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Goodbyes and Hellos: Changes to Our Editorial Team

July 4, 2024 by Laura Bontje | Leave a Comment

It’s been many years since I was in school, yet July still feels like a time of transition — a month where one grade has ended and a new one is on the horizon. So it seems fitting that we’re celebrating this year’s “graduating class” of Editors’ Weekly team members in July and welcoming our […]

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Volunteer Posting: French Blog Editor

May 30, 2024 by Laura Bontje | Leave a Comment

Calling all French-speaking editors! As you may know, The Editors’ Weekly has historically operated in English. Earlier this year, Editors Canada launched l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs to share French-language content alongside the English posts here at The Editors’ Weekly. And now we need a managing editor for this new companion blog! If you’re interested in learning […]

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What I Learned from Running Editors Canada’s LinkedIn Page

April 11, 2024 by P. Cisneros | Leave a Comment

Becoming a volunteer host for Editors Canada’s LinkedIn page for an entire month felt like a big project at first. As I started writing content, I felt unsure about social media best practices and where to begin my research. Editors Canada made it easier for me. Each month, a different Editors Canada member volunteers to […]

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The NEC in Detail: Director of Training and Development and Director of Volunteer Relations

February 15, 2024 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

This is the sixth and final post in a series describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français).  Following on my post about the directors of professional standards and publishing, I’ll provide an overview of the duties […]

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The NEC in Detail: Director of Professional Standards and Director of Publications

January 25, 2024 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

This is the fifth in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français). Following on my post about the directors of marketing and communication and member recruitment and retention, I’ll continue to give you […]

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Volunteer for the Academic Editing Chapter

January 11, 2024 by Aline Dias Camargo | Leave a Comment

Becoming — and then being — an academic editor is not an easy task. It can be isolating to work alone through a pile of journal articles or a seemingly endless dissertation. If you are interested in advancing your skills, advocating for the profession, supporting emerging editors or connecting with like-minded people, then we invite […]

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La composition du CAN : directrice du marketing et des communications et directrice du recrutement et de la fidélisation des membres

December 7, 2023 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

Voici le quatrième d’une série d’articles qui décrivent les rôles des membres du Conseil d’administration national (CAN) de Réviseurs Canada. Ils sont rédigés par Heather Buzila et traduits par Suzanne Aubin. Vous pouvez consulter ces articles en anglais. (This series is also available in English.) Veuillez noter que le choix du genre reflète uniquement celui […]

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The NEC in Detail: Director of Marketing and Communications and Director of Member Recruitment and Retention

December 7, 2023 by Heather Buzila | 1 Comment on The NEC in Detail: Director of Marketing and Communications and Director of Member Recruitment and Retention

This is the fourth in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français). Following on my post about the roles of secretary and director of branches and twigs, each month, I’ll give you an […]

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La composition du CAN : secrétaire et directrice des sections et des ramifications

November 2, 2023 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

Voici le troisième texte d’une série d’articles qui décrivent les rôles des membres du Conseil d’administration national (CAN) de Réviseurs Canada. Ils sont rédigés par Heather Buzila et traduits par Suzanne Aubin. Vous pouvez consulter ces articles en anglais. (This series is also available in English.) Veuillez noter que le choix du genre reflète uniquement […]

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The NEC in Detail: Secretary and Director of Branches and Twigs

November 2, 2023 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

This is the third in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français). Following on my post about the roles of the vice president and treasurer, each month, I’ll give an overview of […]

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The NEC in Detail: Vice President and Treasurer

October 5, 2023 by Heather Buzila | 2 Comments on The NEC in Detail: Vice President and Treasurer

This is the second in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français). Following on my post about the roles of the president and past president, each month, I’ll give you an […]

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La composition du CAN : vice-présidente et trésorière

October 5, 2023 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

Voici le deuxième d’une série d’articles qui décrivent les rôles des membres du Conseil d’administration national (CAN) de Réviseurs Canada. Ils sont rédigés par Heather Buzila et traduits par Suzanne Aubin. Vous pouvez consulter ces articles en anglais. (This series is also available in English.) Veuillez noter que le choix du genre reflète uniquement celui des […]

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La composition du CAN : présidente et présidente sortante

September 7, 2023 by Heather Buzila | Leave a Comment

Voici le premier d’une série d’articles qui décrivent les rôles des membres du Conseil d’administration national de Réviseurs Canada. Ils sont rédigés par Heather Buzila et traduits par Suzanne Aubin. Vous pouvez consulter ces articles en anglais. (This series is also available in English.) Veuillez noter que le choix du genre reflète uniquement celui des personnes […]

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The NEC in Detail: President and Past President

September 7, 2023 by Heather Buzila | 4 Comments on The NEC in Detail: President and Past President

This is the first in a series of posts describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français). The Editors Canada national executive council (NEC) consists of directors who have been elected by the Editors Canada membership […]

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Letter from the Editor: Write for The Editors’ Weekly

August 24, 2023 by Laura Bontje | 4 Comments on Letter from the Editor: Write for The Editors’ Weekly

Happy summer, readers! The Editors’ Weekly is taking a break for the rest of August. It’s time to enjoy the last weeks of summer — and of summer reading! Have you read any great books lately? This summer, I set myself a goal of reading only Canadian literature, and it’s been fantastic! (Need a good […]

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Why I Chose to Join a Professional Editing Association

July 20, 2023 by S. Robin Larin | 1 Comment on Why I Chose to Join a Professional Editing Association

Like many freelance editors, I’m an independent introvert. I prefer a private working environment, forming my own definitions of my editing services and working alone to my own schedule (with regular reminders of break times by my feline editorial assistants). So you’d think I’d turn up my nose at the idea of any need to […]

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Your Editors Canada National Executive Council

May 18, 2023 by Heather Buzila | 4 Comments on Your Editors Canada National Executive Council

Editors Canada is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization with around 1,300 members from Canada and around the world. There are several acceptable governance options for not-for-profit organizations; in the case of Editors Canada, it is governed by a national executive council (NEC) made up of several directors. I’d like to offer a refresher (or an […]

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Letter From the Editor: Why You Might Want to Consider Contributing to The Editors’ Weekly

August 23, 2022 by Lucy Payette | 10 Comments on Letter From the Editor: Why You Might Want to Consider Contributing to The Editors’ Weekly

Dear readers, These past two-plus years, I’ve kept good company with authors, publishing leaders, instructors and professors, new and established freelancers, linguistics experts, translators, in-house and niche editors and many more, and most of it during a pandemic. At a time when many were feeling disconnected, I was having weekly conversations with talented contributors and […]

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Practical Ways to Help Ukraine from Canada

June 7, 2022 by Tanya Mykhaylychenko | 1 Comment on Practical Ways to Help Ukraine from Canada

Tanya Mykhaylychenko, a regular contributor to The Editors’ Weekly, grew up in Ukraine and witnessed the first weeks of the war in February and March. In this post, she shares her experience and recommends resources that can help people learn more about Ukrainian culture, the latest news and ways to donate. Many of you may […]

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Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

March 22, 2022 by Gael Spivak | 2 Comments on Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

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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Editorial Headspace: A Year in Review

December 22, 2020 by Lucy Payette | 4 Comments on Editorial Headspace: A Year in Review

In November, CBC Radio host Tom Power replayed an episode on q about the unlikely success of Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, and I’ve had the song stuck in my head ever since. The relentless earworm aside, the opening strain sums up my expectations for the pending holiday break: I don’t […]

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Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

June 25, 2020 by Anna Williams | 12 Comments on Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

It’s been my pleasure to be the managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly since 2013, when the blog was just a year old. This month I’ll be stepping down from the position and handing the reins over to Lucy Payette. It’s been a rewarding journey, and I’m excited to see what the next phase of […]

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Six Volunteers Receive Honorary CPE Status

October 7, 2014 by Abby Egerter | 1 Comment on Six Volunteers Receive Honorary CPE Status

Back in the Wild West days of editing (about the late 1980s or so), there were no competency tests for editors and few if any educational programs designed to serve the needs of the publishing industry. Some members of the then Freelance Editors’ Association of Canada were looking for objective ways to demonstrate that editors […]

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