Monthly meetings

Editors BC General Meeting: New Guest Speaker and Presentation Topic

When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

Food and travel writing: A journalist’s story

Don Genova’s editing experience has ranged from being severely edited (his first-ever story for the Toronto Star) to editing student writing in his Food and Travel Writing course at UBC. Along the way, he’s trained new journalists in supervisory roles and judged many writing competitions for various food and travel writing organizations. 

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Being an Indigenous Writer: Expectations, Realities, and Opportunities

When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

While Jenn Ashton has always been a writer, only for the past decade has she considered herself an Indigenous writer, a label borne of perspective and opportunity and shaped by perception and expectation. While being an Indigenous writer felt stifling at first, Jenn has discovered the extraordinary benefits of Two-Eyed Seeing (one eye seeing two perspectives, Western and Indigenous). She will share the realities and opportunities available to Indigenous writers everywhere.

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Editors BC General Meeting: Learn More About the 2024 Editors Canada Conference in Vancouver

When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT

Where: ​​Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

This month, you’re invited to a sneak preview of the upcoming 2024 Editors Canada conference (Vancouver, June 21 to 23). In this informal meeting, local conference organizers will share ideas and updates about an exciting range of conference activities. Members giving presentations or workshops may also share brief overviews, hinting at the range of topics and depth of discussion this conference will cover. 

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AI, Tech, and Editing: A Pragmatic Toolbox

When: Saturday, March 2 (9:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT) and Saturday, March 9, 2024, (9:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT)

Where: Online via Zoom

The sudden proliferation of AI text tools in 2023 has upended many industries in a very short span, creating in equal parts fear, confusion, and excitement for the future. 

This webinar aims to empower editors with a raft of AI tools to enhance their workflows today. It sets aside ethical debates about the technology and instead takes a pragmatic and clear-eyed look at useful tech and the direction in which the market is moving in the short term. 

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Taxes for Creatives: Keeping the CRA Happy While Doing What You Love

When: ​​Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

Tax time is coming up fast! Join us this month to learn about GST and HST, deductible expenses, setting aside money for taxes, and why doing what you love is a great business. During the Q&A, take the opportunity to pose all your lingering tax questions to an expert who has worked with taxes since 2002. No judgement—just great advice and information with a sense of humour on the side.

Sunny Widerman has been a tax preparer and advisor since 2002, with a growing clientele of freelancers, business owners, and professionals. Through her firm Personal Tax Advisors, Sunny specializes in helping clients take control of their tax planning by explaining the tax issues that affect them. She focuses on a gentle, non-threatening approach to financial issues and clear, jargon-free language.

Note: Editors BC will record this meeting. Editors Canada members have 30 days to view the recording by logging in to the Editors Canada website and going to the Editors BC Branch page.

Editors Canada members and registered non-members are welcome to use the following Zoom information to join the meeting: 

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83060307231?pwd=cUZqRVFHQ0w0ZXoyMU1YUWVwTUhPdz09
Meeting ID: 830 6030 7231
Passcode: 674671

If you would like to attend this meeting and are not an Editors Canada member, please register here.

Editors BC General Meeting: Writers and Editors Together!

When: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 7:00–8:00 pm PST

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

A discussion with Federation of British Columbia Writers executive director Bryan Mortensen and Editors BC branch chair Tara Avery.

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Editors BC General Meeting: Holiday Social

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When: Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 7:30 to 8:30 pm PST

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors BC members, non-members, and students

It’s that time of year! You’re invited to join editing colleagues and guests for our annual December Zoom social. Participate in a few poll questions to get to know other editors better, add a fun fact or some editing humour to a Zoom whiteboard, or share an editing-related New Year’s resolution.

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For the Love of Books—a Reader’s Dream Job

When:  ​​Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 7:30 to 8:30 pm PDT

Where: ​​Online through Zoom

Cost: ​Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

An avid reader and closet fiction writer, Pat Dobie had no idea that editing books was a job—until she realized it was the perfect one for her. Today she runs Lucid Edit, a thriving business, editing fiction and nonfiction books, teaching developmental editing, and working with writers all over the world. How did that happen? What does this dream job look like, day by day? We’ll talk about mistakes, happy accidents, and creativity in the service of creating your own dream job in editing.

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