Editors Are Moving to a New Office
The Course Editors are moving to OL440 (the 4th floor of the BCCOL Building) at Thompson Rivers University. Our move should be completed by December 15, 2016.
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Fairness: Diversity and Individuality
BycwardGood tips from the “OLA Fairness to All” guide: Treat people as individuals. Call groups what they call themselves. We can ask ourselves questions like these: Would I like to be treated in this way? Would these persons approve of the way I am naming or depicting them? Am I respecting individuality? Or am I reinforcing assumptions…
Free or Open Sources for Images
BycwardWhere possible, we try to include examples in our courses that reflect the diversity of Canadian society. Showing diversity in cultures, ethnicities, genders, ages, and abilities in both the visual representations we use and the instructional examples in courses, we engage with students, value their experience and community, and prepare students for life in a…
Language Theory: What You’re Really Editing Is the Person
BycwardThis 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…
Student Resources on APA & Academic Integrity
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What’s Our Opposite Job?
Bycward“The [U.S.] Labor Department keeps detailed and at times delightfully odd records on the skills and tasks required for each job. Some of them are physical: trunk strength, speed of limb movement, the ability to stay upright. Others are more knowledge-based: economics and accounting, physics, programming. Together, they capture the essence of what makes a job distinctive….