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Editing and Empathy

Tuesday June 6, 2017

I’m thinking more about empathy these days. So are other editors — witness last week’s post on the editor-author relationship. So are Canadians in general, judging by Google searches over the past decade. Source: Google Trends. Y-axis shows interest over time, defined as follows: “Numbers […]

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Anna Williams

Quick Topics: Born or Made

Tuesday February 5, 2019

Many of us started out in other careers and came to editing via circuitous routes. Some of us were teachers; some were engineers; some were writers who drifted into the editing side of the industry. In some cases, we had jobs that required us to fix other people’s work on a regular basis, and that’s […]

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Letter from the Editor: Write for The Editors’ Weekly

Thursday August 24, 2023

Happy summer, readers! The Editors’ Weekly is taking a break for the rest of August. It’s time to enjoy the last weeks of summer — and of summer reading! Have you read any great books lately? This summer, I set myself a goal of reading only Canadian literature, and it’s been fantastic! (Need a good […]

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Aalap Trivedi

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Aalap Trivedi

Thursday August 14, 2025

Welcome to our mini-series introducing the new editorial board at The Editors’ Weekly! This week, meet Aalap Trivedi. What kind of editing work do you do? In my full-time job, I edit textbooks and learning materials for the skilled trades. In my editing business, I work on curriculum documents, research reports, scholarly papers and book […]

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Sue Archer

May I Help You?

Tuesday November 3, 2015

“Hello, Ms. Client? I’m Sue Archer from Customer Relations, and I’m calling to follow up with you about your complaint.” I’ve performed a number of difficult jobs in my life, but by far the most challenging one was a call centre role where I dealt solely with complaints. Every day it was my job to […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Commission of Inquiry Reports: A Special Kind of Editing

Tuesday January 12, 2016

Most projects we editors take on involve editing only, but if you’re in the mood for a stretch and enjoy the challenge of handling many different tasks, try editing the reports of commissions of inquiry. These commissions are appointed every now and again by the federal or one of the provincial governments to investigate and […]

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Paul Cipywnyk

Basic Tools for Productive Editing

Tuesday April 19, 2016

Your computer set-up can determine whether you have a smooth editing experience or suffer headache after IT-related headache, so let’s look at some of the tools that help editors succeed. Hardware Buy a computer with lots of memory (RAM), a minimum of 8 GB and preferably 16 GB. Having lots of memory enables you to keep many […]

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Aaron Dalton

What is Plain Language? Part 4: Craftsmanship

Tuesday November 16, 2021

This is the fourth in a series of articles discussing the basic principles of plain language by Aaron Dalton. Most of the writing that happens in an office is stream-of-consciousness. We fire off dozens of quick emails and texts a day with little thought. But the writing we do for external readers requires more care. Effective writing […]

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Lucy Payette

Spring Updates: Blog Notes, AGM and Conference Revisited

Tuesday June 20, 2023

Looking for writing or editing experience? If you are interested in building your writing or editing portfolio, why not consider volunteering for The Editors’ Weekly? The blog depends on Editors Canada members who have experience in any of these areas: As one of our experienced editors has written, you “don’t [need to] separate your paid […]

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Sayali Dighe

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Sayali Dighe

Thursday August 21, 2025

This week, meet Sayali Dighe as we continue our mini-series introducing the new editorial board at The Editors’ Weekly! What kind of editing work do you do? My full-time work is as a technical writer, so my days usually involve more writing than editing, but I also spend some of my time proofreading, creating UX […]

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