We’re pleased to announce that James Chartrand has been accepted as a Professional Member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada.
The PWAC is a nationwide non-profit organization founded over 20 years ago by a group of freelance writers to improve working conditions and pay rates for writers. The PWAC association plays a leading role in the Canadian writing industry.
PWAC members represent the highest standard of writing in the country. All our members have extensive experience and publishing credits and are cultural entrepreneurs with first-hand, professional knowledge of the publishing and corporate writing markets in Canada and internationally.
The PWAC mandate is to:
- Develop and maintain professional standards in editor-writer and client-writer relationships
- Encourage higher industry standards and fees for all types of freelance writing
- Offset the isolation felt among freelance writers by providing networking opportunities, regular meetings and the chance for writers to share their experiences online and in person
- Assist members in finding new business opportunities
- Provide professional development workshops and materials for members across the country
- Lobby for freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Canada
The PWAC also maintains the Writers.ca website, offering a database of all Professional Members and valuable content for writers such as suggested industry rates and copyright information.
Being a PWAC member is a great honor, and we’re very proud of this milestone achievement.
Impressive! Nice work
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Congratulations James! I’m a big fan of networking, so I know that you’ll get a lot of benefits from this membership.
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James, congratulations! You have worked very hard for this, and it shows.
(Harry, you’ve worked hard too!)
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Thanks everyone! Now, if only I could find something similar in the states, we’ll be set.
Thanks guys
It’s pretty cool.
@ Harry – there’s GOTTA be something like this for designers, no? We’ll set Brett on some research
@ James & Harry – at your service! I’ll see what I can find out…
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Actually as I was just explaining to James on the phone, it isn’t so much a design association I’m looking for, as it is the equivalent of the PWAC here in the states. All I can find is the Writer’s Guild – and I really don’t relish the thought of joining a union.
Well, for design, there’s always AIGA, of which I am a member.
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PS: Any idea why the CommentLuv plugin only seems to find that one post of mine despite having updated since then? It’s happened to me a few times now and it still sees the same post. *shrugs*
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@Josh: I’ll take a look at the AIGA, thanks. Not sure what’s going on with CommentLuv though. On your first comment it’s showing something different.
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Strange. It’s been stuck on that linklist post for a while. But I’m happy that it’s finally changed.
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I’d like to find something like that in the states too; it sounds fantastic! Congrats James
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Just for fun, even though Joshua pointed out AIGA, I did a quick search and AIGA was the first hit I found that looked suitable (thanks Joshua!)
Hmm – CommentLuv, maybe it’s a side effect of my subversive spam campaign…
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Cool! Congrats, James!