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Conference Colour Scheme
Navigating 40 Years
Navigating Our Story
Navigating Our Markets
Navigating Our Business
Navigating Language and Diversity
Navigating Techniques and Technologies
Main Events
Pre-Conference Dinner
Thursday, June 6
5:30 - 8:00 pm
Restaurante a Mano
1477 Lower Water Street (Bishops Landing)
Halifax, N.S.
RSVP here -- deadline June 3!
Walking Tour of Halifax
Friday, June 7
9:00 - 11:00 am
Meet in the lobby of Westin Nova Scotian
RSVP here
Welcome Reception
Friday, June 7
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Westin Nova Scotian
Editors Canada AGM
Saturday, June 8
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Westin Nova Scotian
Banquet & Cocktails
Saturday, June 8
6:30 - 10:00 pm
Westin Nova Scotian
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FRIDAY, JUNE 7 / VENDREDI 7 JUIN |
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*Session 1 / Séance 1 |
Shifting the Conversation: Bringing Indigenous Stories to Readers |
Eight-Step Editing: Finding and Fixing Common Readability Problems Elizabeth d’Anjou | |||
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*Session 2 / Séance 2 |
Be BOLD! Making Your Own Opportunities Laura Poole |
Macros 101: Work Smarter, Not Harder Amy J. Schneider |
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Welcome Reception / Réception d’accueil |
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8 / SAMEDI 8 JUIN |
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Commonwealth A |
Maritime |
Harbour Suite A |
Harbour Suite B |
Lunenburg |
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8 to 8:45 am / |
BREAKFAST / PETIT DÉJEUNER |
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8:45 to 9:30 am / |
OPENING KEYNOTE / DISCOURS D’OUVERTURE: LINDEN MACINTYRE – Commonwealth A |
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9:30 to 9:45 am / |
BREAK / PAUSE |
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Session 1 / Séance 1 |
Funny words: Editing sketch comedy |
Les hauts et les bas de la vie de pigiste |
"How to be both knife and spoon": Five essential approaches from the (poetry) editor's editors |
Revised Editors Canada guidelines for editing student work Virginia McGowan and Gael Spivak |
Be BOLD: Making your own opportunities (advanced) Laura Poole |
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10:45 to 11 am / |
BREAK / PAUSE |
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Session 2 / Séance 2 |
A very special editor-author relationship Jen Powley, Brenda Conroy, Ben DuPlessis, Kira Daube and Lorri Neilsen Glenn |
Making smart choices: Which freelance projects are right for you? |
Moving beyond nostalgia: Telling Acadian stories |
Once upon an editor: Editing children’s picture books |
Macros 201: The shell game (advanced) |
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12:00 to 1:00 pm / |
LUNCH / DÉJEUNER |
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Session 3 / Séance 3 |
Negotiating the truth: Drawing the line in creative nonfiction Kim Pittaway and Dean Jobb |
“Far from a colour-blind utopia”: The contours of enslaved Black agency in early Canada |
Is editing a profession yet? |
Bad graphs: Editing graphs for readability, fairness, and impact Robin Marwick |
Navigating funding proposals: Editors adding value |
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2 to 2:15 pm / |
BREAK / PAUSE |
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Session 4 / Séance 4 |
Life begins at 40: The future of editing Wendy Barron, Marianne Ward, Clare Goulet and Heather Buzila (moderator) |
Publish or perish: Editing scholarly papers for ESL authors Glenna Jenkins |
Are you certifiable? Preparing for the Editors Canada certification exams Jess Shulman |
Mi'kmaw culture – A balance of past and present |
Winning contracts with the Government of Canada |
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3:15 to 3:30 pm / |
BREAK & AGM REGISTRATION / PAUSE ET INSCRIPTION À L'AGA |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING / ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE ANNUELLE |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 9 / DIMANCHE 9 JUIN |
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8:30 to 9:30 am / |
BREAKFAST / PETIT DÉJEUNER |
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Session 5 / Séance 5 |
Atlantic editors: Editing from the edge Christine Gordon Manley, Shelley Egan, donalee Moulton and Sandy Newton and Julia Cochrane (moderator) |
Smooth sailing through citations: Tips and techniques for editors |
Using business information to increase your profits Erin Brenner |
Challenges of managing a translation process |
Canadian copyright: Keeping up with the rules |
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10:30 to 10:45 am / |
BREAK / PAUSE |
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Session 6 / Séance 6 |
Two-Eyed reading: A Mi’kmaw approach to sensitivity-reading praxis |
Antidote10: What's new? / Quoi de neuf ? Louise Saint-André [bilingual/bilingue] |
GST/HST – Ask an accountant |
The new reality: Online news |
From the failure files: Learning from (big) mistakes |
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11:45 am to 1:00 pm /
11h45 à 13h |
LUNCH / DÉJEUNER |
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Session 7 / Séance 7 |
The little region that could: Celebrating — and selling — books in Atlantic Canada Chris Benjamin (moderator), Lisa Doucet, Hilary Drummond and Michael Hamm |
La révision à l'ère de l'optimisation Web Beverly McLaughlin |
Distressing content and trauma resiliency Kyra Nabeta and Heather Saunders |
How to find and work with the right mentor — A workshop for editors |
Using plain language principles to improve your editing practice Nicole Watkins Campbell |
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2 to 2:15 pm / |
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Session 8 / Séance 8 |
Spilling the Ink: Atlantic authors on their editors Stephanie Domet (moderator), Carol Bruneau, Evelyn C. White and Stephen Laffoley |
Translating medicalese into everyday English James Harbeck |
Suas i! Publishing books in and about Gaelic in Nova Scotia Emily McEwan |
Speed mentoring |
Building and maintaining a successful in-house editorial team |
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3:15 to 3:30 pm / |
BREAK / PAUSE |
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3:30 to 4:30 pm / |
CLOSING KEYNOTE / DISCOURS DE FERMETURE: SHEREE FITCH - Commonwealth A |
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