Kristine Thornley
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about me

​You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.
Arthur Plotnik

It all started when I won the spelling award in grade 2...

Perhaps I don’t need to go back that far, but I have had a love for words and books my whole life.

Many things happened since second grade. My love for words expanded into a love for science and research. I did my undergraduate degree in neuroscience and biology at the University of Toronto. I then worked at The Wellesley Hospital and St. Michael
’s Hospital in Toronto for a number of years. I then worked as a freelance writer in mostly the health and science fields. I then decided to immerse myself in the study of books. I took library studies at Memorial University as well as the publishing certificate program at Ryerson University. That is when I discovered the world of editing. Turns out editing is a lot more fun than agonizing about my own writing! And just because I love to learn, I went on do my master’s in health communication at Boston University.

Not only do I love to learn, I love to teach. The past few years I have also been teaching editing. I am or have been an instructor at Queens University and George Brown College. I also wrote the eight-week proofreading course that I teach at George Brown. I also offer online training courses in medical editing.

Read more below about my training and find out more about the services I offer here. Ready to work together? Contact me and tell me more about your project.
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Education
  • BSc in neuroscience and biology - University of Toronto
  • Certificate in publishing - Ryerson University
  • Certificate in library studies - Memorial University
  • MSc in health communication - Boston University
Professional development
  • Eight-Step Editing - Editors Canada
  • Statistics for Medical Editors - AMWA
  • Editing in APA Style - Editors Canada
  • Essential Ethics for Medical Communicators - AMWA
  • Foundations of Instructing Adults - George Brown College
  • How to Copyedit Scholarly Publications - Copyediting
  • Classroom Management - George Brown College
  • Common Problems in Science Editing - Copyediting 
Additional info
  • Judge for the Toronto Book Awards for three years (2010-2012) and chair in 2012 
  • Have contractor security clearance with the Government of Ontario until 2021

Welcome to my office

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Memberships

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Interested in working together?

If you have an editing project, contact me and let’s discuss it

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  • Home
  • About
  • Services
    • Copy editing
    • Medical copy editing
    • Proofreading
    • Instructing
  • Author Info
  • Blog
  • Contact