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Indigenous Editors Circle: Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating Indigenous Stories

April 17, 2025 by Rhonda Kronyk | 1 Comment on Indigenous Editors Circle: Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating Indigenous Stories

In May 2025, the Indigenous Editors Association (IEA) will welcome 17 Indigenous and 13 non-Indigenous delegates to the first Indigenous Editors Circle since 2017. Foundations of the Indigenous Editors Circle The Circle has a long-standing history. While the first Circle was held in 2014, with subsequent gatherings in 2015 and 2017, its development was preceded […]

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Editing Indigenous Writing: A Nuanced Partnership

March 16, 2023 by Suzanne Methot | 11 Comments on Editing Indigenous Writing: A Nuanced Partnership

A lot of Indigenous writing is under-edited, because many non-Indigenous editors don’t feel like they have a way in to the text and are scared of making a mistake. Other times, it can be over-edited, because the editor has shoehorned the story into a format that reflects European values and beliefs. Some Indigenous writers are […]

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“I have come a long way from peddling poems for pennies in downtown Winnipeg”: An Interview with Joshua Whitehead

April 6, 2021 by Tracey Anderson | Leave a Comment

Joshua Whitehead (he/him) is a Two-Spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate, lecturer, and Killam scholar at the University of Calgary, where he studies Indigenous literatures and cultures with a focus on gender and sexuality. He is the author of full-metal indigiqueer and Jonny Appleseed and the […]

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Listening With the Heart: Editing Indigenous Manuscripts

September 12, 2017 by Anne Louise Mahoney | 6 Comments on Listening With the Heart: Editing Indigenous Manuscripts

A Quill and Quire article popped up in my Twitter feed in late June: “Humber becomes new home for Indigenous Editors Circle.” I was thrilled that the Circle had found a home at Humber College’s Lakeshore campus in Toronto’s west end. Even better: a workshop on editing Indigenous manuscripts was being held in mid-August. I […]

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Interview with Cherie Dimaline

May 16, 2017 by Suzanne Purkis | 3 Comments on Interview with Cherie Dimaline

On Saturday, June 10, Métis writer and editor Cherie Dimaline will kick off the 2017 Editors Canada conference with a keynote address. Conference co-chair Suzanne Purkis interviewed Cherie about writing, editing and some of the challenges facing Indigenous writers in Canada. 1. Does your experience as an editor influence your approach to writing? If so, how? […]

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