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Halloween 2016

Bycward October 28, 2016

necronomicon

“Editing the Necronomicon” inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. Nice work Dani!

Some photos of our Halloween team-building activity:

Carving jack-o-lanterns for Halloween 2016

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CG and Editing Checklist Updates
Bycward February 16, 2017

I made some minor updates to the Course Guide and Editing Checklist to reflect changes in our processes and wording from November and December 2016. I hope to update the best practice wording soon to document our new processes, reporting responsibilities, and checklist.

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Show Diversity
Bycward August 25, 2016

Where possible, we try to include examples of people from other cultures or depictions of the diversity of Canadian society in the course. Showing people from diverse backgrounds prepares students for life in a culturally diverse society and helps dispel preconceived ideas about others, which we hope increases the students’ competence for living in an…

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and/or
Bycward June 16, 2017

Instead of: Try: a and/or b a or b or both Source: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/wordsuggestions/simplewords.cfm

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Working Remotely
Bycward March 18, 2020August 14, 2020

Process Change! Some editors may be working from home in the next few weeks. What? Why? The health authorities urge Canadians to practice social distancing, and we can do our work without being in close proximity to others in public spaces. Photo by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash What Does This Mean? We are still working! We will be doing…

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Language Theory: What You’re Really Editing Is the Person
Bycward November 18, 2016

This week several editors attended an Editors Canada webinar: “Language Theory: What You’re Really Editing Is the Person” presented by Michael (Mike) Jones at the University of Calgary. He questioned if editors can be “advocates for the reader” (in the words of EAC President Anne Louise Mahoney), and together we examined the relationship between writer…

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Editing Team Photo
Bycward April 13, 2017

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