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La Rentrée

Thursday September 18, 2025

The French language has a wonderful word for this time of year: la rentrée. Re-entering, not returning, not back to. The potential of the future. The potential to change and to have changed. The potential to develop and to learn new things. To approach things, both professional and personal, in a different way. To see […]

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Sayali Dighe

Our 2026 Articles Wishlist

Thursday January 8, 2026

Welcome to 2026! Here at The Editors’ Weekly, a brand new year means planning a whole year’s worth of new blog posts. We’re always looking for more contributors to represent the wide experiences and diversity of Editors Canada members, so if you’ve never contributed before, or want to write for us again, we’d love to […]

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Jamie Banks

Maintaining Your Joy as a Copy Editor

Thursday January 15, 2026

In February, the academic editing book club will host author Jamaal D. Pittman for a 60-minute Q&A about The Copy Editor’s (Life)Style Guide: Maintaining Your Joy (and Sanity) in a Rapidly Changing Profession. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group(SIG), a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association […]

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Emily Distefano

Emily Distefano: What’s on My Desk?

Thursday January 29, 2026

Welcome to our new series where we snoop through the workspaces of our fellow editors. This week, Emily Distefano, the newest member of our proofreading team at The Editors’ Weekly, tells us all about her desk essentials. Tools of the trade First, the basics: computer, glasses, office supplies. My current laptop is a sturdy Lenovo […]

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Susan Glickman

Poetry Moment: Dear Trees

Thursday February 19, 2026

Dear Trees Day after day I parse minute nuances in syntax and semantics for clients who, too often, are writing books that contribute negligiblyto the store of human knowledgeor ways we might understand each otherin this fraught and fiery world. What kind of occupation is this for a person who wishes to be of service?Am I employed merely […]

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Letitia Henville

A Case Study in Content Marketing

Thursday April 9, 2026

I’m a big believer in content marketing. Done well, content marketing can support both your own business and our shared profession, because it shows potential clients what editors do and the wealth of knowledge we hold. When I’ve spoken with other editors about content marketing, I regularly encounter misconceptions: some folks assume it means they […]

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Suzanne Schaan

The SME and Me: Navigating an Edit with a Subject Matter Expert

Thursday May 7, 2026

The first publishing company I worked for had an in-house newsletter that included photos from sales meetings, recipes, updates on the company baseball team (the Weasels) and random pieces on diverse topics. One of my contributions was titled something like, “How to impress at cocktail parties.” (Unfortunately, I can’t find the original; I hope the […]

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RJ McArthur

Templates as Generative for Creativity: Reading They Say / I Say

Thursday May 14, 2026

Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein’s They Say / I Say aims “to demystify academic writing by isolating its basic moves, explaining them clearly and representing them in the form of templates.” Overview Working from the assumption that “academic writing…calls on writers not simply to express their own ideas but to do so as a response […]

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Krystina Mierins

Krystina Mierins on Editing Artists

Thursday July 2, 2026

Welcome back to our series about arts and art history editing. In this post we’ll meet Krystina Mierins and learn about her experiences in this field. How did you enter the field of arts/art history editing? When I worked as a curatorial assistant at the Carnegie Museum of Art, I helped develop exhibitions and catalogues. […]

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Christine Peric

Transferable Skills for Editing

Thursday August 20, 2026

I recently attended my first Editors Canada conference in the beautiful city of Halifax. I justified the trip from Manitoba to Nova Scotia as a first step in the right direction toward my new freelance editing career. Deciding to include myself among this crowd felt a little presumptuous, but I convinced myself I would attend […]

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