Date Posted: Tuesday June 13, 2017 News type: Awards , News release
The Karen Virag Award recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. These heroes of editing go out of their way to raise the profile of our profession in their communities year after year. They champion what we do and how valuable we are. The award comes with […]
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Date Posted: Monday June 12, 2017 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 12, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has presented 5 national awards, including $4,400 in prize money, to 20 recipients. The ceremony took place at the association’s awards banquet on Saturday, June 10, at the Crowne Plaza Gatineau-Ottawa. The Editors Canada awards banquet is an annual celebration recognizing exceptional editors for […]
Date Posted: Sunday June 11, 2017 News type: Awards , News release
Grammar Gal recognized for promoting the editing profession Toronto, June 12, 2017—Virginia Durksen of Calgary, Alberta, is the winner of the 2017 Karen Virag Award, which recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. The award comes with a $400 cash prize and is named for a […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 12, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Irina Malakhova of Hamilton, Ontario, is the recipient of the 2016 Claudette Upton Scholarship. The scholarship was presented at the association’s annual awards banquet in Ottawa-Gatineau on June 10, 2017. This scholarship is a $1,000 cash award intended to support continuing professional development […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 12, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Dania Sheldon of Gabriola Island, British Columbia, is the winner of the 2016 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Sheldon was awarded the $2,000 prize for her work on Charles Gretton: Clock and Watchmaking Through the Golden Age by Dennis Radage, Warner Meinen and Laila […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 12, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Jeanne McKane of Toronto, Ontario, is the recipient of the 2017 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year Award. McKane is a fierce advocate for professional certification for editors. And she does more than simply talk about certification; she stands behind it, having earned […]
Date Posted: Sunday May 7, 2017 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 8, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced the finalists for the 2016 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 […]
Date Posted: Monday October 3, 2016 News type: Awards , News release
Greystone Books associate publisher receives Karen Virag Award Toronto, October 3, 2016—Nancy Flight of Vancouver, BC, is the winner of the inaugural Karen Virag Award, which recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. The award is named for a highly accomplished member of the Editors’ Association […]
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: 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: Tuesday June 16, 2015 News type: Awards , News release
Toronto, June 16, 2015—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced that Grace Yaginuma of Vancouver, BC, is the winner of the 2014 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Yaginuma was awarded the $2,000 prize for her work on A Discerning Eye: The Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics by Carol E. Mayer (Figure 1 Publishing). The award was presented […]
Date Posted: Wednesday May 27, 2015 News type: Awards , News release
Success as an editor depends on effective communication, says scholarship recipient FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 27, 2015—Andrea Hatley of Thompson, Manitoba, will be presented with the 2014 Claudette Upton Scholarship at the annual Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) awards banquet in Toronto on Saturday, June 13, 2015. This scholarship is a $1,000 cash award intended to support […]
Date Posted: Monday May 11, 2015 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 11, 2015—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced the finalists for the 2014 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 the […]
Date Posted: Tuesday July 15, 2014 News type: Awards , News release
Toronto, July 15, 2014—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced that Saskatoon-based editor Michelle Boulton is the recipient of the 2014 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year Award. Boulton, a founding member of the Saskatoon (now Saskatchewan) branch of EAC, began volunteering shortly after joining the association in 2001. She held many branch executive positions from 2001 to […]
Date Posted: Thursday June 19, 2014 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 19, 2014—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced that Peter Midgley of Edmonton, AB, is the winner of the 30th annual Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Midgley was awarded the $2,000 prize for his work on The Last Temptation of Bond by Kimmy Beach (The University of Alberta Press). The award was presented at EAC’s […]
Date Posted: Tuesday June 3, 2014 News type: Awards , News release
Scholarship recipient sees mastery of new technologies as vital to adapting to changes in publishing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 3, 2014—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced that Daniel Polowin of Toronto, Ontario, is the recipient of the 2013 Claudette Upton Scholarship. The $1,000 cash award, which helps support continuing professional development in editing, will be presented […]
Date Posted: Thursday May 15, 2014 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 15, 2014—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced the finalists for the 30th annual Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The 30th annual Tom Fairley Award recognizes an editor’s outstanding contribution to a work published in Canada in English or French in 2013. The $2,000 grand prize will be presented at the awards […]
Date Posted: Thursday June 27, 2013 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 27, 2013—Ottawa-based editor Moira White is the recipient of the 2013 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year Award presented by the Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC). White, a long-time member of EAC’s National Capital Region branch, began volunteering for the association shortly after joining. For more than a decade she has done […]
Date Posted: Wednesday June 19, 2013 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 19, 2013—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) is pleased to announce that Sandy Newton of Cupids, NL, is the winner of the 2012 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Newton was awarded the $2,000 prize for her work on Here’s the Catch: The Fish We Harvest from the Northwest Atlantic, by Wade Kearley […]
Date Posted: Tuesday May 21, 2013 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 21, 2013—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced the finalists for the 2012 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The $2,000 grand prize is awarded annually to an editor who has shown excellence, skill and talent in helping to produce a work published in Canada in English or French in the […]
Date Posted: Wednesday May 8, 2013 News type: Awards , News release
In an Age of Instant Communication, Scholarship Recipient Sees Defining Editors’ Roles to the Public as Key FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 8, 2013—The Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) has announced that Catharine Chen is the 2012 recipient of the Claudette Upton Scholarship. The $1,000 cash award, which helps support continuing professional development in editing, will be […]