UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY PROFESSIONAL WRITING CERTIFICATE

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The Professional Writing Certificate Specializing in Business and Technical Writing is a 200-hour program run by the University of Calgary Continuing Education. This is a brief description from their website:

Writing is a core workplace competency that falls under the broader category of communication and is required in business, industry, education, and government careers world-wide. Strong writing and editing skills are highly sought after in the workplace.

You will learn and improve numerous skills from basic to more advanced writing and editing including composition, grammar, copyediting, proofreading and specific techniques related to your field of work. 

Courses are taught by professional writers and published authors.

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I enrolled in October, 2021, and completed the program in May, 2023.

At the time of enrolment I was looking to pursue a career in writing, but I came to realize that my word-related strengths lay in making other people's writing look good.  So I changed direction - a decision largely fuelled by the strong grades and encouraging feedback I received in the Copyediting and Proofreading course. You can read a letter of reference from my instructor here.