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The Student Affiliate Book Club Gets Subversive

December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Amanda Goldrick-Jones

The brand-new student affiliate book club chose Carol Fisher Saller’s The Subversive Copy Editor (2nd edition, 2016) as its first book for discussion. We were intensely curious — especially those in the club who are early-career editors — about what “subversive” editing meant. In October, we met online to review …

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“Meet Your Future Self”: Helping Student Editors Network

August 10, 2021 | Filed under: Claire Majors, Letitia Henville

Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying labour market turmoil, Editors BC brought together students and experienced editors for an informal evening of conversation and relationship-building. The Zoom get-together was described by participants as a “valuable and inspiring event” that gave student editors “some clear ideas for …

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Feeling lost in the editing crowd? Join the student affiliates!

June 29, 2021 | Filed under: Becky Noelle

Soon after joining Editors Canada in 2019, I attended the annual conference in Halifax. I felt both excited and anxious to be spending the weekend meeting other editors. My fellow student affiliates were some of the first people I met and connected with at the conference. It was reassuring to …

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Making the Shift from Student to Freelance Editor

March 31, 2020 | Filed under: Natalia Iwanek

For novice editors, the transitional year from student to editor is often both remarkable and overwhelming. No amount of experience and education can prepare you for the phenomenon of imposter syndrome, the tendency to undervalue your work, and the persistent fear of failure. Above all, nothing quite prepares you for …

One Step at a Time: Journey to a Dream Job

October 23, 2018 | Filed under: Lindsay Vermeulen

I was shepherded to my first Editors BC meeting by the editing instructor from my publishing diploma, who suggested I join Editors Canada. Maybe “suggested” isn’t the right word — when she heard I hadn’t joined yet, she had the college pay my student affiliate fee, told me which meeting …

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