Katherine Barber

Katherine Patricia Mary Barber was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, 1959. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg in 1980, and a Master of Arts from the University of Ottawa in 1990.

From 1984 to 1991, she was a lecturer in the School of Translation and Interpretation at the University of Ottawa. From 1989 to 1991, she was a research associate with the Bilingual Canadian Dictionary project at the University of Ottawa. She was Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Dictionaries for the Oxford University Press in Canada from 1991 to 2008, when OUP closed the Canadian dictionary department.[1] Since 2008, she has been sole proprietor of Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays, which organizes ballet-themed trips to North American and European destinations.

• Katherine Barber (2006) Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do with Pigs and Other Fascinating Facts About the Language from Canada's Word Lady, Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-542440-9.
• Katherine Barber (2007) Only in Canada You Say: A Treasury of Canadian Language, Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-542707-3.

• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved February 23, 2006.

• Tabaret Magazine (University of Ottawa) – "Canadian English: A Real Mouthful" (Canadian food words).
• Katherine Barber's Word of the Week
• Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays and Ballet Appreciation website