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BQCMB 26th Annual Report: 2007-2008
The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB) is an Aboriginal-led co-management group founded in 1982 that works to conserve the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds of northern Canada for Northerners who rely on being able to hunt caribou in order to feed their families, and for others who cherish the vast barren-ground caribou herds.
M.E.S. Editing and Writing Services researched, wrote, designed, printed and distributed the BQCMB's 55-page annual report. It also uploaded the report to the BQCMB's Web site at www.arctic-caribou.com.
President Marion Soublière has provided all communication services to the BQCMB since 1993. That includes producing its popular Caribou News in Brief newsletter, managing and updating the BQCMB's Web site, issuing press releases, overseeing ad campaigns, and more.
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Getting Work with the Federal Government: A guide to figuring out the procurement puzzle (2010 edition)
Since 2005, the Government of Canada has been trying to increase the volume of business it does with Canadian small and medium-sized companies in order to deliver services more efficiently. But navigating the federal government procurement process isn't as easy as answering a "Help Wanted" ad.
The 2010 edition of Getting Work with the Federal Government: A guide to figuring out the procurement puzzle (Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2010, $27.95) demystifies the system for small businesses, including sole proprietors.
This 100-page handbook explains how small firms – including communications, information technology and other professional services providers – can register with online supplier databases, get on source lists for low-dollar buys under $25,000, peruse MERX.com for contract opportunities, prepare winning proposals, and market themselves to help make sure they get the work.
Available from Chapters.ca and Amazon.ca.
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"Meltdown: Climate change hits home," Inuktitut magazine
Inuktitut magazine is the magazine of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the association representing Canada's 50,000 Inuit, most of whom live in the Arctic where climate change is threatening lives far more quickly than it is further south.
M.E.S. Editing and Writing Services president Marion Soublière was contracted by Ayaya Marketing and Communications to write this 750-word feature article for the Winter 2006 issue of Inuktitut magazine. Soublière met the very tight deadline of less than two weeks, interviewing experts from the Northwest Territories to Nunavik to Labrador along the way.
Soublière had earlier acted as co-ordinating editor at Inuktitut magazine, overseeing the Winter 2005 and Spring 2005 issues as the magazine underwent a complete redesign and editorial transformation.
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Caribou News in Brief newsletter
With few media outlets in northern Canada, the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board's semi-annual newsletter, Caribou News in Brief, is welcomed because it covers the critical topic of caribou – a food staple for many families – and because it carries both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal perspectives. Key stories focus on dwindling caribou populations, uranium mining development, hunting practices and more.
M.E.S. Editing and Writing Services president Marion Soublière, who has worked for Aboriginal and northern organizations for almost two decades, researches, writes, lays out, prints and ships 1,000 copies of the now full-colour 16-page newsletter (online at www.arctic-caribou.com).
Print copies are distributed largely to caribou-range communities in northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan and parts of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
