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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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Reflections from a 2023 Equity Fellow

March 7, 2024 by Kay Pettigrew | 2 Comments on Reflections from a 2023 Equity Fellow

I have been getting a lot of mileage out of telling everyone who will listen that I am one of the recipients of Editors Canada’s 2023 Equity Fellowships. It’s a bit of a weird thing to brag about, since essentially, I am outing myself as a member of equity-seeking groups. But I have felt proud […]

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