Claudette Upton Scholarship

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The Claudette Upton Scholarship is an annual, national award that recognizes a promising student editor from among Editors Canada’s student affiliates. It was awarded for the first time in 2010.

About the scholarship

This is a $1,000 scholarship to help support continuing professional development in editing.

The recipient is encouraged to use the scholarship to attend our national conference, purchase Editors Canada publications or attend association seminars and webinars

How to apply

Applicants must be current student affiliates of Editors Canada. The application package is to be submitted in digital format and must include:

  • a reference letter from an instructor in the applicant’s course or program, or from a professional mentor;
  • a resumé (two pages maximum) describing the applicant’s education and work history; and
  • a 300-word statement that answers the following question:
    Some topics and texts evoke strong emotional responses from all sides. Without overstepping, how can editors use their skills to help authors “bridge the divide” with readers of different perspectives and enable meaningful discussions?

Submit your application by email to claudetteuptonscholarship@editors.ca.

Deadline

The application package must reach the national office by Friday, April 5, 2024.

Evaluation process

The applications will be evaluated by the scholarship selection committee. The recipient will be the applicant who best demonstrates the following qualities:

  • aptitude for editing;
  • commitment to pursuing a career as an editor; and
  • qualities reminiscent of honorary life member Claudette Upton.

Recipients of the Claudette Upton Scholarship

2023

Georgia Atkin

2022

Madison Taylor

2021

Lindsay Hobbs

2020

Naomi Racz

2019

Margo LaPierre

2018

Letitia Henville

2017

Prior to 2018, the application process for the scholarship began the year before the scholarship was awarded. The scholarship’s current schedule has the entire process (from applications to awarding) taking place in the same calendar year. We have shifted the year of the scholarship to reflect this updated schedule. So, aside from the year indicator, nothing has really changed. There was no 2017 scholarship, but we awarded the 2018 Claudette Upton Scholarship in 2018.

2016

Irina Malakhova

2015

Lindsay Vermeulen

2014

Andrea Hatley

2013

Daniel Polowin

2012

Catharine Chen

2011

Heidi Waechtler

2010

Kathryn White

2009

Helen Clay

Support the Claudette Upton Scholarship

Help to support Editors Canada awards! We invite you to contribute to these awards that honour the outstanding editors and students in our midst.

We also welcome donations by cheque. Please make your donation payable to “Editors’ Association of Canada” with “Claudette Upton Scholarship” written on the memo line.

Send your donation to

Editors Canada
2967 Dundas Street West, #1449
Toronto, Ontario M6P 1Z2

Founding donors

Martin Keeley
West Coast Editorial Associates

Annual donors

Simon Fraser University, Continuing Studies
West Coast Editorial Associates

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