Trauma-Informed Editing

with Iva Cheung

When:  Wednesday, April 20, 7:30 to 8:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost:    Editors Canada members, free; non-members, $10; student non-members, $5

Trauma-informed practice began in mental health care as a way to acknowledge the role that trauma can play in a person’s decisions, reactions, and life course. The goal of trauma-informed practice is to create a safe environment that (a) avoids re-traumatizing people and (b) removes barriers that people who’ve experienced trauma might encounter.

In this session, you’ll learn how editors can apply the principles of trauma-informed practice in their work—both when crafting communications for audiences who may have experienced trauma and when working with authors who may have trauma in their background.

Iva Cheung is a Certified Professional Editor, indexer, publishing consultant, and health communication researcher. She teaches Plain Language in Health Literacy for Simon Fraser University’s Plain Language Certificate and has worked with historically silenced populations to create accessible health information. She has won Editors Canada’s Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence, President’s Award for Volunteer Service, and Karen Virag Award for promoting the editing profession. Check out her monthly editing cartoons at ivacheung.com/blog.