The Canadian Writer's Handbook, Essential Edition is a streamlined version of the successful Concise Canadian Writer's Handbook. The Essential Edition uses the accessible, well-organized, and classroom-tested structure of the full volume, and continues to feature descriptions and examples of the entire writing process, from basic grammar, sentence construction, and pre-writing, to composing, proofreading, and editing. The discussion on achieving academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism is up to date, as are the examples in the section on documentation.