News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada
In this issue:
- MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT: Save 25% on membership fees until June 1
- TRAINING: Catch up on our spring webinar season
- PROFESSIONAL EDITORIAL STANDARDS: June 3 roundtable
- STUDENT RELATIONS: Upcoming social
- ACADEMIC EDITING: June event reminder
- BOOST YOUR RESUMÉ: Get involved
- MEMBER NEWS: A round of applause!
- NEC: Notes from your national executive council
1. MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT: Save 25% on membership fees until June 1
In case you missed it, for the first time ever, Editors Canada is offering a discount on all membership fees!
Until this Sunday, June 1, 2025, you can save 25% on Editors Canada membership. Do you know someone who has been considering joining Editors Canada? Let them know there’s never been a better time to join us! Learn more about the 25-25-25 sale.
Renew your membership early to take advantage of the 25% discount
- Visit the member portal to renew your membership.
- Use the discount code 25-25-25 at checkout to get the discount.
By renewing early, you will extend your current membership for another year. For example, if your current renewal date is December 31, 2026, and you renew during the 25-25-25 sale, your new renewal date will be December 31, 2027.
Act fast!
The limited-time 25-25-25 sale ends on Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m., PDT (Monday, June 2, 2025 at 2:59 a.m, EDT).
2. TRAINING: Catch up on our spring webinar season
If you missed any training sessions from our recent spring lineup, no worries—you can find all the recordings on our webinars page. This year we’ve offered sessions on editing with AI, operating an editing agency, working in specialized areas such as horror fiction, creative non-fiction, academic grants and much more. All webinars are available to purchase and watch at your leisure!
Plus, sign up for summer classes for professional communicators at SFU
Our friends at Simon Fraser University Continuing Studies offer a number of flexibly paced courses for communication professionals. Register now for online courses starting in June:
- Writing and Editing for the Web
- Copy Editing
- Content Creation and Storytelling in PR
- Plain Language Principles
- Technical Writing and Editing
- Media Relations
3. PROFESSIONAL EDITORIAL STANDARDS: June 3 roundtable
The virtual roundtable discussion about Professional Editorial Standards 2024 is only a few days away (Tuesday, June 3, 2025). If you’re interested in attending and don’t have the invite yet, email standards@editors.ca to request an invitation.
4. STUDENT RELATIONS: Upcoming social
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 1 p.m., PDT (4 p.m., EDT), the student relations committee will be hosting a virtual student social. Join us to talk about the joys and challenges of editing and to meet other student editors from across the country. Visit the student affiliates Facebook group for event details, or email the committee chair.
5. ACADEMIC EDITING: June event reminder
The Editors Canada / Editorial Freelancers Association academic editing special interest group book club will be meeting on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 10 a.m., PDT / 1 p.m., EDT, to discuss Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books (3rd ed.) by William Germano. The event will be hosted by Rudy Leon of rudyleon.com. You can learn more about the book from our recent Editors’ Weekly post.
RSVP here and use code UCPNEW to get 30% off when you purchase the book online.
6. BOOST YOUR RESUMÉ: Get involved
Looking for a Discord coordinator
Are you a social editor? Do you enjoy talking with people and fostering community environments? Think about joining the member services committee! We are looking for new volunteers to help with our plans to reinvigorate our editorial connections within Editors Canada through our 2025 support plan.
In particular, we’re seeking a coordinator for Discord (role title TBD). If you want to become generally involved and have ideas about how to benefit the membership here at Editors Canada, or if you enjoy engaging with people on Discord and think you could be the right fit for our coordinator, please email Maylon Garner. Let’s increase the services we provide members together!
The Editors’ Weekly is looking for additional editors
After two years of fantastic work as the managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly, Laura Bontje will be stepping down to pursue new and exciting opportunities.
This time of transition offers a chance to evaluate how the blog can continue to serve Editors Canada’s members.
The Editors’ Weekly brings together contributors representing a wide range of editing experiences to discuss their niches, expertise and valuable opinions on all matters editing. It is a place for communal learning and sharing of ideas.
In the spirit of community, we would like to bring on two or three additional editors to join the managing editor and form an editorial board that represents the diversity of our members. The editorial board will set the direction of the blog’s calendar, solicit posts, liaise with authors, edit drafts, assist the proofreader and maintain the excellent quality of The Editors’ Weekly.
This is a great opportunity for members and student affiliates looking to build your portfolio, broaden your horizons in the editing world and help raise the profile of editing concerns as we seek to extend our reach as trusted experts in our fields.
If you are interested in joining the board, contact our current managing editor, Laura Bontje.
Looking for more volunteer opportunities?
If you want to volunteer for Editors Canada, check out VolunteerConnect, our resource for matching volunteers to tasks. You can use this searchable tool to
- find opportunities of interest to you, and
- list yourself as a potential volunteer.
Volunteering lets you give back to your organization, but you also receive so much in return: experience, skills, contacts, friendships and a wonderful sense of accomplishment. For more information about volunteering in Editors Canada, email the chair of the volunteer management committee.
7. MEMBER NEWS: A round of applause!
Editors Ottawa–Gatineau member Kaila Desjardins is excited to share that her debut novel, Shadow Sword, is releasing on May 27, 2025, and will be available through Amazon and Indigo. Shadow Sword is a New Adult romantic fantasy inspired by Irish mythology and the fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses. More information about the book, including where to purchase it, are available on Kaila’s website.
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.
Looking for a member news coordinator
Interested in sharing exciting news from members and student affiliates of Editors Canada? Read on for a role that may be the perfect fit.
Editors Canada is looking for a member news coordinator. The coordinator monitors membernews@editors.ca and compiles monthly news about members and student affiliates that is published on the member news section of the website and the e-news update. The coordinator may also actively seek member news proposals in local news and through Editors Canada’s member discussion forums.
If you’re interested in shining a light about Editors Canada members and affiliates who win awards, publish books and make their mark in other important ways, email communications@editors.ca.
8. NEC: Notes from your national executive council
Spring is here, and the national executive council (NEC) is a flurry of activity.
The NEC met on Sunday, April 27, 2025, to discuss some of these springtime activities:
We welcomed the chair of the career builder committee, Holly Vestad, who shared some key updates on the committee’s activities and future plans.
The publications committee is working hard on the Copy Editing volume of the Edit Like a Pro series.
The annual audit is underway. As every year, the auditor’s report will be included as part of the annual report.
We discussed key issues related to membership, including member retention and strategies for engaging new members in the organization.
We discussed the issues we have heard from members on the challenges with the Online Directory of Editors (ODE).
The NEC again met on Sunday, May 25, 2025. A summary of that meeting will be included in the June e-news update.
The next NEC meeting will be on Sunday, June 22, 2025. The annual general meeting will take place on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
Kaitlin Littlechild
President
The national e-news update is produced on behalf of the national executive council by the national office.