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Academic Background of Nathalie Bureau:

• Four year B.A. Psychology major/Mathematics minor UWO 1995
• B.Ed (Education degree) UWO
• Certified Questioned Document Examiner by International Association of Document Examiners (IADE)
• Certified Graphoanalyst, International Graphoanalysis Society (IGAS)

Experience:

From 2012 to 2016, Nathalie has worked closely with Diann Vail on Questioned Document Examination cases. With a wide variety of cases from questioned signatures, disgruntled employee letters with threats, graffiti cases and with experience working with many lawyers both locally and as far away as Nova Scotia, Nathalie has honed her skill and keen eye for identifying signatures and handwriting under the watchful, experienced eye of Diann, a well known veteran in the profession. Bringing her mathematics and psychology into the profession of Forensic Document Examination has given Nathalie crucial skills of instinct, logic, deduction and detail. She is a 3rd generation document examiner in the profession; Nathalie’s mother and grandmother were document examiners before her.

Academic Background of Diann Vail:

• Hons. B.A. (Anthropology), University of Western Ontario, 1993
• Question Document Examiner, World Association of Document Examiners Certificate, 1974
• Certified Graphoanalyst, International Grapho Analysis Society (IGAS), 1972

Experience:
Since 1974, Diann has worked as a Questioned and Forensic Document Examiner with clients and done Handwriting Identification to verify the writer(s) of cheques, wills, and various personal documents. She has acted as a court qualified witness, taught community college courses in basic grapho analysis and assisted businesses with employment selection.

She has also conducted numerous seminars on the subject as well as acted as an expert newspaper/magazine columnist analyzing the personality and character of writers for almost a decade. Her primary clientele is composed of lawyers, corporate businesses, investigators and banks.