To gear up for the 2023 Editors Canada Conference: Editors In Real Life, Editors Toronto is hosting three in-person workshops on Friday, June 16, 2023, at Tecumseh Auditorium, 55 Gould Street, Toronto. These workshops are two-hour interactive sessions where you’ll get to participate in hands-on activities and receive guidance from subject-matter experts who are established in the … Continue reading Pre-Conference Workshops Hosted by Editors Toronto on Friday, June 16, 2023
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Recap of “Ask the Editor Hive: Growing Your Business”
By Małgosia Halliop—The April 26 Editors Toronto program meeting was an online discussion on the subject of growing your editing business. Participants tackled such topics as raising rates and collecting payment, ways to find clients and build a relationship with them, and the benefits of the Editors Canada membership and certification, among others. …
Editor for Life: Lucy Payette, Senior Technical Editor at StandardAero and Managing Editor of The Editors’ Weekly
Interview conducted by Jennifer D. Foster A career as an editor is often a solo adventure, especially if you’re a freelancer. So we thought one way to better connect with fellow editors was to ask them the Five Ws: who, what, where, when, and why. Read on for some thought-provoking, enlightening tidbits from those of … Continue reading Editor for Life: Lucy Payette, Senior Technical Editor at StandardAero and Managing Editor of The Editors’ Weekly
Throwback Thursday: All about Editors Canada Conferences, Present and Past
By Ann Nam-Tran Le—The Editors Canada Conference 2022: Editing for a Changing World will be taking place in a month, on May 28–29. It’s the second time the conference will be virtual, which means I can join from the comfort of my desk without the stress of travelling, although it is at …
Editors Advise: Learning New Skills for Professional Growth
In this series, Editors Toronto members and BoldFace contributors share their experiences, insights, and tips on the practical aspects of working as an editor or writer. The previous edition of “Editors Advise” tackled recognizing and dealing with our editorial weaknesses. For this edition, six editors share their recommendations related to professional development. Photo by Mikhail … Continue reading Editors Advise: Learning New Skills for Professional Growth
The Purpose and Rationale Behind the “Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Student Texts”
Join Editors Toronto on Tuesday, November 23, at 7:00 pm EST via Zoom for “The Purpose and Rationale Behind the ‘Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Student Texts.’” Are you an academic editor or someone who works with student texts? Have you ever had questions about what is appropriate when editing student work that will be … Continue reading The Purpose and Rationale Behind the “Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Student Texts”
3 Podcasts for the Working Editor
By Alicja Minda—Podcasts can be a great way to stay on top of developments in the editing industry, or even an instrument of life-long learning. If you enjoyed our review of 3 Podcasts for a Lover of Books and Words, here is another portion of podcast recommendations for editors. This time we’re covering a ...
What I Took Away from My First Editors Canada Conference
By Adrienne Huston—The words came out of my mouth without much thought: “I’m just a student.” It was the first session of the weekend, and I was introducing myself. Attendees were gathered from across the country, each sitting at their own desk yet all present for Editors Transform, the 2021 national—and first virtual …
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