Hello! I’m Leslie.

I’m the senior writer for Engineering Dimensions, the magazine of Professional Engineers Ontario, and a freelance contributor to a range of Canadian publications. My primary beats are engineering regulation, social justice and religion, and I’m passionate about solutions journalism and restorative narrative.

My writing has appeared in Broadview, The Local, the Toronto Star, This, West End Phoenix, Philanthropist Journal, Spacing, The Globe and Mail, among others. In 2024, I won a National Magazine Award in Feature Writing for Books Behind Bars. In 2026, I received the A.C. Forrest Memorial Award (Circulation 10,000+) for Sentenced to Labour.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication with a minor in sociology and a Master of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Outside of work, you can find me writing creative nonfiction or pursuing arts and crafts.

Photo: Aloysius Wong