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Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 3

Tuesday May 31, 2022

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is the final post in a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada standards committee. In Part 2, I asked how PES might help us prepare for the […]

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The Editing Essentials Test Tested: Unlock Your Editing Career

Tuesday April 5, 2022

You have just embraced editing as your new career. You have some editing experience, just not the five years recommended to sign up for an Editors Canada certification test. How can you convince prospective clients or a potential employer that you do have editing skills? The certification steering committee has come up with a new […]

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Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

Tuesday March 22, 2022

I didn’t volunteer with my editing association to get things out of it for myself. But over the years, I noticed that I was getting a lot out of it beyond feeling good about giving back to my community. This post summarizes what I learned so that you can use it to shape your own […]

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Cover of Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards

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Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 2

Tuesday March 1, 2022

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is the second in a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada standards committee. In Part 2, I’ll look at some of the ideas and issues that have […]

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Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Iva Cheung

Tuesday December 14, 2021

The Editors Canada student relations committee completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky Heaman shared the committee’s interview […]

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Review: The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt

Tuesday September 14, 2021

Disclaimer: I received a free year of access to The Chicago Manual of Style Online (CMOS Online) and PerfectIt 5 as part of testing the beta version and writing this review. Efficiency is key to maximizing your income. There are only so many hours in a day, so you simply must do more in those […]

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 1

Tuesday July 6, 2021

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. It’s no surprise — we learn and refine our skills by reading and listening to content. We also read and listen for pleasure (or to make use of those long periods in lockdown). In the spirit of learning, summer and escape, we asked […]

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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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Gael Spivak: An Editor’s Top 3

Tuesday May 5, 2020

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Gael Spivak works in communications for the Government of Canada, where she specializes in plain language writing and editing. An editor for 13 years, Gael has worked on topics that include food safety and food labelling, biotechnology, […]

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Empirical Editors Bias

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Empirical Editors: Curse of Knowledge

Tuesday March 17, 2020

This article is part of a series that draws lessons from some of the research collected in Aaron Dalton’s “Empirical Research for Editors” list. Do you have the curse of knowledge? The “curse of knowledge” is a type of cognitive bias where someone unknowingly assumes, while communicating, that their audience has the same background knowledge […]

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