Jackson Weaver writes: “In 1991, Katherine Barber became the founding editor of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the country’s first authoritative and comprehensive reference work for Canadian English. But despite her work—Barber died in April 2021—it has been nearly two decades since the most recent edition was released. The Canadian Oxford research staff was laid off in 2008, and responsibility for identifying our country’s words was placed largely in the hands of researchers in the US and UK. Without an up-to-date dictionary to rely on, writers and editors are left to flounder over how the language should be written. At the same time, the representation of Canada on the world stage suffers and our understanding of what makes the language unique becomes increasingly obscure.”