Why and How I Do What I Do

My Workaday Journey

I'm on a journey that reveals a printing press and a typewriter, along with clerical work in a business office and nursing duties in a hospital ward. My career changes have only expanded my work horizons that spanned industries. Opening different career doors has instilled a habit of life-long learning.

Education Benefits in Different Classrooms

I graduated from Manitoba Hospital with a Psychiatric Nursing diploma. A few years later, I graduated from the University of Calgary with a BA (double major in Communications Studies and Politcal Science).

After passing the required exam at a federal government l'école de langue, I was designated bilingual for work at bilingual federal government positions.

My Print and Digital Portfolios

First, newspapers and magazines published my articles on health care, Western Canadian history, sports, business, and equestrian topics. Now, my websites that I maintain, wlhwords.com and wlhwords.org, have a place in my portfolio.

My Expanding Digital Skill Set

During my student days at the University of Calgary, I learned to write Pascal on a mainframe.

Online courses and text books authored by developers have created the building blocks for my ongoing study of C#, .NET framework, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Angular.

Cybersecurity awareness has become part of my digital life. To keep up-to-date with security and privacy issues, I'm a current member of ISACA (Toronto chapter).

Favourite Tools for Work

Word, PowerPoint, Inkscape, Paint, Excel, Power BI, Visual Studio 2022, and Visual Studio Code.

My style guides include The Canadian Press Stylebook, the Chicago Style Manual, the Disability Language Style Guide and the Conscious Style Guide. I’m familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook and the Psychological Association Publication Manual.