Become a member

We invite Indigenous people who work with stories to join our community and become a member of the Indigenous Editors Association! Benefits include access to our Jobs Newsletter and the right to vote in Association business, as well as the ability to take part in our webinars and Members’ Directory. Our review process takes two to four weeks to complete.

Basic Eligibility Requirements

We require all new members to read and agree to uphold and support the IEA's Guiding Principles and Mission, Vision and Values .

To be eligible for admission to any class of membership, applicants must:

Meet the eligibility requirements of their chosen class of membership (see below);
Provide information about your Indigenous community connection(s), as required by your membership category;
Provide information about the location of residence (for individuals) or location of head office (for organizations) in either Canada or the United States, as required by your membership category;
Provide a bio and details about the services you offer;
Agree to uphold the IEA's Guiding Principles;
Support and have an interest in furthering the IEA’s Mission, Vision, and Values; and
Pay the applicable annual membership fee.

Membership classes

There are currently three classes of membership in the IEA for individuals, and we are working on adding membership classes for organizations in the coming months. Eligibility requirements, fees, and voting rights vary according to the class of membership.

The IEA supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights to self-determination, and recognizes that colonial practices and ideologies have displaced communities and individuals and fractured connections and identities. In the spirit of community protocols, and in keeping with our values, we ask applicants to Indigenous classes of membership to introduce themselves and describe their community connection(s).

Indigenous Individuals in Canada

Indigenous people who work with stories and reside in Canada are encouraged to apply to this class, whether you are emerging or established in your career. Applicants may include, for example, Indigenous editors and publishing professionals; Indigenous writers, poets, and storytellers; Indigenous language experts and knowledge keepers; and Indigenous students enrolled in post-secondary programs in Canada related to literature, publishing, or Indigenous studies.

Eligibility Requirements:

Description of Indigenous identity
Canadian residence

Voting Rights: Yes

Annual Fee: CAD $10 + GST

Indigenous Individuals in the United States

Indigenous people who work with stories and reside in the United States are encouraged to apply to this class, whether you are emerging or established in your career. Applicants may include, for example, Indigenous editors and publishing professionals; Indigenous writers, poets, and storytellers; Indigenous language experts and knowledge keepers; and Indigenous students enrolled in post-secondary programs in the United States related to literature, publishing, or Indigenous studies.

Eligibility Requirements:

Declaration of Indigenous identity
United States residence

Voting Rights: No

Annual Fee: CAD $10 + GST

Non-Indigenous Individuals in North America

Non-Indigenous people residing in Canada or the United States who want to connect with and learn from Indigenous people who work with stories, and work with us to ensure publishing projects involving Indigenous stories are led by Indigenous people, are encouraged to apply to this class.

Eligibility Requirements:

Canadian or United States residence

Voting Rights: No

Annual Fee: CAD $25 + GST

Benefits of membership

Members of the Indigenous Individuals in Canada class, and representatives of the Indigenous Organizations in Canada class, are entitled to vote on IEA business.

Some IEA programs and services are reserved for Indigenous members only, such as professional development events designed for Indigenous members, or subscriptions to our Jobs Newsletter in which we share postings specifically for Indigenous publishing professionals.

Notwithstanding such reserved services, all IEA members receive the following benefits:

Invitations to attend general meetings;
Invitations to participate in IEA committees;
Access to all-member programming and services;
Access to all-member educational, professional development, and networking opportunities offered by the IEA;
Priority registration for IEA events when provided;
Subscription to our all-members newsletter;
Ability to post listings in our Jobs Newsletter for free; and
Access to occasional promotions, such as discounts as offered by our partners.

Members will always be the first to know of exciting new IEA programming, such as our forthcoming Member Directory.

Application FORM

Please fill out our online application located below.

Contact us to request a manual application form.

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Indigenous Individuals in Canada - $10.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year No automatically recurring payments Indigenous people who work with stories and reside in Canada are encouraged to apply to this class, whether you are emerging or established in your career. Applicants may include, for example, Indigenous editors and publishing professionals; Indigenous writers, poets, and storytellers; Indigenous language experts and knowledge keepers; and Indigenous students enrolled in post-secondary programs in Canada related to literature, publishing, or Indigenous studies.

Eligibility Requirements:
● Declaration of Indigenous identity
● Canadian residence

Indigenous Individuals in the United States - $10.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year No automatically recurring payments Indigenous people who work with stories and reside in the United States are encouraged to apply to this class, whether you are emerging or established in your career. Applicants may include, for example, Indigenous editors and publishing professionals; Indigenous writers, poets, and storytellers; Indigenous language experts and knowledge keepers; and Indigenous students enrolled in post-secondary programs in the United States related to literature, publishing, or Indigenous studies.

Eligibility Requirements:
● Declaration of Indigenous identity
● United States residence

Non-Indigenous Individuals in North America - $25.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year No automatically recurring payments Non-Indigenous people residing in Canada or the United States who want to connect with and learn from Indigenous people who work with stories, and work with us to ensure publishing projects involving Indigenous stories are led by Indigenous people, are encouraged to apply to this class.

Eligibility Requirements:
● Canadian or United States residence

About the Association

The Indigenous Editors Association is a membership organization that was formed by Indigenous editors and publishing professionals in lands claimed by Canada as a mutual support network. We are here to carry out the vision of our early organizers and to create professional development and networking opportunities.

Contact Information

Indigenous Editors Association

3573 - 515 Hastings St W

Vancouver, BC, V6B 5K3

Our mailing address is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Stz’uminus, and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam) Peoples.