Erica Eades, Copy Editor/Arts Editor

Born in the small town of Almonte, Ont., Erica developed an appreciation for the arts at a young age. Her childhood was filled with drama classes, piano lessons and art camp, and during her free time, you could find her curled up reading in a comfy chair, or working on her next great literary masterpiece (the first being “The Baby Dragons,” a short story written at age six about the joys of friendship and Polly Pockets). Erica later settled in Halifax to begin her degree at Dalhousie University. Initially studying international development, her childhood love of reading and the arts motivated her to switch degrees and pursue a major in English with a minor in journalism studies. She began writing for the Dalhousie Gazette in 2009 and moved up to Assistant arts editor in 2010. Now she’ll be taking on a more substantial role at the paper as both arts editor and copy editor. Erica has big shoes to fill this year, but she brings with her a solid grasp of the English language, and a desire to further the paper, whether that’s through increasing readership, offering top-notch arts reporting, or providing exceptionally clean copy. If you’d like to get in touch with Erica, stop by a contributors meeting on Monday night in room 312 of the SUB. There’ll be pitches, pizza, and a lot of pretty cool people.