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About Robert Desprez

I have worked as a Vancouver technical writer for more than 20 years, working at some of British Columbia's largest high-tech firms. I have served in leadership positions for the Society for Technical Communication and have worked as a writing instructor at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University.

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Vancouver Technical Writer. Former Instructor at Simon Fraser University. Dog Lover. Coffee Drinker. Tennis and Piano Player.

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Are we living in a post-literate society?

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Opinion: A viral essay declares the end of reading is here. But there’s no end to its pleasures

To all Canadians who still buy books: Tell each other about the ones you love

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Being effective at work boils down to knowledge, methods, people and technology

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About Me

Robert Desprez I have worked as a Vancouver technical writer for more than 20 years, working at Kodak, Boeing, Teck Resources, and FortisBC. In addition, I have worked as a writing instructor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

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Robert Desprez Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Inc.
North Van­cou­ver, British Columbia
Canada
Phone: 604–836-4290

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