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Zanne Klingenberg

Trans Day of Remembrance: Language and Representation Matters

November 20, 2025 by Zanne Klingenberg | 4 Comments on Trans Day of Remembrance: Language and Representation Matters

November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today, I will gather with my community to remember who and what we have lost this year. People. Rights. Safety. Soon we will dance and we will celebrate our joy as resistance. But today we grieve. I am proud to be a trans editor. I have a unique […]

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Free (or Cheap) Tools for Freelance Editors: Part 3

August 15, 2024 by Alex Benarzi | 2 Comments on Free (or Cheap) Tools for Freelance Editors: Part 3

Back in April, Editors Canada released the revised edition of Professional Editorial Standards, and we noticed the addition of IDEA (inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility) concepts. Understanding how language can be biased, coded, inaccessible, harmful or careless is foundational to the work we do as editors. In this final article of our series on free […]

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