Date Posted: Monday June 18, 2012 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 19, 2012—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) is pleased to announce that Iva Cheung of Vancouver is the winner of the 2011 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Cheung was awarded the $2,000 prize for her work on Cow: A Bovine Biography by Florian Werner, translated by Doris Ecker (Greystone Books). The award was […]
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Date Posted: Friday June 1, 2012 News type: Member news
Prairie Provinces branch member Astrid Blodgett will have her story “Ice Break” included in this year’s The Journey Prize Stories. For more than 20 years The Journey Prize Stories, published by McClelland & Stewart, has been one of the most prestigious anthologies in the country. One of the 12 writers featured this year will receive the $10,000 Journey Prize, […]
Date Posted: Thursday May 31, 2012 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada In this issue: 1. CONFERENCE 2012: Come for the experience, stay for the chicken!2. CERTIFICATION: Study early!3. PUBLICATIONS: Editing Canadian English revision underway4. TWIGS: KWG wraps a successful first year5. MEMBER SERVICES: Grand & Toy discounts6. MEMBER NEWS: A round of applause!7. IN THE […]
Date Posted: Tuesday May 29, 2012 News type: Certification , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 30, 2012—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) is pleased to announce that 14 candidates have successfully joined the ranks of professional editors as recognized by EAC’s landmark certification program. With nine new Certified Copy Editors and eight new Certified Stylistic Editors (including three editors who earned both Copy Editing and Stylistic Editing […]
Date Posted: Wednesday May 23, 2012 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 23, 2012—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced the finalists for the 2011 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. In recognition of their outstanding editorial performance, finalists receive a cash prize of $500 each. The $2,000 grand prize is awarded annually to an editor who has shown excellence, skill and talent […]
Date Posted: Tuesday May 1, 2012 News type: Member news
BC branch member Darcy Cullen is celebrating the release of her new book, Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text, which brings together leading scholars and experienced professionals from the field of academic editing. Featured editors include Rosemary Shipton, Camilla Blakeley, Darcy Cullen and Amy Einsohn. The paperback will be available June 1 from www.utppublishing.com/Editors-Scholars-and-the-Social-Text.html. Voyages: To the New World and Beyond, a […]
Date Posted: Monday April 30, 2012 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada In this issue: 1. CERTIFICATION: The results are in!2. CONFERENCE: Making the most of Conference 2012 is as easy as (June) 1-2-3!3. MARKETING & PR: Wanted: Your favourite grammar tips4. OOPS AWARDS: Send us those slip-ups!5. MEMBER NEWS: Tell the world about […]
Date Posted: Wednesday April 18, 2012 News type: Awards , News release
Heidi Waechtler of Vancouver is the 2011 recipient of EAC’s Claudette Upton Scholarship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, April 19, 2012—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced that Heidi Waechtler of Vancouver, BC, is the 2011 recipient of the Claudette Upton Scholarship. The $1,000 cash award will be presented at EAC’s annual conference, scheduled for June 1 […]
Date Posted: Friday March 23, 2012 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. We don’t know about that, Lord Tennyson, but it’s shaping up to be a season full of rewards and fun at EAC. As you put the winter gear away for […]
Date Posted: Thursday March 1, 2012 News type: Member news
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe, written by Charlotte Gill and edited by BC branch member Nancy Flight, has won the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction among […]
Date Posted: Tuesday February 28, 2012 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada What have you done for me lately? In 1980s pop music and film, it was a question one might ask a less than satisfactory romantic partner. In this season of candy hearts, flowers and boxes of chocolates, we’re reminded that healthy relationships […]
Date Posted: Wednesday February 1, 2012 News type: Member news
QAC branch member Maryann Hayatian has opened a publishing company called Flower Press. She invites Editors Canada members to submit their manuscripts along with a query letter including details (i.e., title, subject, synopsis and number of pages) to info@flowerpress.ca. For more information, go to www.flowerpress.ca. Toronto branch member Dawn Hunter has received a 2012 USBBY Outstanding International Books Award for her contribution to Beyond […]
Date Posted: Monday January 30, 2012 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada Happy New Year from the Editors’ Association of Canada! Resolutions. Love them or hate them, New Year’s resolutions are all the rage at this time of year. Whether or not you’ve pledged to become the very best version of you in 2012, the beginning […]
Date Posted: Sunday January 1, 2012 News type: Member news
Gilles Vilasco (QAC branch) edited the manuscript for a book that will be published by Presses de l’Université du Québec under the title Le Québec APRÈS Bouchard-Taylor – L’identité religieuse de l’immigration. The book, which will be in stores February 15, was published under the direction of Louis Rousseau, Professor of Religious Studies at UQAM. Rousseau also […]
Date Posted: Monday December 19, 2011 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada In this issue: 1. TOM FAIRLEY AWARD: It’s your time to shine!2. MEMBER SERVICES: Looking for new partnership ideas3. CONFERENCE 2012: Former speaker Peter Milliken the closing keynote speaker4. BOOST YOUR RESUMÉ: Get involved5. FLICKR: EAC in pictures6. NATIONAL OFFICE: Holiday closure […]
Date Posted: Thursday December 1, 2011 News type: Member news
Lynn Coady (Prairie Provinces branch) is the 2011 writer in residence at MacEwan University. Her fourth novel, The Antagonist (House of Anansi Press), earned her a place on the 2011 long list of nominees for the Scotiabank Giller Prize alongside literary heavyweights such as Marina Endicott and Michael Ondaatje. On October 25, 2011, Grammar Gals, Karen Virag and Virginia Durksen (Prairie Provinces […]
Date Posted: Wednesday November 23, 2011 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada With December just around the corner, you may feel as though the season of spending is upon us. How can your association help you save money this holiday season? In this edition of the e-news update, we’ll take a look at how […]
Date Posted: Thursday November 3, 2011 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada. In this issue: 1. REMINDER: Receive $25 for each new member you recruit by November 302. CERTIFICATION: EAC to pilot certification e-tests3. REGISTRATION: Certification registration is open until October 24!4. CONFERENCE: Kudos to you for your great workshop ideas!5. MEMBER SERVICES: Enter […]
Date Posted: Wednesday October 12, 2011 News type: Certification
Have you been thinking about registering for certification, but feeling unsure of how it will help your career? The Editors’ Association of Canada’s certification program is the gold standard in editing—it is a powerful marketing tool that demonstrates your excellence to potential clients and employers. It also gives you the confidence to know that your skills […]
Date Posted: Friday September 30, 2011 News type: Association
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, October 3, 2011—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) is pleased to announce it has launched its first official twig in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph (KWG) region in Ontario. Since EAC was established in 1979, the national association has grown to six branches in major centres across Canada. EAC has developed a new twig […]
Date Posted: Friday September 30, 2011 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada In this issue: 1. CERTIFICATION: Take the test that proves your editing skills2. CONFERENCE: Save the date to go wild (June 1–3, 2012)3. MEMBER NEWS: A round of applause!4. EAC LEADERSHIP: New council and committee chairs now in office5. NATIONAL OFFICE: Staff […]
Date Posted: Tuesday September 6, 2011 News type: Members-only news , National e-news update
News, events, tips and updates for members of the Editors’ Association of Canada It’s the most wonderful time of the year—at least that’s what all the back-to-school ads geared toward parents tell us. Summer might be winding down, but when the air grows crisper, our inner student reminds us that September is like the beginning […]
Date Posted: Thursday September 1, 2011 News type: Member news
Kudos to BC branch member Heidi Greco whose manuscript, Shrinking Violets, was co-winner of Quattro Books’ annual novella competition. Since the book was released at the end of April 2011, Heidi has presented it at Montreal’s Blue Met Festival and at launch events in Toronto and London, ON; Saskatoon, SK; Red Deer, AB; and White Rock, BC. Congratulations […]
Date Posted: Tuesday August 30, 2011 News type: Association , News release , Publications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, August 30, 2011—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has launched a revised edition of So You Want to Be an Editor, an informational booklet for those interested in a career in editing in the 21st century. The previous edition, published in 1991, has advised and assisted aspiring editors for the past two decades. […]