A WRITER'S LIFE

Andrew Safer
Writer | Media Relations Consultant | Violence-Prevention Consultant
1585 Barrington Street # 307
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1Z8
Phone: (902) 422-8476
Fax: (902) 425-1862
asafer@hfx.eastlink.ca

CV CONTENTS

Writer
Independent Journalist
Marketing Communications & Media Relations
Special Projects
Technical Writing
Annual Reports
Conference Reports
Government Writing

Editor

Youth Program Consultant
Curriculum Developer
Workshop Facilitator

Professional Associations

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EDUCATION:

1970 - 1972University of California, Santa Cruz: Creative Writing

EXPERIENCE:

WRITER

INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST

1990 - Spring, 2000. Wrote approximately 350 magazine and newspaper articles for 55 local, national and international publications including:

• Canadian Business
• Maclean's
• Report On Business Magazine
• IT Magazine
• Computing Canada
• Info Canada
• Canadian Consulting Engineer
• Computerworld (US)
• Engineering News-Record (US)
• CBT Solutions (US)
• Sea Technology (US)
• Metal Bulletin (UK)
• The Globe and Mail
• The Daily News
• The Chronicle-Herald/Mail-Star

Magazines

• Architectural Record (US)
• Atlantic Business Report (NB)
• Atlantic Fisherman (NS)
• Atlantic Journal of Opportunity (ACOA)
• Atlantic Lifestyle Business (NF)
• Atlantic Progress (NS)
• Aviation & Aerospace (PQ)
• Bedford Monthly (NS)
• Bluenose (NS)
• BOMA Atlantic (NS)
• CAD Systems (ON)
• CADENCE (US)
• CBT Solutions (US)
• Canadian Business (ON)
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce Journal in Japan (Japan)
• Canadian Civil Engineer (ON)
• Canadian Computer Reseller (ON)
• Canadian Consulting Engineer (ON)
• Canadian Grocer (ON)
• Canadian Lawyer (ON)
• Canadian Petroleum Association Review (AB)
• Canadian School Executive (BC)
• Channels (Ocean Production Enhancement Network) (NS)
• Commercial Fisheries News (US)
• Commercial News (NS)
• Communique (Canadian Dental Association)
• Computerworld (US)
• Computing Canada (ON)
• Contours (Canadian Hydrographic Service)
• DesignNet (US)
• Eastern Woods & Waters (NS)
• Engineering News-Record (US)
• Forestry, Oil & Gas Review (AB)
• Harrowsmith Country Life (ON)
• Home Business Report (BC)
• ICOD News (International Centre of Ocean Development) (NS)
• Info Canada (ON)
• InnovatioNS (NS)
• I.T. Magazine (ON)
• Maclean's (ON)
• Metal Bulletin (UK)
• The Mother Earth News (US)
• Mutual Fund Review (ON)
• Nova Scotia Business Journal (NS)
• The Nova Scotia Surveyor (NS)
• Open to the World (NS)
• OSCA Reports (Ontario School Counsellors Association) (ON)
• Platt's Oilgram News (US)
• Port of Halifax Magazine (NS)
• Report On Business Magazine (ON)
• Sea Technology (US)
• Seafood Leader (US)
• Sexual Health Exchange (The Netherlands)
• Silicon Valley North (ON)
• Software News (NS)
• Southender (NS)
• T-Notes (Technical University of Nova Scotia) (NS)
• World Highways (UK)

Newspapers

• The Chronicle-Herald/ Mail-Star (Halifax, NS)
• The Citizen (Amherst)
• The Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado)
• The Daily News (Dartmouth, NS)
• The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
• The Guardian (Charlottetown)
• The Cape Breton Post
• The Oran (Inverness County)
  

Books

• Fifty Years of Emergencies: The Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor - by Dr. Arnold Burden, with Andrew Safer, Lancelot Press, 1991.
• Healthy Relationships: A Violence-Prevention Curriculum - co-developed by Andrew Safer, Peter Davison, and Roger Davies; written by Andrew Safer, Men For Change, 1994.
• Pour des relations saines (French translation of the above), Men
  For Change, 1994
  
• What Doesn’t Kill You: Port Cop & Wrestler, with Billy Taylor,
  Unpublished
  

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA RELATIONS

1994 - Present

Wrote web site content, marketing collateral, case studies, press releases, backgrounders, corporate profiles, and conducted media relations for:

Applied Courseware Technology (Fredericton), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canadian Centre for Marine Communications, Canadian Information Processing Society, Clear Picture Corporation, Core Networks, Corridor Resources, DDA Computer Consultants, Ltd., Dalhousie University, Department of Industry, Trade and Technology—Government of Newfoundland and Labrador;
Diaphonics, Environment Canada, Halifax Port Corporation, Industry Canada, InfoInterActive Inc., MediaSpark, National Research Council—IRAP, Natural Resources Canada, Neill and Gunter (Nova Scotia) Limited, Pictorius, Private Business Networks, Productivity Solutions, Satlantic, Inc., Seimac Limited, TARA,

SPECIAL PROJECTS

1994 - Present

Reviewed and critiqued a business plan for InNOVAcorp; Wrote “Biotechnology in Atlantic Canada” and Canadian Coast Guard Communications Report for Canada’s Ocean Strategies Project—The Atlantic/
Dalhousie University; Summarized preliminary results of Healthy Relationships Curriculum three-year evaluation by the Manitoba Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women; Prepared international project summaries for Corridor Resources, Inc. and assisted with their submission to the Public Review Commission; Rewrote kit folder marketing collateral for Clear Picture Corporation; Wrote Halterm’s 25th Anniversary Supplement for The Daily News; Wrote the history of the Halifax Fisheries Research Lab for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Wrote grant proposals for the Youth in Care Newsletter Project

TECHNICAL WRITING

1996 - Present

Manuals & Documentation: Design Basis Memorandum:Tier 2—Alma for Sable Offshore Energy Project: Project Management & Editing/Writing; Mpowered PC online manual for MTT; PRO FIND 406 EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon) manual for Seimac Limited; Perfect Player Poker manual for Positronic Software Inc.; Various Reviewer’s Guides and Technical Briefs for FastLane Technologies, Inc.; Policies and Procedures for the Deep Panuke Project, Human Resources/Finance & Administration, EnCana Resources

ANNUAL REPORTS

1996 - Present

TARA 1996 & 1997; InfoInterActive 1998

CONFERENCE REPORTS

1994 - Present

Softworld ’94 (Fredericton); Fourth International Conference on Short- and Medium-Span Bridges ’94 (Halifax); Canadian Institute of Mining ’96 (Halifax); Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors ’96 (Dartmouth); NovaKnowledge ‘96 (for Tony Lamport, Department of Economic Development) (Halifax); EDI Council of Canada’s Second Annual Spring Forum ’96 (Moncton); Nova Scotia Cultural Network ’99 (Halifax); Canadian Agri-foods Marketing Council ’00 (Halifax); Xenotransplantation ‘01 (for Ottawa-based InfoLink Consultants); Emissions Trading (for InfoLink) ’02; Not-For-Profit Framework Law (for InfoLink) ‘02

GOVERNMENT WRITING

1991 - Present

Andrew has completed writing assignments for the following government departments:

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Economic Renewal Agency
Environment Canada
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador—Department of
Industry, Trade and Technology
Government of Nova Scotia—Department of Economic
Development
Government of Nova Scotia—Publishing Office
Industry Canada
InNOVAcorp
International Centre for Ocean Development
International Development Research Centre (Ottawa)
National Research Council
Natural Resources Canada
Sustainable Economic Development Agreement
Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia.

EDITOR

1990 - Present

Books:
Sammy, The Prince and The Regan Years, Lancelot Press; In Praise of Oxen, Oak Island Gold, and Travels In the Celtic World, Nimbus Publishing Ltd. Surviving Your Personal Injuries Insurance Claim: A Guidebook, Dr. Mary Lynch, Director of Research, Pain Management Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax

Magazines:
Southender (Associate Editor: 1994)

Business Plans:
InNOVAcorp, Nova Scotia Government

Newsletters:
Chamber of Mineral Resources of Nova Scotia, Natural Resources Canada; Voice of the Virtual Village & PWAC Contact, Periodical Writers Association of Canada; Healthy Relationships Bulletin, Men For Change; The System: It Doesn’t Work For Us (2001), Listen To Our Hearts (2002), and Life Through Our Hearts (2003), Youth in Care Newsletter Project, Children’s Aid Society of Halifax; and Mend the Tears in Our Hearts (2003), Family & Children’s Services of Cumberland County (Amherst)

Training Manual:
Gender and Peace Support Operations, Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre. The United Nations plans to distribute this manual worldwide.

YOUTH PROGRAM CONSULTANT

CURRICULUM DEVELOPER

1991 - Present

Co-developed Healthy Relationships: A Violence-
Prevention Curriculum with Peter Davison and
Roger Davies: a 54-activity school-based program
comprised of three volumes: “Dealing With Aggres-
sion”, “Gender Equality & Media Awareness”, and
“Forming Healthy Relationships”

Developed the “Parent-Teen Healthy Relationships”
Program for Children’s Aid Society of Halifax. This
is a 6-session program that facilitates the development
of life skills.

Developed the “Youth in Care Newsletter Project”
for Children’s Aid Society of Halifax, a 16-session
program that teaches writing, drawing, and
interviewing, and facilitates teamwork, responsibility,
group decision making, self-confidence, and com-
munity connections. (See: www.youthnewsletter.net)

WORKSHOP FACILITATOR

1996 - Present

Facilitated classroom sessions at: Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea School,
Dartmouth High, Gaetz Brook Junior High, Georges P. Vanier Junior High,
Graham Creighton Junior High, Prince Arthur Junior High, Ross Road, Sackville
Heights Junior High, St. Catherine’s Elementary, and Sheet Harbour
Consolidated. (Topics: Healthy Relationships, Dealing with Anger, and Bullying)

Conference workshops and presentations: Austin Center
For Male Involvement, 1997 (Austin, Texas); Atlantic
Child and Youth Care Conference, 1998; Atlantic Crime
Prevention Conferences (Corner Brook and Truro);
“Celebrating the Challenges” Special Education
Conference, 1999 (Kananaskis, AB); “Preventing Violence
In the Schools” Conference, 1999 (Toronto)

Teacher training for Healthy Relationships: A Violence-
Prevention Curriculum: Halifax County-Bedford District
School Board, Halifax Regional School Board, Los Angeles County Office
of Education, Phoenix Union High School District (Phoenix, AZ)

1997 - Present

YWCA of Halifax; Family SOS Positive Parenting for
Dads Group; Mount St. Vincent University Gender Studies
Course; Children’s Aid Society; “Parent-Teen Healthy Relationships Program”, 2000 (Halifax); Developed Youth in Care Newsletter Project for Children’s Aid Society of Halifax; facilitate 16-week sessions on creative self-expression for group-home and foster-care youth (www.youthnewsletter.net)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Former Atlantic Regional Director, Periodical Writers Association of Canada; Former Treasurer, Writers Federation of Nova Scotia; Member: Writers’ Council, Writers In the Schoolst)

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