News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada
In this issue:
1. WEBINARS: Train online with Editors Canada
2. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: Show the world you’re at the top of your editing game
3. PUBLICATIONS: Writing and editing for equity, diversity and inclusion
4. DISCOUNTS: The Chicago Manual of Style is now in PerfectIt proofreading software
5. MEMBER NEWS: Tell the world about your accomplishment
6. NEC: Notes from your national executive council
1. WEBINARS: Train online with Editors Canada
Are you looking for training opportunities online? Check out our upcoming webinars.
Don’t forget: Editors Canada members and student affiliates register at discounted rates.
Upcoming webinars
- September 16: Macros for Editors: Expanding Horizons with Paul Beverley
- September 22: LinkedIn pour développer votre clientèle, un outil de réseautage et de rayonnement! with Éric Lamirande
- September 27 to October 1: Almost Everything You Need to Know about Copy Editing and Grammar Skills with Moira White
Catch up on demand: Webinar recordings are available
Did you miss an Editors Canada webinar? Many of our webinars have been recorded and are now available for purchase (and some are even free).
Recently added
- To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist with Kelly Schrank
- Accessibility for Editors with Suzanne Schaan
- Introduction à la révision linguistique à l’aide de Google Documents with Nancy Semegen
When you buy a webinar recording, you’ll receive a video file to watch at your leisure on your computer or mobile device. The file is yours to keep, so you can watch it again and again.
Visit our webinar recordings page to see what’s available now. We’re adding new recordings regularly, so be sure to check often.
This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.
2. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: Show the world you’re at the top of your editing game
You’ve worked at mastering the craft of editing; now earn a professional certification to demonstrate your expertise to employers, clients and peers, too. Certification can open professional doors, serves as a powerful marketing tool, and may allow you to command a higher salary or rates.
Registration for the 2021 professional certification exams is now open. This year, Editors Canada is offering the Structural Editing and Proofreading exams.
Exam date:
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Times:
Structural Editing: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., local time
Proofreading: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., local time
Editors Canada is moving all professional certification exams to a fully electronic format. This means that the Proofreading exam, which was previously offered on paper, will now be written onscreen, using PDF: candidates will be asked to mark up text using the annotation tools in (the free) Adobe Acrobat Reader. Instructions will be provided in advance so that candidates can familiarize themselves with this markup method.
In addition, Editors Canada will not arrange in-person examination sites in 2021. Instead, we plan to offer two ways to take the exam:
- Remote proctoring: We are working on a method to offer the exams using a remote proctoring service, which will enable candidates to write the exam on their own computer at home, providing they have a webcam and stable Internet access. Details to come!
- Arrange your own site and invigilator: Candidates can take advantage of our existing remote testing policy, whereby you arrange to write the exam at a test location that’s convenient for you, providing it meets certain criteria and you can arrange for a suitable invigilator.
Don’t miss the chance to demonstrate your expertise! Register online now for one or both exams. The registration deadline is October 22, 2021. Visit the Professional Certification section of our website for additional details.
3. PUBLICATIONS: Writing and editing for equity, diversity and inclusion
The publications committee is looking for members interested in writing and/or editing for the handbook subcommittee. Our project is tentatively titled: No Reader Left Behind: Writing and Editing for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Email the publications committee co-chairs for more information or to get involved.
4. DISCOUNTS: The Chicago Manual of Style is now in PerfectIt proofreading software
Earlier this month, The University of Chicago Press and Intelligent Editing announced that The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt is now available. Customers with individual subscriptions to both The Chicago Manual of Style Online (CMOS Online) and PerfectIt can now update to the latest version of PerfectIt to install the new features, free of charge.
Given the nature of the new product and the collaboration between The University of Chicago Press and Intelligent Editing, they are unable to offer CMOS for PerfectIt free of charge to Editors Canada through our website. Members will need individual subscriptions to both products if they’d like to use the add-in.
Thanks to our own partnerships with The University of Chicago Press and Intelligent Editing, we’re pleased to offer several ways you can access CMOS Online, PerfectIt and The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt at discounted rates.
Free CMOS Online access via editors.ca
All members and student affiliates already enjoy free access to CMOS Online through the Editors Canada website. CMOS for PerfectIt is not available through our website
20% off individual subscriptions to CMOS Online
Editors Canada members and student affiliates can now get 20% off new and renewing individual subscriptions (as well as any expired past subscriptions) for CMOS Online. Further discounted one-, two- and three-year terms are available.
Visit the members’ area for the discount code.
30% off PerfectIt
Get 30% discount off a single licence of PerfectIt. Visit the members’ area for the exclusive Editors Canada discount link.
CMOS for PerfectIt
This add-in is free only to individual subscribers of both services.
Looking for more discounts and other benefits of membership? Check out the Editors Canada member services page.
5. 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 marks 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.
6. NEC: Notes from your national executive council
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the 2021–22 national executive council (NEC). There are many new directors this year, which allows for an infusion of new ideas and perspectives.
President (also handling past president duties): Heather Buzila (Editors Edmonton)*
Vice-president: Maria Frank (Editors Edmonton)
Treasurer: Breanne MacDonald (Editors Hamilton-Halton)*
Secretary: Marcia Allyn Luke (Editors Toronto)
Branches and twigs: Anne Godlewski (Editors Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph)*
Marketing and communications: Suzanne Bowness (Editors Toronto)*
Professional standards: Arija Berzitis (Editors Toronto)
Publications: Kaitlin Littlechild (Editors Atlantic)
Training and development: Blazej Szpakowicz (Editors British Columbia)
Volunteer relations: Leah Morrigan (Editors Toronto)
*returning
The NEC does not meet over the summer, but we will be meeting on the following dates in the fall:
Sunday, September 19, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., EDT
Sunday, October 17, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., EDT
Sunday, November 21, 2 p.m. to 5 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.
Heather Buzila
President
The national e-news update is produced on behalf of the national executive council by the national office.