Canada’s meeting place for freelance writers and creators

Established 2010

This is the Canadian Freelance Guild's biggest event ever with six panelists and a moderator with a broad range of freelance skills, expertise, and experience: writers, authors, teachers, journalists, marketers, a magazine editor, a publisher, and an audio-video producer.

They're gathering for a weekend workshop to show you what's in the Freelancer Starter Kit: the basics you need to get a freelance career underway and keep it going.

Freelance Starter Kit

Whether you're thinking about a slow rollout or jumping in with both feet, someone here has been there, done that, and has either the T-shirt or the scars to prove it.

Our Presenters

  • Mark Kearney, Author and Academic
  • Jaclyn Law, Writer and Editor
  • Caroline Topperman, Writer and Publisher
  • Julie Barlow, Author and Journalist
  • Robyn Roste, Author and Marketer
  • Mihika Agarwal, Freelance Journalist

CFG Experts Workshop - The Freelancer Starter Kit

  • Online: Saturday, November 30, 2024
  • 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time
  • Free for CFG members; $5 for CMG, PMWG, TNG-CWA, CWA Canada Associates, and CBC Pensioners Association Members, $10 for FBCW, PMWG, SATW Canada, SCWES, TMAC, WFNB, WFNS, CFWF, CCFC members, and $20 for members of the general public
You can register for this webinar right here.

Learn more about the cost and benefits of membership in the CFG on this webpage.

The link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you via email about half an hour before the start time.

Please check your spam or junk folders if you can't find the email, and contact organizer@canadianfreelanceguild.ca if you haven't received the link 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. This webinar will be recorded and posted to the CFG Video-On-Demand site. Once posted, all paid registrants will receive a link and instructions on how to view.

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