Mélissa Dufour

French Editor and Writer, Knowledge Sharing Division

Main areas of work and/or specializations

• French editing
• comparative editing (French and English)
• translation (English to French)
• writing
• quality assurance of Web content
• proofreading
• translation memory management

Biography

Mélissa holds a B.A and an M.A. in French and Quebecois literature from Laval University, and she has over 15 years of experience in editing and publishing.

Mélissa has been with the Canadian Conservation Institute since June 2016. Previously, she worked for six years for the publishing house Centre franco-ontarien de ressources pédagogiques (CFORP) as an editor of school resources. She was also responsible for the quality and consistency of online courses. In addition, she worked for Service Canada as an editor and web quality assurance officer as well as for Employment and Social Development Canada as an editor on the linguistic services team.