If you are involved or interested in academic editing, the Academic Editing (AE) Affinity Group will allow you to build your professional network, share information, and discuss relevant topics. Our regular programming includes virtual informational meetings and group meetings like the EFA / Editors Canada Book Club and monthly Coffee Chats.

This affinity group is a collaboration between the EFA and Editors Canada, which was formed in early summer 2022. After conducting focus groups in 2021, the EFA formed an academic editing working group that reached out to colleagues in Editors Canada to propose creating a partnership. The virtual launch event in September 2022 was attended by nearly 250 people from around the globe, and the chapter was born! We currently have around 900 members in the chapter.

Our efforts are run by volunteers who are members of EFA and/or Editors Canada, and both organizations market the chapter events and provide support. Presently, the EFA hosts our website and email. We invite anyone who performs academic editing in any capacity to participate in the activities and events free of charge. Editors of any experience level are welcome and you do not have to be a member to participate.

The Academic Editing Affinity Group is organized into working groups with a leadership team overseeing all efforts. The Organizational Chart is a living and changing document that shows the solid team of dedicated volunteers who are building and running chapter activities and events.

Learn more about the group in the pages and directory dropdowns at the top of this page.

Get Involved

Starting October 19, 2025, we’ll be sending communications through Your Membership, the EFA’s membership platform. 

So that you can receive our monthly newsletters, news, and updates, please sign up for EFA membership (as a paid member or with a free guest account) and join the “Academic Editing” affinity group. As our newsletter will be shared as a blog, please also make sure you subscribe to our newsletter blog once it is set up. If you have trouble joining the group or subscribing to the newsletter, please contact us at academic.editing.chapter@gmail.com.

Not an EFA member? Sign up here for a guest account to access events, webinars, and more.  To read past newsletter issues, visit here. 

Join the Discord channel! Our chapter’s section of the EFA’s Discord server is open to all Academic Editing Chapter participants; you do not need to be a member of the EFA. (EFA members do have access to other EFA-specific channels on the server.) Before joining, all participants must agree to the EFA Discord Server Code of Conduct and the EFA Anti-Harassment Policy. To join, please email Oliver Ray, EFA Events and Programs Coordinator, at oliver.ray@the-efa.org. You will be sent a link that will expire 24 hours after creation.

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