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Trish Morgan

Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees

August 28, 2018 by Trish Morgan | 6 Comments on Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees

Editors Canada launched the John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program in the spring of 2017. For information about how you can become a mentor or a mentee, click here. Let’s begin with three playful suppositions. First, the best kinds of editing involve learning. Second, the best editors have learned from mentors. Third, the best mentors keep on learning. […]

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Marianne Grier

Swapping Snacks From the Editor’s Lunch Box

August 29, 2017 by Marianne Grier | 4 Comments on Swapping Snacks From the Editor’s Lunch Box

I’ve always found new beginnings deliciously appealing. Whether it’s starting a fresh crossword puzzle, trying a new recipe or signing up for a class, I love the excitement of a new endeavour and wonder what I might learn along the way. As a school student, I wasn’t always keen to get back to class at […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Editing Is Lifelong Learning

June 20, 2017 by Rosemary Shipton | 6 Comments on Editing Is Lifelong Learning

Editors enjoy their careers for various reasons — the opportunity to work in the exciting literary world or the more lucrative realms of government or business, or to specialize in particular areas of expertise. For me the major attraction is the simple fact that every project is different — I learn new things every day. […]

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