This webinar is held in collaboration with The Festival of Literary Diversity.
This is an hour-long conscious language and ethical editing presentation focused on how editors can recognize the colonial perspective and intervene in instances where colonial language is being used to misrepresent information.
Presenter
Amber Riaz works at Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank, as an Editorial Assistant, where she supports the publishing team in preparing reports for publication and performing other administrative duties as needed. In addition, Amber edits academic books, journal articles and dissertations/theses mostly in the humanities and social sciences through her own freelance editing business, A4 Editing. Amber is a member of Editors Canada. She is passionate about matters of inclusion and diversity as they apply to the publishing industry and works hard to keep up with discussions about conscious language and its use in manuscripts. In her spare time, she loves to read fiction, knit, hike and experiment with fusion cooking.