Buffy C

Writer, strategist, and researcher with 20+ years of experience shaping editorial, broadcast, and digital content for major media and mission-driven organizations. Director and senior story editor across documentary and docudrama, with a focus on investigative, science, and social-impact storytelling.

Writer / Consultant at Freelance (2000-01 – Present)

Writer, strategist, and researcher with 20+ years of experience shaping editorial, broadcast, and digital content for major media and mission-driven organizations. Clients include NBC, CTV, Discovery, CBC, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Chatelaine, THIS Magazine, Azure, MSF.org, and others.

• Develop story-driven strategies, UX writing, and content systems for nonprofits and social enterprises
• Translate complex research, policy, and technical material into clear, compelling narratives
• Lead mixed-methods research, stakeholder engagement, and communications strategy
• Designed and executed outreach campaigns engaging hundreds of participants and policymakers
• Led communications and research initiatives for the Canadian Media Guild, including policy writing and stakeholder engagement with provincial and federal officials
• Developed brand strategy, business plans, and training programs for Kaapittiaq (Inuit social enterprise) and the Sarah McLachlan School of Music
• Author, Concentric Circles of Change (UNDP Cambodia HIV/AIDS program)
• Reporter, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Cambodia)
• Arts & tech editor/columnist, HOUR Magazine (Montreal)

TV Director / Writer / Story Editor at Freelance (2011-01 – Present)

Director and senior story editor across documentary and docudrama, with a focus on investigative, science, and social-impact storytelling. Credits include: Hardcore Heroes, Natural Born Outlaws, Weird or What, I Didn't Do It, Mysterious Islands, Secrets in the Jungle, and more.

• Director / Writer - Feature documentary in production (CBC's The Passionate Eye) - 2025–Present - Investigating regulatory systems and the precautionary principle in environmental health
• Field Producer / Writer - An Optimist's Guide to the Planet - 2022 - Docuseries on climate solutions hosted by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• Senior Story Editor - After the Storm - 2025 - Two-hour Discovery special on the 2021 British Columbia floods
• Experiment Producer - Shut It Off ASAP - 2021 - Google/YouTube series with AsapSCIENCE
• Director / Writer / Story Editor - The Cobra Killers - 2020 - Feature documentary on Bryan Kocis
• Supervising Producer - Death in the Bayou: The Jennings Eight - 2019 - Investigative series on unsolved murders in Louisiana
• Showrunner / Writer / Director - Stranger in My Home (Seasons 2–3) - 2014–2016 - Led writers, directed shoots, and managed network delivery for Discovery Investigation
• Director / Writer / Story Editor - Canadian Made - 2012
• Writer / Director - Hard Labours (Travaux ardus) - Short film on maternal mortality with Médecins Sans Frontières

Master of Design in Strategic Foresight & Innovation – OCAD University (2023-01)

PhD Studies (incomplete) in Adult Education & Community Development – University of Toronto

Master of Education in Adult Education & Community Development – University of Toronto

Graduate Diploma in Journalism – Concordia University

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema (Major), English (Minor, Honours) – Concordia University