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 at the Calgary General Hospital. These career changes that spanned industries have expanded my work horizons. And walking through different career doors has instilled the habit of life-long learning.

Education Benefits in Different Classrooms

My post-secondary education includes a Psychiatric Nursing diploma from Manitoba Hospital-Selkirk and a BA (double major in Communications Studies and Politcal Science) from the University of Calgary.

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 remains part of my digital life. Of course, AI has made it way into my everyday digital lifestyle if only to write prompts to search a subject.

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My Favourite Tools

LibreOffice suite, Adobe software, Paint, 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.