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Adebe DeRango-Adem

One Year Later, Much Work Yet to Be Done: Questions to Guide Next Steps in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

mai 25, 2021 by Adebe DeRango-Adem

Just over a decade ago, when I was an intern with Colorlines magazine (now Race Forward), my main task was to help build the framework for “Drop the I-Word” — a campaign to change journalistic copy-editing conventions across the U.S. We sought to have The Associated Press (AP) and news outlets cease using the word […]

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Sue Archer

Addressing Ableism in Editing: An Interview with Amanda Leduc

mars 30, 2021 by Sue Archer

Amanda Leduc’s essays and stories have appeared in publications across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. She holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, U.K., and is the author of the non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Coach House Books, 2020) and the novel The […]

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Lucy Payette

Developing the Next Generation of Canadian Readers

février 16, 2021 by Lucy Payette | 6 commentaires sur Developing the Next Generation of Canadian Readers

My son’s middle-school language arts teacher initiated a reading project earlier this year. The task was simple: choose a book to read with an adult and talk about it. I’m on board with the assignment. Despite my efforts, there are a few entertainment systems vying for my son’s attention. When he chose me as the […]

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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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