Certificate in Business Communication and Professional Writing

Instructors in SFU’s business communication and professional writing program

All of our instructors are industry professionals with years of experience.

  • Theresa Best Theresa Best (Master of Publishing) is the editor at the cookbook publisher Whitecap Books. She...

  • Stephen Bruyneel Stephen Bruyneel formed SB Communications and Public Affairs Ltd. in 2009 to offer clients the...

  • Iva Cheung Iva Cheung, MSc, MPub, has been active in publishing since 2001 and has edited books, academic...

  • Claudia Cornwall Claudia Cornwall, BA Hons, PhD, is a successful freelance writer whose second book, Letter from...

  • Nancy Flight Nancy Flight is a freelance editor. Previously, she was associate publisher of Douglas &...

  • Nicky Fried Managing Partner, AKKADIS Change Practice Nicky Fried works with organizations and communities to...

  • Gary Harper Gary Harper, LLB, teaches writing and conflict resolution to a wide variety of clients, including...

  • Michael Hayward Michael Hayward, BSc, MPub, is a systems consultant with Academic Computing Services at SFU. He has...

  • Margaret Hope Margaret Hope, MEd (Speech), has taught public speaking and presentation skills for more than 25...

  • Anne Hungerford Anne Hungerford, BA, MA, PhD candidate, has extensive experience in teaching writing in the...

  • Vlad Konieczny Vlad Konieczny, BA, MA, is a freelance writer and instructor with more than 25 years writing and...

  • Bryan Krafchik Managing Partner, AKKADIS Change Practice For the past two decades, Bryan Krafchik has designed and...

  • Lisa Manfield Lisa Manfield is the editor of BCLiving.ca, Canada Wide Media's first online-only magazine. She has...

  • Colin Moorhouse Colin Moorhouse, BA, has been a freelance speechwriter for over a decade, with clients in the...

  • Frances Peck Frances Peck, BA, MA, is an editor and writer who works on material...

  • Maureen Phillips Maureen Phillips, BA, MA, is a freelance editor, writer, and teacher. She has worked for many years...

  • Daniel Ramrus Daniel Ramrus is a senior materials engineer in industry and holds a PhD. in chemical engineering...

  • Gary Shilling Gary Shilling is a marketing and communications professional whose combination of...

  • Carla Shore Carla S. Shore APR is Principal of C-Shore Communications Inc., a full-service public relations...

  • Tom Swankey Tom Swankey, BA, BArch, MRAIC, DipAdEd, manages his own consulting firm and provides writing and...

  • Barbara Tomlin Barbara Tomlin, MA, ELS, has worked as an editor, copy editor, and proofreader for more than 30...

  • Ruth Wilson Ruth Wilson, BA Hons, has been in the business of "managing words" since 1981. For...

  • Grace Yaginuma Grace Yaginuma completed SFU Continuing Studies’ Certificate in Editing in 2003. Her editing career...