On Thursday, October 8, 2026, Emily Faubert leads the Editors Canada webinar “AI, Access, and Editorial Ethics in an Unjust System”.
Date: October 8, 2026
Time: 1pm, ET
Length: 1 hour
Language: English
Level: Introductory
Type: Instructional
Member price: $42
Non-member price: $70
In June 2026, Canada released its national AI strategy, and within weeks, communities launched moratorium protests. “AI” is being disambiguated from extractive technology as a do-it-all tool, from emails to medical research. But editors encountering generated text know the truth–there is a huge difference between predictive and generative AI–LLMs generate errors, entrench bias, break accessibility standards, and devastate the environment.
This session builds on previous dismantling of generative AI systems to explore the real crisis facing Canadian Editors right now. We will confront the unjust systems forcing AI into our workflows and answer urgent questions:
- (1) Value – How do you articulate your worth to clients who are seduced by cheap automation?
- (2) Ethics – What does informed consent and disclosure look like when clients secretly feed you AI-Generated text?
- (3) How can we use our human editorial skills to achieve actual accessibility (going beyond WCAG/AODA compliance), instead of relying on AI tools that routinely fail alt-text and semantic structure?
This is a strategic session for editors who want to build their toolkit to practice ethically and drive toward real accessibility, using our skills that Large Language Models cannot learn.
Instructor
Emily Faubert (she/they | elle/iel) is a freelance editor, critical AI researcher, and founder of M.L.E. Style Editing. With a background in journalism and community justice movements, they are a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information. Her research explores how “access” is weaponized in big tech to exploit disabled users as data while simultaneously eroding meaningful labour and inclusion. Emily’s work sits at the intersection of information politics, media ethics, and collective resistance.
Join us for our 2026 Virtual Training Day!
After a successful introduction last year, Editors Canada is hosting another Training Day! This is a conference-style day-long event with curated training and networking meant to enhance your editing skills and keep you competitive in the current job market. Training Day recorded sessions will be available for individual purchase at regular member and non-member pricing.
The full Training Day package includes exclusive access to our networking sessions, as well as a discounted rate for the full day. This event will be held virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, from 9 a.m., ET to 6:15 p.m., ET. All training sessions will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.
Schedule
- Good Morning Wellness Networking (9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., ET)
- The State of Editing (AI, Accessibility and Conscious Language) – A Roundtable Discussion (10:00 a.m. – 12 p.m., ET)
- Lunch Break (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., ET)
- Hidden subjects: Language, Responsibility, and Editorial Ethics (1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET)
- Introduction to the Publishing Process for Editors (2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., ET)
- News Editing in Canada – A Roundtable Discussion (4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., ET)
- End of Day Networking Social (5:35 p.m. – 6:15 p.m., ET)
See full details about our Virtual Training Day on the Editors Canada website.