Writing samples by Alison Cole

Here is a selection of various types of pieces that I have written over the years. Please choose and read at your interest and pleasure. Simply click the hyperlinks to view the writings.

• Humane Education for K-12 with Teachkind’s Lisbet Chiraboga, and “Wolf Walk” at the Vancouver International Film Festival
  • A blog article to go with the Animal Voices radio show and podcast episode of the same name.
  • Publication: Animal Voices Vancouver radio show website

• Urban Body Art: a penetrating investigation.
  • Feature story exploring the worlds of body piercing, tattooing and branding.
  • Publication: The Ubyssey newspaper’s annual Women’s Issue.

• Gage brings coed life to UBC
  • An article for a retrospective edition of The Ubyssey, going through the past decades of history of the university campus. This article appeared in “The Sixties” section.
  • Publication: The Ubyssey newspaper

• Book review and Interview: Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, by Philip Lymbery with Isabel Oakshott
  • Publication: Food web magazine Eatin’s Canada

•  A Celebration of Vegan Meats and Entrepreneurism: The Tofurky Company, and The Very Good Butchers
  • A blog article to go with the Animal Voices radio show and podcast episode of the same name, interviewing the vegan meat and tempeh pioneer Seth Tibbott, of the Tofurky Company, and Victoria entrepreneurs James Davison and Mitchell Scott of The Very Good Butchers
  • Publication: Animal Voices Vancouver radio show website

• Sunflower Seeds: A Superfood Snack to Be Savoured
  • Publication: Food web magazine Eatin’s Canada

• The Lady of Mystery Reveals Some Introspections
  • a light-hearted profile of Miss. A, who was a long-time and well-known supporter and community member of the UBC School of Music
  • Publication: BMused, UBC Music Students’ Association newsletter, of which I used to be the editor as an undergrad.

• Music to his madness.
  • Review of the film “Shine”.
  • Publication: The Ubyssey newspaper

• La Bohème lovers love struck.
  • A review of the Vancouver Opera’s production of “La Bohème”.
  • Publication: The Ubyssey newspaper

• Earthsave Canada 2007 Annual Report
  • When I was the Office Manager of the Earthsave Canada charitable organization from 2003-07, I produced the Annual Reports, writing the majority of the content, copyediting, and doing the graphic design layout. Here is an example of the last report I created.