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Catie Phares

Draftsmith: A Purpose-Built AI Tool That Respects the Editor

Thursday June 5, 2025

Editor’s note: Editors Canada has partnered with Intelligent Editing on various occasions, and The Editors’ Weekly received free early access for a reviewer to test Draftsmith 2.0 and share an honest opinion.  As an academic editor who regularly writes and speaks about AI’s role in editing, I’d describe myself as a highly skeptical user. I […]

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Sheryl Coe

Why Academic Editors Should Read Getting It Published

Thursday May 15, 2025

On June 6, the academic editing book club will discuss the book Getting It Published, Third Edition: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books, by William Germano. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group, a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). You might […]

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Monica Laane-Fralick

The Editors’ Weekly Welcomes a New Proofreader

Thursday May 8, 2025

Correcting typos, checking links, formatting headings, selecting images, drafting social media posts, uploading content … these are just a few of the ways that the proofreader and social media contributor helps The Editors’ Weekly arrive in your inbox, ready to read. At the end of 2024, proofreader Kay Pettigrew wrapped up her term with the […]

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Rhonda Kronyk

Indigenous Editors Circle: Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating Indigenous Stories

Thursday April 17, 2025

In May 2025, the Indigenous Editors Association (IEA) will welcome 17 Indigenous and 13 non-Indigenous delegates to the first Indigenous Editors Circle since 2017.  Foundations of the Indigenous Editors Circle The Circle has a long-standing history. While the first Circle was held in 2014, with subsequent gatherings in 2015 and 2017, its development was preceded […]

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Kelly Clancy

A Proactive Approach to Diversifying Your Editing Business

Thursday April 10, 2025

The great thing about being a freelance editor is that you get to decide the scope of your work. This can also feel overwhelming: How do you know what work portfolio will feel right to you? I recently delivered a webinar for Editors Canada where I explored different methods for diversifying your editing business.  I […]

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Alvaro Miranda

An Editor’s First Academic Conference

Monday March 10, 2025

In the first week of 2025, historians swarmed Midtown Manhattan for the annual meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA), one of the largest associations of historians in the world.  While I hold a master’s in modern European history, I’m a relatively new freelance proofreader and copyeditor. I attended the conference hoping to learn more […]

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