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Anne Louise Mahoney

Giving It Up for the Editing Community

November 26, 2019 by Anne Louise Mahoney | 2 Comments on Giving It Up for the Editing Community

In anticipation of GivingTuesday, Anne Louise Mahoney talks about the Editors Canada awards program and the ways in which it recognizes outstanding editors. Who doesn’t love awards? They offer us a moment to pause and recognize out-of-the-ordinary accomplishments and bask in the reflected glow as colleagues, friends or fans. As editors, many of us work […]

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Anita Jenkins

Iva Cheung: Winner of the 2019 Karen Virag Award

July 23, 2019 by Anita Jenkins | 6 Comments on Iva Cheung: Winner of the 2019 Karen Virag Award

The annual Karen Virag Award recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. A highly accomplished member of Editors Canada, Virag died in 2014. Recipients to date are Nancy Flight, Virginia Durksen, James Harbeck and Iva Cheung. Editors Canada’s awards season always presents the judges with […]

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Editors Canada’s Karen Virag Award

July 4, 2017 by Anita Jenkins | 1 Comment on Editors Canada’s Karen Virag Award

Editors Canada established the Karen Virag Award in 2016 to honour the memory of a remarkable Edmonton editor. This award recognizes individuals or groups who do an exceptional job of raising the profile of editors and the editing profession. These skills and initiatives are somewhat exceptional among the editing ranks, since an editor’s usual role […]

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