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2019 Tom Fairley Award Short List Announced

Date Posted: Sunday May 26, 2019 News type: Awards , News release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 27, 2019—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced the finalists for the 2019 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. In 2019, Editors Canada will present the Tom Fairley Award for the 35th time. The 2019 award recognizes an exceptional editor who played an important role on a project published […]

Exceptional editors recognized at 2018 Editors Canada awards ceremony

Date Posted: Sunday May 27, 2018 News type: Awards , News release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 28, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has presented 5 national awards, including $4,400 in prize money, to 15 recipients. The ceremony took place at the association’s awards banquet on Saturday, May 26, at the Radisson Hotel Saskatoon. The Editors Canada awards banquet is an annual celebration recognizing exceptional editors for […]

Tamra Ross named 2018 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year

Date Posted: Sunday May 27, 2018 News type: Awards , News release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 28, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Tamra Ross of Calgary, Alberta, is the recipient of the 2018 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year Award. For more than a decade Ross has contributed her time and skill to Editors Canada. She got her start as the designer of the association’s […]

James Harbeck named winner of the 2018 Karen Virag Award

Date Posted: Sunday May 27, 2018 News type: Awards , News release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 28, 2018—James Harbeck of Toronto, Ontario, is the winner of the 2018 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 highly accomplished member of the Editors’ […]

Letitia Henville awarded 2018 Claudette Upton Scholarship

Date Posted: Sunday May 27, 2018 News type: Awards , News release

Focus on fine detail in poetry studies leads to editing career FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 28, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Letitia Henville of Vancouver, British Columbia, is the recipient of the 2018 Claudette Upton Scholarship. The award was presented at the annual Editors Canada awards banquet in Saskatoon on Saturday, May 26. […]

Gilles Vilasco named winner of the 2018 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

Date Posted: Sunday May 27, 2018 News type: Awards , News release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 28, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Gilles Vilasco of Montreal, Quebec, is the winner of the 2018 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Vilasco was awarded the $2,000 prize for his work on Le repos Saint-François d’Assise : 100 ans d’accompagnement, l’assurance d’une pérennité (Cimetière Le repos Saint‐François d’Assise). The award […]

2018 Tom Fairley Award Short List Announced

Date Posted: Wednesday May 9, 2018 News type: Awards , News release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, May 10, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced the finalists for the 2018 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 […]

First two Karen Virag Award recipients honoured at Editors Canada awards banquet

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 […]

Exceptional editors recognized at 2017 Editors Canada awards ceremony

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 […]

Virginia Durksen named winner of the 2017 Karen Virag Award

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 […]

Irina Malakhova awarded the 2016 Claudette Upton Scholarship

Date Posted: Sunday June 11, 2017 News type: Awards , News release

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 […]

Dania Sheldon named winner of the 2016 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

Date Posted: Sunday June 11, 2017 News type: Awards , News release

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 […]

Jeanne McKane named 2017 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year

Date Posted: Sunday June 11, 2017 News type: Awards , News release

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 […]

2016 Tom Fairley Award Short List Announced

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 […]

Longtime Vancouver editor Nancy Flight recognized for promoting the editing profession

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 […]

Exceptional editors recognized at 2016 Editors Canada awards ceremony

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 […]

Lesley Peterson named winner of the 2015 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

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 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, […]

Lindsay Vermeulen awarded 2015 Claudette Upton Scholarship

Date Posted: Monday June 13, 2016 News type: Awards , News release

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 […]

Sandra Gravel named 2016 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year

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 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 […]

2015 Tom Fairley Award Short List Announced

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 […]

Grace Yaginuma named winner of the 2014 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

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 […]

Andrea Hatley awarded 2014 Claudette Upton Scholarship

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 […]

2014 Tom Fairley Award Short List Announced

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 […]

Michelle Boulton named 2014 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year

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 […]