What Events and Webinars Does Editors Canada Offer?

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Editors Canada runs a national events calendar that covers local group meetups, professional development webinars, and news-driven sessions such as its 2026 Professional Certification exams. You can browse the calendar from the main site, and webinars are hosted on a separate subdomain (webinars.editors.ca) where you register for individual sessions. Pricing is not uniform: at least one listed webinar shows a member price of $60 and a non-member price of $100, so joining the association can reduce your cost per event.

Where to find events

The association's homepage surfaces events in two ways:

  • Events section — points to a national calendar covering "professional development opportunities and social events" across the association.
  • Local groups — the same section asks "What is your local group up to?", indicating that regional groups run their own activities alongside national programming.

The homepage also carries a News feed and a From The Blog section, which is where time-sensitive items appear. For example, the September 2026 news list includes a "Last chance to register" notice for a session titled "Cross-Border Copyright, Web Scraping, and the AI Frontier for Canadian Publishers," dated September 24, 2026. That pattern matters: registration deadlines are announced through news and blog posts, not only through the calendar.

What the webinars cover

Webinars are registered through webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_webinar/. The topics shown in the source material are practical and profession-facing rather than general-interest. One example is a session with Paula John on October 6, aimed at editors who choose not to work on AI-written texts. According to the description, it covers:

  • how to draft an AI policy that aligns with your personal values
  • how to find and attract clients who share those values

The session is tagged with #Editing, #EditingAdvice, #AI, and #ProfessionalDevelopment. This is a useful signal for what to expect from the webinar program overall: sessions tied to current working conditions, ethics, and business practice, not just craft fundamentals.

Cost: member vs. non-member

The one webinar with published pricing shows a clear split:

Audience Price
Member $60
Non-member $100

That is a $40 difference on a single session. If you plan to attend more than one or two webinars a year, the membership question is worth running against the total event cost — but note that the source material only gives pricing for this one session, so don't assume every event follows the same numbers.

How to find and register

  1. Start at the national calendar linked from the Events section of editors.ca to see what's scheduled across the association.
  2. Check the News and Blog sections for registration deadlines and last-chance notices, since some sessions are promoted there rather than in the calendar.
  3. Go to webinars.editors.ca for webinar-specific listings and registration. Individual sessions have their own pages, such as the October 6 AI-policy webinar.
  4. Confirm the price for your category — member or non-member — before registering, since the two rates differ.

Common snags

  • Deadlines are easy to miss. The "last chance to register" framing on the copyright/AI session suggests registration closes ahead of the event date, so check the news feed rather than relying on the calendar alone.
  • Local vs. national programming is separate. The homepage distinguishes local group activity from national events, so if you're looking for in-person networking, the national calendar may not be the whole picture.
  • Pricing isn't shown everywhere. Only some events publish their rates in the material available; for others you'll need to open the registration page.

If your goal is professional development with a Canadian editing focus, the webinar program is the most concrete entry point, and the member rate is the main lever on cost.