful, high profile event which ran smoothly and was praised by senior officials and participants.
Outcome: Highly successful conference with "sold-out" attendance well ahead of deadline.
Responsible for Ontario media relations for the federal government's Panel on Violence Against Women which included accompanying panel members and media on tour of federal pentitentiaries.
Outcome: Informed, balanced coverage of this sensitive issue in Canada's national media and smooth operation of tour logistics.
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Developed all aspects of Ontario's first conference on work and family responsibilities for the Ontario Women's Directorate,
including marketing materials and registration for 300 private
and public-sector delegates.