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Berna Ozunal

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 2

March 1, 2022 by Berna Ozunal | 2 Comments on Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 2

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is the second in a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada standards committee. In Part 2, I’ll look at some of the ideas and issues that have […]

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S. Robin Larin

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Naomi Racz

February 22, 2022 by S. Robin Larin | Leave a Comment

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 interview has been lightly edited.) […]

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Aaron Dalton

What is Plain Language? Part 5: The Nitty-gritty

February 15, 2022 by Aaron Dalton | 3 Comments on What is Plain Language? Part 5: The Nitty-gritty

This is the fifth and last in a series of articles discussing the basic principles of plain language by Aaron Dalton. I offer two half-day workshops: the first is all about the why and then we look at some document-level issues like tone. This is the workshop that I am most passionate about and try to get […]

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Jasmine Peteran

Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

February 8, 2022 by Jasmine Peteran | 2 Comments on Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

For many of us out here in the freelance world, networking can feel like a chore. But Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success taught me two key things that turned a chore into a worthwhile challenge. For starters, activities I’m already doing willingly and regularly can become effective networking tactics with the […]

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Berna Ozunal

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 1

February 1, 2022 by Berna Ozunal | Leave a Comment

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada standards committee. In Part 1, I’ll give some historical context of PES and discuss my involvement with PES and […]

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Lucy Payette

January Is Mentoring Month: How Are We Doing?

January 25, 2022 by Lucy Payette | 4 Comments on January Is Mentoring Month: How Are We Doing?

In a nod to mentoring month, a movement formally recognized in the U.S. and gaining traction in Canada, let’s reflect on mentoring in the editing industry. Much has been written about mentoring in The Editors’ Weekly over the years, including the most recent post by Jennifer D. Foster on the benefits of mentorship, stories of […]

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Becky Heaman

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Maxie Bai Martin

January 18, 2022 by Becky Heaman | Leave a Comment

The Editors Canada student relations committee completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky Heaman shared the committee’s interview with […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Editing in the Time of Covid

January 11, 2022 by Rosemary Shipton | 8 Comments on Editing in the Time of Covid

As we enter 2022, it’s time to ask how editors have fared during the pandemic and what lies ahead. When the world as we knew it suddenly shut down in March 2020, we feared for our health and our livelihoods, uncertain what might transpire. How have we done? For most editors, it seems, work continued […]

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Lucy Payette

Searching for the Positive Side of Change

December 21, 2021 by Lucy Payette | 2 Comments on Searching for the Positive Side of Change

Many of my conversations of late have started with “I would have thought by now we would be … ” or “I’m not sure what the next few months will bring ….” This past year has been called many things: the Great Resignation, the Great Reshuffle, the second year of COVID. Whatever you call this […]

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Becky Heaman

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Iva Cheung

December 14, 2021 by Becky Heaman | 1 Comment on Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Iva Cheung

The Editors Canada student relations committee completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky Heaman shared the committee’s interview […]

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