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Support for Editing and Publishing on Giving Tuesday

November 30, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC, Lucy Payette, Zofia Laubitz

Written with files from Zofia Laubitz, Editors Canada awards coordinator. Today is Giving Tuesday. Described as the “opening day of the giving season,” it is a time when charities, companies and individuals rally for their favourite causes. It’s a perfect time to consider supporting the editing community. Ways to support …

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Letter From the Editor

August 24, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC, Lucy Payette

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly is on hiatus this week. In the meantime, we hope this post finds you healthy and well this summer. Please let us know if there are topics you’d like to see featured or if you would like to contribute. We are always looking for articles …

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 2

July 20, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. In a continuation of our summer series, we’ve asked two more members of our blog committee to share their latest picks. Sue Bowness Sue is the director of communications for Editors Canada, a freelance writer and editor at Codeword …

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 1

July 6, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. It’s no surprise — we learn and refine our skills by reading and listening to content. We also read and listen for pleasure (or to make use of those long periods in lockdown). In the spirit of learning, …

Covid-19 Life

My COVID-19 Life Edit

May 19, 2020 | Filed under: General EAC, Marianne Grier

Since COVID-19 came to B.C., I’ve gone through an involuntary life edit. Things have proceeded like any full edit (though let’s skip the proofread for now, shall we?). The first changes were sweeping, dramatic and structural as we paused daycare, moved to working mostly from home and navigating meetings around …

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Notes on Notes

January 14, 2020 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton, General EAC

I had occasion recently to teach someone how to write effective editorial comments. It was an interesting exercise as it forced me to articulate principles I had absorbed over many years, some learned from painful experience. Here’s what came to mind: Know your place. My job is to help the …

Words We Love

Words We Love Irrationally Much

December 3, 2019 | Filed under: General EAC, James Harbeck

I asked people on Twitter about words they love irrationally much. I got quite a few responses. Actually, I got so many that when I tried to retweet them all, Twitter finally told me I had reached my daily tweet limit. And did again the next day. The words that …

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The Demise of a Dictionary: Is the Canadian Oxford Dictionary a Victim of its Own Success?

October 1, 2019 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock, General EAC

The second and possibly last edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary was published in 2004. Why hasn’t the Oxford University Press published a new edition in 15 years? There isn’t an up-to-date Canadian dictionary in print.

Standards at Work: Technical Editing

November 20, 2018 | Filed under: General EAC, Standards Communication Task Force

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) describe the responsibilities of an editor. The scope of PES is broad; this series explores how the standards apply to a variety of editing contexts. Ellen Lupu has been a technical editor for 12 years. Her current project involves writing and editing training material …

Year in Review: The Best of 2016

January 10, 2017 | Filed under: Anna Williams, General EAC

With another year behind us, we’d like to know what you liked best on the blog in 2016 and what you’d most like to see in the new year. Let us know in the comments! Here are some of our top picks: Should You Only “Edit What You Know?” by …

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