CanadianEnglish.net provides professional-quality editing, proofreading and research services, and is operated by Brendan Frederick R. Edwards, MA, MLIS, PhD.

A published writer and researcher in his own right, Brendan provides clients worldwide with quality editing and proofreading services, as well as limited research services. Professionally trained in library and archives research, his work has been published by academic presses in Canada and the U.S., and he has been employed at some of the most respected universities in Canada.

With significant teaching experience, in Canada and abroad, Brendan has experience tutoring and training students of all ages and abilities in strengthening their writing and research skills. Although most familiar with subjects in the humanities and social sciences, his skills are not limited to these areas and his work in the past has exposed him to texts in engineering, government policy, medicine, environmental sciences, and architecture.

As a highly skilled writer, with an intuitive and natural sense of the English language, Brendan can help you write and present a highly readable and professional document.
 

EXAMPLES OF WORK COMPLETED

Works completed by CanadianEnglish.net.
 

AS AN EDITOR AND PROOFREADER:

Anson House: a refuge and a home. Peterborough: Anson House Millennium Committee, 2001.

Individually designed Slovak residential architecture 1989-2005. Bratislava: Slovak University of Technology, 2006.

Pictoria: The Early history of Slovakia in images. Pictoria Editions. Budmerice: Vydavatel’stvo Rak Budmerice, 2006.

Juraj Štaffa. The Life and Artwork of Sculptor and Medalist William Schiffer / zivot a tvorba Sochára a Medailéra William Schiffer. Simona Jurcová, curator. Trnava, Slovakia: Western Slovakian Museum and the Museum of Book Culture, 2007.

Darina Kárová, ed. Miidentity: theory event. Publication of the International Conference, Miidentity Theory Event, International Theatre Festival, Divadelná Nitra 2007. Nitra, Slovakia: Asociácia Divadelná Nitra, 2007.

All Time Jazz & Lucia Luzinska (with guests). (Un)Covered [CD Recording]. Bratislava, Slovakia: Pavian Records, 2008.

Aftertee. Journey Home [CD Recording] . Bratislava, Slovakia: HF (Music Fund), 2008.

Jana Plulíková. Jantár/Amber. [A Collection of Contemporary Slovak Poetry]. Trnava, Slovakia: Vertigo, 2009.

In addition, I have edited and proofread numerous texts for individuals and professional organizations. Including materials on the following subjects: Architecture, Religion, Medicine, Engineering, Poetry, Theatre, Music, Law, Government Policy, Film Studies, Art History, Manufacturing, Environmental Sciences, and more.
 

AS AN AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER:

Paper Talk: a history of libraries, print culture, and Aboriginal peoples in Canada before 1960 (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005).

“To Put the talk upon paper: Aboriginal communities.” History of the Book in Canada. Volume II (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005).

“Reading on the Rez.” History of the Book in Canada. Volume III (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007).

“Playing Canadian: the birth, near-death, and renaissance of popular Canadian music, 1950-present.” Indie Rock Memories 2007.

“’He Scarcely Resembles the Real Man’: images of the Indian in popular culture.” Our Legacy / ka-ki-pe-isina ka tama koyiwa / T’a bet’á
dene dáhidli Launched 21 June, 2008.

Plus numerous academic book reviews and articles in newspapers and magazines.
 

RESEARCH CONDUCTED FOR:

The National Film Board of Canada, W. Perkins Bull Foundation, Special Collections Department - University of Saskatchewan Library, as well as academics in the scholarly fields of Canadian Studies, History, Women’s Studies, Education, Native Studies, Sociology, and English Literature.