Étiquette : cultural sensitivity

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Tali Ijack

What Role Can Editors Play in the Conscious Language Debate?

juin 8, 2023 by Tali Ijack | 5 commentaires sur What Role Can Editors Play in the Conscious Language Debate?

Conscious language (also known as inclusive language) is a topic that is gaining a lot of attention on a global scale. Recently, there has been some heated debate over some publishers’ decisions to edit the works of Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie to align with current language standards. These debates highlight the divide that exists […]

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Suzanne Methot

Editing Indigenous Writing: A Nuanced Partnership

mars 16, 2023 by Suzanne Methot | 11 commentaires sur Editing Indigenous Writing: A Nuanced Partnership

A lot of Indigenous writing is under-edited, because many non-Indigenous editors don’t feel like they have a way in to the text and are scared of making a mistake. Other times, it can be over-edited, because the editor has shoehorned the story into a format that reflects European values and beliefs. Some Indigenous writers are […]

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Sangeeta Mehta

More Online Diversity-Focused Writers’ Events to Attend This Fall

octobre 20, 2020 by Sangeeta Mehta

Over the summer, when many writers’ events were cancelled due to the pandemic, I was heartened to learn that a few created for writers from marginalized backgrounds continued as planned, but online. Here is the brief list I had compiled of events to attend over the summer and fall. I later found out about several […]

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Sangeeta Mehta

Three Online Diversity-Focused Writers’ Events to Attend This Summer and Fall

juillet 23, 2020 by Sangeeta Mehta | 4 commentaires sur Three Online Diversity-Focused Writers’ Events to Attend This Summer and Fall

Last month, I had been scheduled to speak at the Editors Canada conference about how developmental editors can help writers balance cultural sensitivity with craft. It would have been an incredible experience to exchange ideas with other editorial professionals who also want to work more effectively with writers whose culture and experiences are different from […]

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Sue Archer

Indigenous Voices: An Interview with Rhonda Kronyk

juillet 7, 2020 by Sue Archer | Un commentaire sur Indigenous Voices: An Interview with Rhonda Kronyk

Rhonda is a settler/Dene research, writing and editing consultant. She is dedicated to increasing the inclusion of underrepresented communities in Canadian literature. A founding member of the Indigenous Editors Association, she specializes in editing manuscripts by and about Indigenous Peoples. As editor of Write, The Writers’ Union of Canada magazine, she approaches her work from […]

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Sue Archer

Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Sangeeta Mehta

avril 21, 2020 by Sue Archer | 2 commentaires sur Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Sangeeta Mehta

This week, the Editors’ Weekly is holding a conversation with Sangeeta Mehta on the current state of diversity in publishing and how editors can be leaders in the fight for inclusion. About Sangeeta Sangeeta Mehta has worked in the book publishing field since the late 1990s. She has been an acquiring editor at both Little, […]

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