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The fall session of seminars offered by the Editors' Association of Canada
(formerly Freelance Editors' Association of Canada).
The following are offered by the Toronto and National Capital Region (NCR)
branches. In Toronto, seminars take place at Victoria College on the University
of Toronto campus; for more information, call 416/691-4964. In Ottawa, seminars
take place at the National Library of Canada; for more information, call
613/236-8374. For more information about seminars offered by the other EAC
branches, call the BC branch (604/681-7184) and the Quebec/Atlantic Canada
(QAC) branch (514/849-9886).
You can also email Madeline Koch (in Toronto) at ekoch -at- vm1 -dot- yorku -dot- ca -dot-
All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.
NEWSLETTERS (Toronto); Oct. 1; 10am-3pm; $90 members, $105 nonmembers,
including lunch; very popular introduction to the essentials of writing and
producing newsletters.
FUNDAMENTALS OF FREELANCING (NCR); Oct. 3; 7-10pm; $40 members, $45 nonmembers;
and
STARTING OUT AND TRHIVING AS A FREELANCE EDITOR (Toronto); Nov. 12; 9am-5pm;
$95 members, $110 nonmembers, including lunch.Ever-popular introductions
to the benefits and perils of freelance editing.
PROOFREADING (Toronto); Oct. 5, 12; 7-9:30pm; $75 members, $85 nonmembers;
two-part seminar on the basic methods and technical skills.
INDEXING FOR FUN AND PROFIT (NCR); Oct. 15; 9am-4pm; $100 members,
$125 nonmembers; why indexes, who indexes, when to index, etc.
PRACTICAL GRAMMAR (Toronto); Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7; 7-9:30pm; $115 members,
$135 nonmembers; four-part seminar on grammar fundamentals so you can move
beyond the "feel-good" method.
COPY EDITING 1 (Toronto); Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 10am-4pm; $115 members,
$135 nonmembers; two-part overview of publishing in general and the role of the
editor, directed at novice or would-be editors.
COPY EDITING 2 (Toronto); Nov. 8, 15, 22; 7-9:30pm; $95 members,
$110 nonmembers; three-part seminar to pick up where Copy Editing 1 left off.
IT'S A MATTER OF STYLE (Toronto); Nov. 19; 10am-4pm; $90 members,
$105 nonmembers, including lunch; discussion of types of style guides, Canadian
setting style guidelines, etc.
EIGHT-STEP EDITING (NCR); Nov. 22, 23; 7-10pm; $100 members, $125 nonmembers;
two-part breakdown of the editorial process into a series of tasks.
