News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada
In this issue:
- PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: Registration for the 2024 exams is now open
- TRAINING: Sign up for our FREE webinar on taxes for freelancers
- EDITORS 24: Conference photo call
- MEMBER DISCOUNT: Save 20% on University of Chicago Press titles
- GET INVOLVED: Join the marketing and communications committee
- MEMBER NEWS: Tell the world about your accomplishment
- NEC: Notes from your national executive council
1. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: Registration for the 2024 exams is now open
Registration for Editors Canada’s 2024 Professional Certification exams in Copy Editing and Stylistic Editing is open!
Is this the year you’ll add your name to the list of trail-blazing certified editors? Register by Monday, September 16, 2024, and save $50 for each exam. Editors Canada members benefit from additional savings of $100 per exam, with the additional $50 saved if registering for both. Registering early for both exams can save you up to $350.
Preparing for Editors Canada Professional Certification
Watch our interactive video to learn everything you ever wanted to know about the exams, including valuable tips on how to prepare. Click on a topic that interests you, or work through each section in order.
For even more information, watch the free webinar How to Prepare for the 2024 Copy and Stylistic Editing Certification Exams, visit the Editors Canada Professional Certification web page or email certification@editors.ca.
2. TRAINING: Sign up for our FREE webinar on taxes for freelancers
Our new webinar season is starting off strong on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, with a free members-only session about doing taxes as a sole-proprietor freelancer. It will be presented by a liaison officer from the Canada Revenue Agency, so if you’ve ever had questions about taxes, this is your chance to ask an expert! Register now on our webinars page, and stay tuned for more new webinars coming soon.
Plus, earn a certificate from SFU Continuing Studies
Interested in expanding your skills or validating your experience with a university credential? SFU Continuing Studies offers several part-time certificate programs that can be completed online. For full details, sign up now for a September info session:
- Editing Certificate (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)
- Public Relations Certificate (Thursday, September 5, 2024)
- Technical Communication Certificate (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)
- Plain Language Certificate (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)
3. EDITORS 24: Conference photo call
Did you get some great photos at the 2024 Editors Canada Conference in Vancouver in June? We’d love to add them to our highlight reel of the event. If you have any photos or videos you’d like to add, please email them to info@editors.ca with the subject line “Conference Photos” by Sunday, September 1, 2024.
4. MEMBER DISCOUNT: Save 20% on University of Chicago Press titles
Editors Canada members and student affiliates receive a 20% discount on all University of Chicago Press (UCP) imprint books purchased from the Chicago Manual of Style Bookstore (where you’ll find titles on writing, editing and publishing) or the UCP home page. Use promo code EDCANADA20 at checkout for the discount.
Please note the discount does not apply to books distributed for other publishers. To identify UCP titles, check for ISBNs that begin with 9780226.
Don’t forget: The Chicago Manual of Style Online is included with Editors Canada membership
Ready to check out this reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers and publishers? All you need is your editors.ca member login to start finding, writing and citing!.
Looking for more discounts and other benefits of membership? Check out the Editors Canada member resources and member services pages.
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Visit the member portal and click the “Click here if you forgot your password” link.
5. GET INVOLVED: Join the marketing and communications committee
Not everyone knows how important editors are—but we do, and so do you. Do you want to help spread awareness of editors and Editors Canada? Do you have marketing and communication skills that you’d like to hone—or learn?
If so, join Marcom! The marketing and communications committee (Marcom) has a variety of projects on the go to promote the editing profession, but we need people like you to help execute these plans. (And to help brainstorm new ones!)
Some of the benefits for you:
- Gain marketing experience that you can apply to your own editing business.
- Improve your skill set by knowing how to apply improved communications techniques.
- Participate in networking opportunities that may lead to more work, and will lead to a stronger editing community.
- Be part of a great team.
Are you unsure whether you have enough expertise? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered—we train all new volunteers, and we welcome volunteers with all types of experience.
If you are interested in joining the committee, or would like more information, please email our committee chair, Sarah Higgins.
Thank you!
6. MEMBER NEWS: Tell the world about your accomplishment
Editors Canada Member News is where we share information about members and affiliates who win awards, publish books and make their mark in other important ways.
Do you have an achievement you’d like to share? Are you excited about a new project or opportunity that has come your way? Let us tell the world all about it! Please send your stories to the member news coordinator.
7. NEC: Notes from your national executive council
Introducing the 2024–25 NEC
At the end of June, we said farewell and thank you to several members of the national executive council (NEC). We greatly appreciate their time and dedication. In July, we had the pleasure of welcoming several new directors and welcoming back a few familiar faces.
We are pleased to share that the following individuals will be serving on the 2024–25 NEC:
President: Kaitlin Littlechild
Past president: Maria Frank
Vice-president: Alex Benarzi
Treasurer: Tara Avery
Secretary: Lori Perrie
Marketing and communications: Mina Holië
Branches and twigs: Ellen Keeble
Training and development: Błażej Szpakowicz
Standards: Arija Berzitis
Volunteer relations: Ali Cayetano
Member recruitment and retention: Suzanne Aubin
Publications: Vacant
The NEC will meet on the following dates in the fall:
- Sunday, September 15, 2024, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., EDT
- Sunday, October 20, 2024, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., EDT
- Sunday, November 10, 2024, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., EST
Agendas will be posted on the Editors Canada website a few days before each meeting. Any member is welcome to attend NEC meetings using the Zoom link included at the top of each agenda.
Kaitlin Littlechild
President
The national e-news update is produced on behalf of the national executive council by the national office.