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En quête d’une occasion de bénévolat? Pensez à notre blogue

mai 30, 2024 by Laura Bontje

Un appel aux réviseurs et réviseures francophones! Comme vous le savez peut-être, The Editors’ Weekly est le pendant anglophone du blogue officiel de Réviseurs Canada. Pour l’instant, la personne qui s’en occupe voit également à la publication des billets rédigés en français. Pour nous aider à mieux servir nos membres francophones, nous sommes en quête […]

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Un nouveau site en français pour l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs

février 6, 2024 by Laura Bontje

Nouveau site web pour Réviseurs Canada, nouvelle apparence pour l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs. Et ce n’est pas la seule nouveauté : il y a maintenant un site dédié aux publications rédigées en français. Nous vous encourageons à prendre un moment pour y jeter un coup d’œil et l’explorer! Bien que l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs soit pour le moment […]

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General EAC Laura Bontje

Closing the Book on 2023

Décembre 21, 2023 by Laura Bontje | 2 commentaires sur Closing the Book on 2023

Dear readers, The Editors’ Weekly will be taking a holiday break, with no posts on December 28 and January 4. We’ll be back in the new year with new posts about the academic editing special interest group, the Editors Canada national executive council, embracing neurodivergence as an editor, an exciting new project for language lovers […]

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General EAC Laura Bontje

Letter from the Editor: Write for The Editors’ Weekly

août 24, 2023 by Laura Bontje | 4 commentaires sur Letter from the Editor: Write for The Editors’ Weekly

Happy summer, readers! The Editors’ Weekly is taking a break for the rest of August. It’s time to enjoy the last weeks of summer — and of summer reading! Have you read any great books lately? This summer, I set myself a goal of reading only Canadian literature, and it’s been fantastic! (Need a good […]

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Easter Hiatus

avril 6, 2023 by Beau Brock

Happy Thursday, everyone! We are taking a short break for the long Easter weekend. We will be back next week with a new post, so stay tuned! We hope that those of you out east who experienced the ice storm on Wednesday are safe and sound. ___ The Editors’ Weekly is the official blog of […]

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Letter from the Editor: A Brief Hiatus

février 2, 2023 by Beau Brock

Hello, dear readers of the Editors’ Weekly blog. We are taking a short break this week and will be back next Thursday, February 9. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be seeing some follow-up posts for a few of the ongoing series that started in the last quarter of 2022, as well as […]

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Happy Holidays 2022

Décembre 22, 2022 by Beau Brock

Dear readers, With winter officially upon us and the holiday season in full swing, the Editors’ Weekly blog will be taking a hiatus until Thursday, January 12. Thank you to all of you who contributed posts to the blog this year. There were some really interesting topics, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading through them. I […]

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Letter From the Editor: A Change to the Blog Schedule

octobre 18, 2022 by Beau Brock

Dear readers, Beginning this week, The Editors’ Weekly will be releasing posts on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays. Stay tuned for the next new post on Thursday, October 20. If you have an idea for a blog post or have any questions, comments or feedback, please let us know! Beau Brock

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General EAC Lucy Payette

Letter From the Editor

juillet 12, 2022 by Lucy Payette

Dear readers, We are on a summer break at The Editors’ Weekly and plan to return to publishing in August. In the meantime, please let us know if there are topics you’d like to see featured or if you would like to contribute. If you have an idea for a blog post or have any questions, […]

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Support for Editing and Publishing on Giving Tuesday

novembre 30, 2021 by admin

Written with files from Zofia Laubitz, Editors Canada awards coordinator. Today is Giving Tuesday. Described as the “opening day of the giving season,” it is a time when charities, companies and individuals rally for their favourite causes. It’s a perfect time to consider supporting the editing community. Ways to support the editing community Support editors […]

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General EAC Lucy Payette

Letter From the Editor

août 24, 2021 by Lucy Payette

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly is on hiatus this week. In the meantime, we hope this post finds you healthy and well this summer. Please let us know if there are topics you’d like to see featured or if you would like to contribute. We are always looking for articles about conferences and workshops of […]

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 2

juillet 20, 2021 by Lucy Payette | 2 commentaires sur Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 2

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. In a continuation of our summer series, we’ve asked two more members of our blog committee to share their latest picks. Sue Bowness Sue is the director of communications for Editors Canada, a freelance writer and editor at Codeword Communications and a part-time writing professor […]

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 1

juillet 6, 2021 by Lucy Payette | 4 commentaires sur Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 1

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. It’s no surprise — we learn and refine our skills by reading and listening to content. We also read and listen for pleasure (or to make use of those long periods in lockdown). In the spirit of learning, summer and escape, we asked […]

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General EAC Marianne Grier

My COVID-19 Life Edit

mai 19, 2020 by Marianne Grier | 11 commentaires sur My COVID-19 Life Edit

Since COVID-19 came to B.C., I’ve gone through an involuntary life edit. Things have proceeded like any full edit (though let’s skip the proofread for now, shall we?). The first changes were sweeping, dramatic and structural as we paused daycare, moved to working mostly from home and navigating meetings around a toddler, and stopped frequenting […]

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Notes on Notes

janvier 14, 2020 by Aaron Dalton | 16 commentaires sur Notes on Notes

I had occasion recently to teach someone how to write effective editorial comments. It was an interesting exercise as it forced me to articulate principles I had absorbed over many years, some learned from painful experience. Here’s what came to mind: Know your place. My job is to help the author produce the best quality […]

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General EAC James Harbeck

Words We Love Irrationally Much

Décembre 3, 2019 by James Harbeck | Un commentaire sur Words We Love Irrationally Much

I asked people on Twitter about words they love irrationally much. I got quite a few responses. Actually, I got so many that when I tried to retweet them all, Twitter finally told me I had reached my daily tweet limit. And did again the next day. The words that people love irrationally much are […]

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The Demise of a Dictionary: Is the Canadian Oxford Dictionary a Victim of its Own Success?

octobre 1, 2019 by Barbara McClintock | 5 commentaires sur The Demise of a Dictionary: Is the Canadian Oxford Dictionary a Victim of its Own Success?

The second and possibly last edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary was published in 2004. Why hasn't the Oxford University Press published a new edition in 15 years? There isn’t an up-to-date Canadian dictionary in print.

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Standards at Work: Technical Editing

novembre 20, 2018 by Shelley Egan, Standards Communication Task Force

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) describe the responsibilities of an editor. The scope of PES is broad; this series explores how the standards apply to a variety of editing contexts. Ellen Lupu has been a technical editor for 12 years. Her current project involves writing and editing training material for an oil and gas […]

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Anna Williams General EAC

Year in Review: The Best of 2016

janvier 10, 2017 by Anna Williams | 6 commentaires sur Year in Review: The Best of 2016

With another year behind us, we’d like to know what you liked best on the blog in 2016 and what you’d most like to see in the new year. Let us know in the comments! Here are some of our top picks: Should You Only “Edit What You Know?” by Sue Archer. Should we only […]

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Year in Review: The Best of 2015

janvier 26, 2016 by Anna Williams | Un commentaire sur Year in Review: The Best of 2015

The new year is well underway, and we’ve seized the opportunity to look back at how 2015 progressed on the blog. These are some of our favourite posts from the year: Wasted Words: A Compulsion to Exaggerate, by Wilf Popoff. Whatever became of understatement? In My Opinion, by Susan Glickman. There are a heck of […]

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Happy Holidays from the Editors’ Weekly

Décembre 18, 2015 by Anna Williams | 2 commentaires sur Happy Holidays from the Editors’ Weekly

Dear Readers, With the holiday season upon us, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for subscribing to the Editors’ Weekly and to wish you all the best in the new year. We’ll be taking a break from regular posting until Jan. 5, 2016. Were there any posts that stood out for you this […]

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Letter From the Editors

Décembre 22, 2014 by Administrators | 6 commentaires sur Letter From the Editors

Dear Readers, Thank you all for your readership over the past year. We value our subscribers and would love to hear your thoughts about the blog. If you’re interested in becoming a contributor or have a topic in mind that you’d like to see addressed, please let us know! There will be no post tomorrow, […]

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Letter From the Editor

Décembre 20, 2013 by Anna Williams

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly will be on hiatus for the holidays. Regular posts will resume on Jan. 7. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your readership and encourage you to spread the word about the Editors’ Weekly and the EAC. If you’re interested in contributing to the blog or […]

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