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Several books on a dark surface, one labelled “English”, with a Canadian flag and large A, b, c, and z letters off to the side. (Copyright: monkographic © 123RF.com)

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Multilingual Editing: Hybridity, Non-Normativity and Resistance

Thursday February 5, 2026

...through Indigenous languages, waves of immigration and migration, subversion of and resistance to British/US/Canadian-English language dominance. And are further deconstructed through disability justice, plain language, conscious language, reclaimed slurs —...

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linguistics multilingual editing Natalie Iwanek

A two-story house is burning, filled with flames that are coming out through the front porch, upstairs windows, and through the roof. Four firemen in gear, with their backs to us, are standing in the foreground, watching the fire.

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WASTED WORDS: My Hit List

Tuesday February 5, 2013

I have a dream: English users create their equivalent to the Académie Française to mind the language. I’m at the first hearing of this august body presenting a list of...

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About the Blog

The Editors’ Weekly is the official English-language blog of Editors Canada. Editors Canada promotes professional editing for print and online communications. Our members include salaried and freelance editors who work...

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Zanne Klingenberg

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Zanne Klingenberg

Thursday August 28, 2025

...that’s proofreading an educational board game or evaluating a manuscript. I also love the collaborative nature of language and communication. It’s thrilling to be part of creative processes and work...

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blog management editorial team Zanne Klingenberg

A person sitting on a stack of books while another walks along the top of a book. Gears, a light bulb and a globe appear in the background.

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Why Academic Editors Should Read Thing Explainer

Thursday September 4, 2025

...language and not many pictures. So it was a treat to review Randall Munroe’s Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words, which is unlike any book I’ve read in a...

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academic editing publishing Shane Mulligan

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GETTABLE GRAMMAR: Grammar Class Wars

Tuesday December 18, 2012

...grammar is the field of linguistics that covers the conventions of a language; it involves morphology and syntax, phonetics, phonology, semantics and pragmatics. Still scratching your head? Here is a...

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Kaitlin Littlechild

Editing With the Seasons: Indigenous Storytelling and the Rhythm of the Land

Thursday December 11, 2025

...are shaped by land, language, kinship and the cycles of the natural world. There is a time and a place for certain stories. To authentically and respectfully edit Indigenous writing...

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Indigenous writers Kaitlin Littlechild storytelling

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WASTED WORDS: The Editor as Analyst

Saturday November 24, 2012

Wasted Words is a series of musings on language and usage by editor emeritus Wilf Popoff. I find it hard to edit without playing amateur psychologist. Why did the writer...

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: A Book Editor in the Land of Cinema

Tuesday December 4, 2012

...a couple in a 1972 wedding scene have their first dance to Paul Stookey’s Wedding Song (There is Love) because it was written by then (yes)? Is the language in...

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Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Aalap Trivedi

Thursday August 14, 2025

...the same text through different lens (that is, once for grammar, once for language and word choice, once for overall logic and flow within the document). Most challenging: Being mostly...

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