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Reflections on Mentorship

August 16, 2022 | Filed under: Mary Rykov

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. — Lao Tzu The mentor role is ancient and storied. Mentor, in Homer’s Odyssey, is the friend of Odysseus who tutors Telemachus, Odysseus’s son. Athena, disguised as Mentor, steers young Telemachus’s search for his father. Those ancient Greeks did spin good …

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Long Live Long-time Freelancing

July 5, 2022 | Filed under: Suzanne Bowness

My name is Sue, and I’m a long-time, full-time freelancer. While most of the time I’m in the trees of my business, once in a while I zoom out to the forest and think about how different my way of working has been from that of other people. For 20 …

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Safety and Respect: A Look at Editors Canada’s Workplace Harassment Policy

June 21, 2022 | Filed under: Lynne Williams

In March, the Canadian Labour Congress released findings from a national survey on workplace harassment. It was the first of its kind in Canada and revealed that 7 in 10 workers have experienced some form of harassment at work. The study’s researchers also found an increase in online harassment since …

Amy J. Schneider

Amy J. Schneider: An Editor’s Top 3

May 24, 2022 | Filed under: Amy J. Schneider

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Amy J. Schneider has been a full-time freelance copyeditor and proofreader of fiction and non-fiction and the owner of Featherschneider Editorial Services since 1995. Since 2012 Amy has written articles and presented …

Jen Campbell

An Interview with Jen Campbell, Editors Canada Conference Keynote Speaker

May 17, 2022 | Filed under: Chantelle Behrens

Jen Campbell is a bestselling author, award-winning poet and disability advocate. She has written 10 books for children and adults, spanning nonfiction, poetry, short stories and picture books. She reviews books on BBC Radio, is the books editor for TOAST Magazine, has an iTunes top 100 podcast called BOOKS WITH …

Lorina Stephens

An Interview with Lorina Stephens, Editors Canada Conference Keynote Speaker

May 3, 2022 | Filed under: Aerin Caley

Lorina Stephens didn’t start her career in writing and publishing. She has been a manager and bookkeeper for companies as diverse as a civil engineering firm, Faberge of Canada, and her own custom glass installation company. She has also created and sold historically accurate clothing patterns and has explored other …

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Three Ways Long-term Clients Make Freelancing Less Stressful

April 25, 2022 | Filed under: Michelle Waitzman

A lot of creative professionals become freelancers because it gives them the freedom to work on projects they enjoy, make their own schedule and pursue personal goals. But life as a freelancer is stressful for some. Income and schedules can be unpredictable, and finding clients requires constant effort. These stresses …

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Ruth E. Thaler-Carter: An Editor’s Top 3

April 12, 2022 | Filed under: Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Ruth E. Thaler-Carter has been managing and speaking about websites for several years, for both her own ventures and those of her clients. Her in-person and virtual presentations about editors’ websites have …

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Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

March 22, 2022 | Filed under: Gael Spivak

I didn’t volunteer with my editing association to get things out of it for myself. But over the years, I noticed that I was getting a lot out of it beyond feeling good about giving back to my community. This post summarizes what I learned so that you can use …

Naomi Racz

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Naomi Racz

February 22, 2022 | Filed under: S. Robin Larin

This is the final post in a series of interviews that the Editors Canada student relations committee completed last year with Editors Canada award winners. This month, S. Robin Larin shares the committee’s interview with Naomi Racz (Cumberland, B.C.), who was the winner of the 2020 Claudette Upton Scholarship. (This …

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