Editors Canada Partnership (editors.ca)
We’re pleased to announce a new partnership with Editors Canada, an organization of 1,300 members including salaried and freelance editors, working with individuals and organizations in the corporate, technical, government, not-for-profit, academic and publishing sectors across the country and around the world in English and French.
The following benefits are now available for members of the Northwest Editors Guild:
Editors Canada Conference
Registration for the 2024 Editors Canada conference is now open!
Registration
This year’s conference, Editors 24: Present Progressive, will take place from June 21 to 23 at the Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. Network with editors, writers, communication professionals and small business owners from a wide range of fields. Sign up now to get a head start on planning your conference experience!
This year, we are anticipating a fuller return to in-person conferencing. Editors Canada is committed to hosting a safe and healthy conference and sanitation stations will be available outside of all session halls and at group events.
Early-bird pricing
Our early bird pricing is available until April 25, 2024. Spaces are limited, so sign up now to secure your spot.
Promo Codes
Student Affiliates: STUDENTAFFEAC24
Partner Orgs: PARTNEREAC24
Prices
● Editors Canada members: $399 ($499 as of April 25)
● Partner organization members: $399 ($499 as of April 25)
● Student affiliates: $249
● Non-members: $599 ($699 as of April 25)
Keynote speakers
Editors 2024 is delighted to announce two amazing keynote speakers.
Amber Riaz (she/her)
Amber Riaz works part-time at the Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank as an Editorial Assistant, where she supports the publishing team in preparing reports for publication and performing other administrative duties as needed. In addition, Amber edits academic books, journal articles, and dissertations/ theses mostly in the humanities and social sciences through her own freelance editing business—A4 Editing. Amber is a member of Editors Canada, the current chair of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and a volunteer project coordinator for the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)–Vancouver. She is passionate about matters of inclusion and diversity as they apply to the publishing industry and works hard to keep up with discussions about conscious language and its use in manuscripts. In her spare time, she loves to read fiction, knit, hike, and experiment with fusion cooking.
Adrienne Montgomerie (they/them)
"An awesomer of hard words" is how Adrienne describes themself. You probably know them as SciEditor, or the one who tells you to raise your rates, that perfection isn't scientifically possible, and that there's an easier way through MS Word. Or maybe you know them as an avid sea kayaker or hand feeder of blue jays and wild turkeys. Adrienne has been a freelance editor of technical materials like manuals and textbooks in the so-called hard sciences, maths, and software since 1997. Since 2012, they've been teaching privately and in editing programs at major universities, including Simon Fraser! Adrienne won both the Virag and d’Anjou awards, and is a certified copy editor hailing from the traditional lands of the Huron Wendat, Ojibwe and Haudenosaunee peoples at the eastern tip of Lake Ontario.
Conference theme
Presenting the theme of the 2024 Editors Canada conference: Present Progressive: Passion, Precision and Purpose.
The pervasive stereotype is that editors are pedantic, pretentious and perhaps even pugnacious pencil pushers. This conference committee plans to protest this presumption by presenting programming that promotes the pleasure, pride and personal connection our work brings, while also plunging into professional development to future-proof our proficiency. Please pack your puns, peers! We’ll prepare the party.
Brought to you by the letter P and our 2024 conference chairs.
Want to sponsor Editors 24?
Interested in reaching editors, writers, communication professionals and small business owners? There are plenty of sponsorship and advertising opportunities at Editors 24. Please send an email to sponsorship@editors.ca for more information.
Join the conversation
We can't wait to see you in person this June. Join our Facebook group or follow us on X (Twitter) @EditorCon for updates about the conference program. Be sure to use the hashtag #Editors24 to let us know you'll be there!
General Editors Canada Partnership Info
Register for Editors Canada conferences, webinars and online courses at the same price as Editors Canada members.
Trainings are available at training.editors.ca; Guild members can email info@editors.ca and let the registrar know they belong to the Northwest Editors Guild to receive the discount code.
For Editors Canada’s annual conference, the partner rate will be available at checkout on their website.
Please note that access to Editors Canada mentoring and other members-only services is not included in this partnership.
If you have any questions about this partnership, please contact Jen Grogan at info@edsguild.org.