Date Posted: Wednesday June 22, 2016 News type: Association , Members-only news , National executive council
The current national executive council (NEC)’s term is drawing to a close at the end of June. What a year it has been! At its final quarterly meeting on June 9 in Vancouver, the NEC discussed a number of projects that are in the works this year: the new branch and twig tool kit, the […]
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Date Posted: Monday June 13, 2016 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 13, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has presented 4 national awards, including $4,500 in prize money, to 10 recipients. The ceremony took place at the association’s awards banquet on Saturday, June 11, at the Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites in Vancouver. The Editors Canada awards banquet is an annual celebration […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 13, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Lesley Peterson of Florence, Alabama, is the winner of the 2015 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Peterson was awarded the $2,000 prize for her work on The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior: A History of Canadian Internment Camp R by Ernest Robert Zimmermann, […]
Storyteller’s next chapter is a career in editing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 13, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Lindsay Vermeulen of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been awarded the 2015 Claudette Upton Scholarship. The scholarship was presented at the association’s annual awards banquet in Vancouver on June 11, 2016. This scholarship is a $1,000 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 13, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Sandra Gravel of Québec City, Quebec, is the recipient of the 2016 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year Award. Gravel is the driving force behind the Programme d’agrément en révision linguistique – Réviseurs Canada (PARL), the country’s first French-language editing proficiency program. Gravel has […]
Date Posted: Thursday June 2, 2016 News type: Certification , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 2, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is pleased to announce that nine editors have earned new professional certifications. This year, Editors Canada recognizes six new certified copy editors and three new certified stylistic editors. Since the launch of its landmark professional certification program in 2006, Editors Canada has awarded 245 […]
Date Posted: Wednesday June 1, 2016 News type: Member news
Editors British Columbia member Nancy Flight is the editor of Tuco: The Parrot, the Others, and a Scattershot World by Brian Brett, which recently won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. She also edited That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away by Lorimer Shenher, which was a finalist for the same award. Both […]
Date Posted: Tuesday May 31, 2016 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 31, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced the finalists for the 2015 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The Tom Fairley Award recognizes an editor’s outstanding contribution to a work published in Canada in English or French in the award year. The $2,000 grand prize will be presented at […]
Date Posted: Friday May 20, 2016 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada In this issue: 1. CONFERENCE: Registration ends May 272. TRAINING: Editors Canada webinars are here!3. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: Meagan Dyer4. GET INVOLVED: Volunteer opportunities to boost your resumé5. CERTIFICATION: Pursuing certification this year? Consider studying in a group6. PARL: French-language proficiency testing info sessions7. MEMBER NEWS: […]
Date Posted: Sunday May 1, 2016 News type: Member news
Editors Ottawa–Gatineau member Stacey D. Atkinson has published her second novel, Letters from Labrador. It’s based on a true story about a British nurse who moved to northern Labrador in the 1970s to be a midwife and who now struggles to keep her memories alive as she lives with Lewy body dementia. You can purchase the book directly […]
Date Posted: Thursday April 21, 2016 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada In this issue: 1. CONFERENCE: Get involved and make the most of the conference2. VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH: Joanna Bandziorowski and Anne Godlewski3. EXTERNAL LIAISON: New discounts for partner conferences and online training4. CERTIFICATION: Spotlight on the proofreading test5. MEMBER NEWS: A round of applause!6. MEMBER SERVICES: […]
Date Posted: Monday April 18, 2016 News type: Association , Members-only news , National executive council
Your national executive council met in Toronto on April 9–10 for our first quarterly meeting of 2016. What did you talk about? We’ve been working on a number of projects since September, so this meeting gave us a chance to see where things stand and what needs to happen next. Here are some of the […]
Date Posted: Wednesday April 6, 2016 News type: Association , News release , Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, April 6, 2016—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) and the American Copy Editors Society (ACES) are pleased to announce a new national partnership between the two organizations. This collaboration will elevate the status of both organizations by expanding training and development opportunities. Members of Editors Canada can participate in ACES webinars and online training […]
Date Posted: Friday April 1, 2016 News type: Member news
On March 17, Alain Lafond, an author from the greater Montreal area, launched his latest book, Le forgeron du destin, the third and final installment in his supernatural thriller series. Sophie Pallotta (Editors Quebec/Atlantic Canada) had the pleasure of editing this book, and of presenting the author at the launch, as a friend and close collaborator. Along with […]
Date Posted: Tuesday March 22, 2016 News type: Agrément , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, March 22, 2016 — The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is proud to announce the first réviseurs agréés in its history! Fifty-nine people passed the inaugural general editing test and will receive the title of réviseur agréé or réviseure agréée du Programme d’agrément en révision linguistique – Réviseurs Canada. French-language editors now have a […]
Date Posted: Thursday March 17, 2016 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada In this issue: 1. CONFERENCE: Registration is now open2. PARL: Congratulations to Editors Canada’s first réviseurs agréés3. CLAUDETTE UPTON SCHOLARSHIP: $1,000 award for a promising student editor4. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: Chrissie Mains5. CERTIFICATION: Spotlight on the structural editing test6. GET INVOLVED: Help us develop an award […]
Date Posted: Wednesday February 17, 2016 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada In this issue: 1. PRESIDENT’S AWARD: Recognizing Editors Canada’s stellar volunteers2. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: Sara Scharf3. ACTIVE VOICE: French story pitches wanted4. CERTIFICATION: Making global connections5. PARTNER DISCOUNTS: A new eTutorial and leadership conferences6. MEMBER NEWS: Promote yourself7. NEC: Notes from your national executive council 1. PRESIDENT’S […]
Date Posted: Sunday January 24, 2016 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
Happy New Year from the Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada)! The last champagne cork has been popped and it’s back to business. January is when many of us take stock, set goals and plan for the future. While your membership in Editors Canada probably won’t motivate you to hit the gym, it can help […]
Date Posted: Friday January 1, 2016 News type: Member news
Congratulations to Nancy Cassidy (Editors Nova Scotia) on her recently released, self-published book, Quickies: Writing Short Fiction for the Romance Market. This book details Nancy’s “Short Plot Method” of development and is available in paperback or ebook format from most distributors. For more information, visit Nancy’s website.
Date Posted: Thursday December 17, 2015 News type: Association , Members-only news
Dear members and affiliates, It’s hard to believe the New Year is just around the corner. In the six months since I joined the Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) as executive director, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with many of you across the country. As 2015 comes to a close, I’d […]
Date Posted: Wednesday December 16, 2015 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada In this issue: 1. IN MEMORIAM: Janis Barr2. TOM FAIRLEY AWARD: Submit your nomination3. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: Anissa Bouyahi4. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: PES review under way5. CERTIFICATION: How would you test an editor’s skills?6. MEMBER NEWS: A round of applause!7. NATIONAL OFFICE: Holiday closure 1. IN MEMORIAM: […]
Date Posted: Monday December 14, 2015 News type: Association , Members-only news , National executive council
Your Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) national executive council met in Ottawa on November 28-29 for our final quarterly meeting of 2015. What did you talk about? We continued the work we started in September and reviewed the budget for the year ahead. As always, we want to provide as many member services as […]
Date Posted: Tuesday December 1, 2015 News type: Member news
Editors Ottawa-Gatineau member Lynn Gauker has published On the Seventh Day under the pseudonym Elizabeth Celestine. This novel is now available in paperback format. Visit America Star Books for a synopsis of the book or to purchase it online.
Date Posted: Wednesday November 18, 2015 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates from Editors Canada In this issue: 1. TOM FAIRLEY AWARD: Submit your nomination2. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: Marie-Ève Laroche3. WRITE FOR EDITORS CANADA: Volunteer opportunities to boost your resumé4. BRANCH NEWS: NCR is now Editors Ottawa–Gatineau5. PARL: A milestone for francophone editors in Canada6. CERTIFICATION: One step closer to computer […]