University Canada West- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW takes second place at 2026 National MBA Games - Education News Canada February 10, 2026
- 181 Conestoga College employees laid off ahead of the holidays - CBC December 18, 2025
- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - Vancouver Sun November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - The Tyee November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- Parul University Hosts 30+ Global Universities for International Week 2025 - Careers360 September 4, 2025
- University Canada West - Dr. Stacie Chappell joins UCW as Dean, School of Management and Business - Education News Canada September 2, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Dem nominee faces bipartisan calls to quit over racist, misogynistic social media posts - WJLA March 4, 2026
- CAIR-NY Welcomes NYC Council’s Disciplinary Action Against Queens Council Member for Islamophobic Social Media Posts — CAIR NY - CAIR New York March 4, 2026
- Stunning Photos of Boise’s ‘Blood Moon’ Take Over Social Media [Photos] - 1035kissfmboise.com March 4, 2026
- Dover ‘personal effects specialist’ job posting creates stir on social media - Marine Corps Times March 4, 2026
- Rep. Dan Goldman facing blowback over wife's social media posts criticizing pro-Palestinian activists - Jewish Telegraphic Agency March 4, 2026
- Stephen A. Smith goes after ‘pathetic’ New Orleans Pelicans social media department - Awful Announcing March 4, 2026
- Kentucky students want money from social media lawsuits to be used for youth development - whas11.com March 4, 2026
- Dem nominee faces bipartisan calls to quit over racist, misogynistic social media posts - WJLA March 4, 2026
Tag Archives: editing
Tracking Online News
My new favourite website is NewsDiffs.org, which tracks and archives changes made to online news articles over time. Currently it follows nytimes.com, cnn.com, politico.com, washingtonpost.com, and bbc.co.uk; no Canadian publications yet, alas. Click on the image to see how a … Continue reading
Writing and editing for the computer screen
Lawyer and language genius Bryan Garner over at LawProse.org spells out, in typically lucid fashion, how to compose documents when you know they will be read on a computer screen rather than on paper. 1.Summarize. It’s important to learn the … Continue reading
Foreign loanwords in transition: What should they look like?
You might be surprised how often this comes up for professional writers and editors. Bryan Garner, the ace lawyer & editor & language authority, explains: The more arcane or technical a loanword, the more likely it is to retain a … Continue reading
Needing Readers
In my classes, as well as in my career as a “communications guy,” I stress the requirement that all written pieces be read by one or several people prior to submission or publication. My friend, the scholar Jonathan Mayhew, has … Continue reading
Revision : Heterovision
I tell students and clients they shouldn’t take feedback on their work as personal critiques. “You are not the words on the paper on which your reports are printed.” This seems like a straight-forward point, but even seasoned editors tend to forget … Continue reading
“The Canadian Style”
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is the nation’s official publisher and our largest translation organization. It also publishes a wonderful online style guide and a collection of writing and editing tools that will handily assist students and teachers, authors … Continue reading
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Editing
You cannot edit yourself any more than you can tickle yourself, and for the same reasons, Diane Middlebrook once told me. Better writers understand this. *** Here are the 9 C’s I use as an editor of other writers’ work: 1. … Continue reading