Editors Canada news releases
Date Posted: Monday January 13, 2020 News type: Association , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, January 13, 2020—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lucy White as interim executive director of the association. The appointment follows the resignation of executive director John Yip-Chuck effective January 17. “We are sad to see [Yip-Chuck] go but are grateful to have had him as […]
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Date Posted: Monday June 10, 2019 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 10, 2019—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has presented 5 national awards, including $4,400 in prize money, to 12 recipients. The awards were presented during the association’s 40th anniversary conference on Saturday, June 8, at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax. Editors Canada’s annual awards recognize exceptional editors for their talent and […]
Date Posted: Sunday June 9, 2019 News type: Awards , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 10, 2019—Iva Cheung of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the winner of the 2019 Karen Virag Award. This award, which comes with a $400 prize, recognizes exceptional efforts by an individual or organization to raise the profile of editing in their community. Virag, a highly accomplished member of the Editors’ Association of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 10, 2019—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Jennifer Croll of Vancouver, British Columbia, is the winner of the 2019 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. (Photo credit Rebecca Blissett) Croll was awarded the $2,000 prize for her work on Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography by Andrea Warner (Greystone Books). The award was […]
Poet finds magic in nurturing the written word FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 10, 2019—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) has announced that Margo LaPierre of Russell, Ontario, is the recipient of the 2019 Claudette Upton Scholarship. The award was presented at the awards banquet of Editors Canada’s 40th anniversary conference in Halifax on Saturday, June 8. The scholarship […]
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 […]
Date Posted: Wednesday January 23, 2019 News type: Association , News release , Statements
On Tuesday, January 15, Editors Canada president Gael Spivak sent the following letter to the Canadian offices of eight stock photo agencies to encourage them to acquire and provide more diverse and respectful images. January 15, 2019Dear [name of stock photo agency]: I am writing to you on behalf of Editors Canada—the national association that […]
Date Posted: Monday January 21, 2019 News type: Association , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, January 21, 2019—In academia, papers and theses are one way to test the ability of students to use written words for communicating ideas and arguments. Yet students sometimes ask editors to provide a full gamut of editorial services. To address this, the Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) first developed Guidelines for Ethical Editing […]
Date Posted: Thursday July 12, 2018 News type: Certification , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, July 16, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is pleased to announce that 16 editors have earned new professional certifications. This year, Editors Canada recognizes 12 new certified copy editors, 5 new certified stylistic editors and 2 new certified professional editors. Certified Professional Editor Lana Okerlund (Vancouver, BC)Berna Ozunal (Toronto, ON) Certified […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Date Posted: Monday March 12, 2018 News type: Agrément , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, March 13, 2018—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is proud to announce the new réviseurs agréés! This year, 41 people passed the general editing test and will receive the title of réviseur agréé or réviseure agréée du Programme d’agrément en révision linguistique — Réviseurs Canada. Since 2015, French-language editors have had a tool to assess their editing skills […]
Date Posted: Monday December 18, 2017 News type: Association , News release , Statements
On Saturday, December 2, 2017, Editors Canada president Gael Spivak sent the following letter to Access Copyright in support of its “I Value Canadian Stories” coalition. Robert GilbertCommunications Coordinator, Access CopyrightI Value Canadian Stories coalition December 2, 2017 Dear Mr. Gilbert: The Editors’ Association of Canada / Association canadienne des réviseurs (Editors Canada / Réviseurs Canada) would like […]
Date Posted: Tuesday November 21, 2017 News type: Association , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, November 21, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) congratulates member Michael Redhill, winner of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Bellevue Square. Bellevue Square is a darkly comic literary thriller about a woman who fears for her sanity and eventually her life when she learns that her doppelganger has appeared in a local park. Redhill […]
Date Posted: Monday November 13, 2017 News type: News release , Publications
We launched the online edition of Editing Canadian English, 3rd edition, in February 2015. This subscription service provides instant, on-the-go access to the latest guidance on Canadian English usage, from Canadianization to spelling, abbreviations, punctuation, measurements, bilingual text and more. Subscription sales were lower than we had hoped for and there have been unsustainable IT costs required […]
Date Posted: Wednesday November 8, 2017 News type: News release , Publications
Editors Canada is pleased to announce that Editing Canadian English, 3rd edition, is now available as an eBook for just $9.99. With the eBook, you get a fully searchable version that you can read on your computer (with a reading app installed), tablet, smartphone or reading device. Editors Canada gratefully acknowledges Andrea Hatley (Editors Manitoba) for suggesting […]
Date Posted: Sunday July 9, 2017 News type: Agrément , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, July 10, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is proud to announce the first réviseurs agréés avec attestation en révision comparative in its history! Eight people have passed the attestation en révision comparative test, which is part of the Programme d’agrément en révision linguistique — Réviseurs Canada. French-language editors now have a tool they can use to […]
Date Posted: Tuesday July 4, 2017 News type: Association , News release , Statements
On Friday, June 30, 2017, Editors Canada president Anne Louise Mahoney sent the following letter to the News Guild of New York in support of the copy editors at The New York Times, as the paper plans to reduce the 100 positions to 50. Dear copy editors of The New York Times: The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) […]
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 […]
Date Posted: Tuesday June 13, 2017 News type: Certification , News release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, June 14, 2017—The Editors’ Association of Canada (Editors Canada) is pleased to announce that six editors have earned new professional certifications. This year, Editors Canada recognizes four new certified proofreaders, two new certified structural editors and two new certified professional editors. Certified Professional Editor Sarah Robins (Vancouver, British Columbia)Emily Youers (Elora, Ontario) Certified […]