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Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders—the new site for Government of Canada contracting opportunities
On June 1, 2013, all Government of Canada tenders will move from MERX.com to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Today I attended a webinar, hosted by Rene Latraverse of the digital engagement team at Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), about this transition. … Continue reading
The good, the bad, and the “that could have gone better” about subcontracting
Patricia Anderson, PhD, runs an editing and literary and literary consulting business, Helping You Get Published, and has hired several editorial subcontractors over her company’s fourteen-year history. Amelia Gilliland holds an editing certificate from SFU and has worked in-house at … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Editors, Editors' Association of Canada, Freelancing
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PubPro 2013 recap
Managing editors and publication production managers from across BC gathered at SFU Harbour Centre on Saturday for the first ever PubPro unconference. We had representatives from educational publishers, trade book publishers, self-publishers, magazine publishers, journal publishers, technical publishers, course developers, … Continue reading
Posted in Book publishing, Consulting, Editing, Editors, Editors' Association of Canada, Freelancing
Tagged Networking, PubPro, Wikis
Derek Hayes wins inaugural Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
Congratulations to Derek Hayes, whose British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas has picked up yet another honour! Hayes’s visually stunning opus has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, a new award from UBC Library and the … Continue reading
PubPro 2013 schedule
Posted in Book publishing, Consulting, Ebooks, Editing, Editors, Editors' Association of Canada, Freelancing
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The Alcuin Society honours Will Rueter and The Aliquando Press
The Alcuin Society gave its sixth annual Robert R. Reid Award and Medal for lifetime achievement in the book arts to Will Rueter—teacher, printmaker, bookbinder, graphic designer, one-time senior designer at the University of Toronto Press, and founder of The … Continue reading
A certificate in plain language
Katherine McManus, director of SFU’s Writing and Communications program, is the only North American representative on the project team of the International Consortium for Clear Communication (IC Clear), an organization spearheading a postgraduate certificate course in plain language. She spoke … Continue reading
Ethics for editors—with Mary Schendlinger
Mary Schendlinger, senior editor at Geist and faculty member in SFU’s Master of Publishing Program, led an eye-opening and thought-provoking half-day EAC-BC seminar about ethical issues in editing. When we edit and publish, she said, we are mediating culture and … Continue reading