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The Editors’ Weekly is the official English-language blog of Editors Canada. Editors Canada promotes professional editing for print and online communications. Our members include salaried and freelance editors who work...

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E. Alex Crawley

Why Academic Editors Should Read The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors

Thursday July 10, 2025

...Academic Editing Special Interest Group, a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). During my University of Washington Certificate in Editing, my digital hand was raised, oh,...

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Why Academic Editors Should Read Thing Explainer

Thursday September 4, 2025

...Academic Editing and Editors Canada newsletters and posted on social media. Keep an eye out for more! ___ The Editors’ Weekly is the official blog of Editors Canada. Contact us....

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academic editing publishing Shane Mulligan

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Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Aalap Trivedi

Thursday August 14, 2025

...I love. Especially with short sentences. What quirky convention would you want added to a style guide of your choice? Proposed entry in the fictitious Canadian Manual of Style (CanMoS):...

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Emily Distefano

Emily Distefano: What’s on My Desk?

Thursday January 29, 2026

...laptop so I can customize the appropriate list for each project or school assignment before printing. Mandatory pile(s) of books Besides standard reference tomes including The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, The...

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Maintaining Your Joy as a Copy Editor

Thursday January 15, 2026

...to be an exhilarating conversation. You can purchase this book online and RSVP here to join us! The Editors’ Weekly is the official blog of Editors Canada. Contact us. ______...

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Academic Book Club Copy editors Jamie Banks

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WASTED WORDS: The Editor as Analyst

Saturday November 24, 2012

Wasted Words is a series of musings on language and usage by editor emeritus Wilf Popoff. I find it hard to edit without playing amateur psychologist. Why did the writer...

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Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Sayali Dighe

Thursday August 21, 2025

...user experience, but sometimes it’s tricky balancing competing requirements. What drew you to volunteer for The Editors’ Weekly? I joined Editors Canada very recently as a student affiliate. Their resources...

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blog management editorial team Sayali Dighe

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AI: The Power-Hungry Beast

Thursday January 22, 2026

...that one gigawatt can power approximately 750,000 homes for a year; global AI datacenters are expected to require 220 gigawatts by 2030. That’s equivalent to the energy required to power...

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