Debbie Tacium Ladry, Dmv

Debbie Tacium Ladry Writer/editor/translator Tel: (418) 458-1145 1431 rang Centre Fax: (418) 458-9979 Beaulac-Garthby, Québec G0Y 1B0 Canada [email protected]

SUMMARY

Over the past five years, my principal professional activities have been translation, research and writing, editing/proofreading/fact-checking and transcription in both English and French. I am also a veterinarian engaged in occasional part-time companion animal practice.

My translation experience includes research abstracts, peer-reviewed articles, protocols and guidelines as well as hospital patient reports; grant applications and curriculum vitae for university-based engineers and doctors; research presentations for PowerPoint; several scientific and historical exhibitions for two museums in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.

I have authored reports and journal articles on human disease and pharmaceuticals, papers in veterinary clinical research, as well as articles on specific subjects in veterinary history.

I have two years’ experience as a freelance journalist, writing interview-based feature articles for a local daily newspaper on subjects in human medicine, environmental science, companion animals, agriculture, arts and culture, and wildlife biology.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

 Medical writing seminar sponsored by the Editors’ Association of Canada, March 2005, Toronto, Ontario. Attendance at additional seminars on a regular basis hosted by Script Medical Writing, Toronto (current).  Certificate in English professional writing, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec (part-time studies since 2001)  DMV (veterinary medicine), Université de Montréal, 2000  B.A. (Multidisciplinary, with minors in English, Theology and Biochemistry), Université de Sherbrooke, 1995  College Diploma, Natural Sciences, Champlain College, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1994  Certificate in French immersion, Institut Béthel, 1988  High School Diploma, J.H. Bruns Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1987.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

2003-present: Companion animal veterinarian, part-time clinical consultation.

2000-2001: Large animal veterinary practitioner.

1995-1998: Research assistant in the clinical sciences department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FMV), Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe. Development and application of several research projects in pharmaceuticals, parasitology, surgery and animal welfare.

1993-94: Text editor/proofreader of educational textbooks. CEMEQ, Sherbrooke.

1990-92: Secretary in the Immigration Section, Canadian Consulate, Dallas, Texas.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

 Translation and writing for a list of clients that includes: the Canadian Family Physician, the Canadian Council of Animal Care (Ottawa), Script Medical Writing (Toronto), Roland Translations (Toronto), Gary Richards Communications (Quebec), the Université de Sherbrooke, the veterinary faculty of the Université de Montréal, the 2004 World Buiatrics Congress, the City of Sherbrooke and the Musée de la nature et des sciences (Sherbrooke)  2005-2006: Essay judge, North American Veterinary History Student Essay Contest  2002-2004: Correspondent with the Sherbrooke Record (1-2 feature articles/week)  2002-2004: Columnist on animal and wildlife issues for Le Contact, a local municipal bulletin  2002: Two essays published in The Globe and Mail  1999: Participation in the Saskatoon Student Feedlot Rotation at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, SK  1998 and 1999: Second and first prizes, respectively, in the annual essay contest of the American Society for Veterinary History  1997-98: Student representative, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company  1997: Assistant to the coordinator of local activities, American Association of Bovine Practitioners Annual Conference, Palais des Congrès, Montréal

MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

 Canadian Science Writers’ Association (CSWA)  Quebec Order of Veterinarians (OMVQ)  American Society for Veterinary History (Board Member)

PERSONAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

 Reading, writing: literature, history, politics  Gardening, environmental concerns, health and nutrition issues  Travel, foreign languages (smatterings of Spanish, German, and Italian)

REFERENCES AND WRITING SAMPLES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST