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Even Nature Needs an Editor

Tuesday June 18, 2019

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email Sara Promislow. I am a […]

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Anita Jenkins

Iva Cheung: Winner of the 2019 Karen Virag Award

Tuesday July 23, 2019

The annual Karen Virag Award recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. A highly accomplished member of Editors Canada, Virag died in 2014. Recipients to date are Nancy Flight, Virginia Durksen, James Harbeck and Iva Cheung. Editors Canada’s awards season always presents the judges with […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: Professionalism

Tuesday August 27, 2019

My phone chimes. It’s one of President Donald Trump’s people. Desperate Donald has written a book he hopes will cinch his re-election next year. But it needs a good editing. Can I do this? Of course I can. The question is, will I? The Donald is not my favourite politician. Far from it. The very […]

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Johanna Cider

Insurance for Freelance Editors: Everything You Need to Know

Tuesday September 24, 2019

Have you ever wondered what types of insurance you should have as a freelancer? Besides basic insurances like life, health and auto, there are several types of insurance for small businesses and professional services that you might want to consider. These kinds of policies protect you from issues like client negligence. Home-based business insurance Planning […]

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Anne Louise Mahoney

Giving It Up for the Editing Community

Tuesday November 26, 2019

In anticipation of GivingTuesday, Anne Louise Mahoney talks about the Editors Canada awards program and the ways in which it recognizes outstanding editors. Who doesn’t love awards? They offer us a moment to pause and recognize out-of-the-ordinary accomplishments and bask in the reflected glow as colleagues, friends or fans. As editors, many of us work […]

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Notes on Notes

Tuesday January 14, 2020

I had occasion recently to teach someone how to write effective editorial comments. It was an interesting exercise as it forced me to articulate principles I had absorbed over many years, some learned from painful experience. Here’s what came to mind: What principles would you add? Do you have some examples of more and less […]

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Marion Soubliere

Your Government Goals for 2020

Tuesday January 28, 2020

It’s 2020 and the year is still gleaming fresh. If you’re a business owner who would love to bolster your Government of Canada (GC) client revenues, the time is ripe for new goals and a motivational to-do list. (Or if you’ve never supplied services to the federal government and would like to, check out Winning […]

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Barbara McClintock

The Singular “They” — Conjugations and Some Particularities

Tuesday February 18, 2020

Conjugating the singular “they” Gender-neutral writing is fairly new. The Canadian government started using the terms “gender” or “gender identity” when referring to a person’s sex (unless referring to anatomical characteristics related to reproduction or development) in Canadian legislation in 2017. Most writers in Canada already avoid using “he” and “his” because readers understand these […]

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James Harbeck

Sure-fire Opening Lines

Tuesday April 7, 2020

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a novel in want of readers must be possessed of a good opening line. A book is a relationship — many of us spend more intimate time with books than with people — and it is important to start the relationship off on a good foot. So, naturally, […]

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Six people of varying ethnicities and genders thinking (expressed by question marks surrounding each of their heads).

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Aaron Dalton

Empirical Editors: Fluency

Tuesday June 9, 2020

This article is part of a series that looks at lessons one can draw from some of the research collected in Aaron Dalton’s “Empirical Research for Editors” list. “Fluency” refers to how easy or difficult it is to do or process something. I interpret the science in this area through the lens of plain language, […]

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