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New Websites for The Editors’ Weekly

February 1, 2024 by Laura Bontje | Leave a Comment

With the launch of Editors Canada’s new website comes a refreshed look for The Editors’ Weekly! Take some time to look around and explore! One of the biggest changes for the blog is the creation of a dedicated site for French content. While The Editors’ Weekly currently operates in English, we do get occasional posts […]

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Heather Buzila

The NEC in Detail: Director of Professional Standards and Director of Publications

January 25, 2024 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

This is the fifth in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français).  Following on my post about the directors of marketing and communication and member recruitment and retention, I’ll continue to give you […]

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E. Prybylski

Embracing Your Needs as a Neurodivergent Editor

January 18, 2024 by E. Prybylski | Leave a Comment

Being a late-diagnosed autistic person (who also has ADHD), I spent most of my life feeling like a fish out of water. Things others found simple and easy, I struggled with in ways I couldn’t articulate. Yet other things my peers found difficult, I accomplished with ease. Prior to the realization that I was autistic, […]

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Volunteer for the Academic Editing Chapter

January 11, 2024 by Aline Dias Camargo | Leave a Comment

Becoming — and then being — an academic editor is not an easy task. It can be isolating to work alone through a pile of journal articles or a seemingly endless dissertation. If you are interested in advancing your skills, advocating for the profession, supporting emerging editors or connecting with like-minded people, then we invite […]

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Closing the Book on 2023

December 21, 2023 by Laura Bontje | 2 Comments on Closing the Book on 2023

Dear readers, The Editors’ Weekly will be taking a holiday break, with no posts on December 28 and January 4. We’ll be back in the new year with new posts about the academic editing special interest group, the Editors Canada national executive council, embracing neurodivergence as an editor, an exciting new project for language lovers […]

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Perrin Lindelauf

Draftsmith: An Editor’s Review

December 14, 2023 by Perrin Lindelauf | 5 Comments on Draftsmith: An Editor’s Review

Intelligent Editing’s PerfectIt has long been the consistency software standard for editors, so when the rapid AI advances of the last year began flipping industries on its head, I grew curious about how the company would keep pace.  Its response is Draftsmith, a new AI writing refiner that promises to bridge the gap between lacklustre […]

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Heather Buzila

The NEC in Detail: Director of Marketing and Communications and Director of Member Recruitment and Retention

December 7, 2023 by Heather Buzila | 1 Comment on The NEC in Detail: Director of Marketing and Communications and Director of Member Recruitment and Retention

This is the fourth in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français).  Following on my post about the roles of secretary and director of branches and twigs, each month, I’ll give you an […]

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La composition du CAN : directrice du marketing et des communications et directrice du recrutement et de la fidélisation des membres

December 7, 2023 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

Voici le quatrième d’une série d’articles qui décrivent les rôles des membres du Conseil d’administration national (CAN) de Réviseurs Canada. Ils sont rédigés par Heather Buzila et traduits par Suzanne Aubin. Vous pouvez consulter ces articles en anglais. (This series is also available in English.) Veuillez noter que le choix du genre reflète uniquement celui […]

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Laura Bontje

Book Recommendations for Editors

November 30, 2023 by Laura Bontje | 4 Comments on Book Recommendations for Editors

As winter holidays approach, it’s a great time to start thinking about books! This year, we asked the student affiliate Facebook group and the Editors’ Weekly blog team for their book recommendations for editors. Whether you’re looking for a literary gift for the editor in your life or planning to curl up with some reading […]

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Nicola Aquino

Editing in Times of Chaos and Loss

November 23, 2023 by Nicola Aquino | 8 Comments on Editing in Times of Chaos and Loss

I want to preface this post with a disclaimer: I am not an expert (therapist or trained professional) in grief; what follows has come out of discussions with colleagues who have suffered loss or other upheavals in their lives and who still needed to put bread on the table. For those who think the title […]

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