Vol. 6 No. 6
Brian Hotson, Editor, CWCR/RCCR
This is the final post from me as editor of Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, as I am retiring from the position that I said I would last year. As I am no longer working in writing centres, I feel that I’m no longer qualified to continue in this position.
I see CWCR/RCCR as a project, which has been rewarding personally, but more importantly, the project has been a venue for those in the field of writing centres in Canada to speak and listen. While no one has agreed to take on the editorship of CWCR/RCCR, if this is the end, I feel that the project is successfully completed — 80+ posts over 6 years, which we collectively as a community should be proud.
When I stepped down as editor of WLN’s Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders in 2019, I didn’t intend on joining the editorial team of CWCR/RCCR. Liv Marken and Stevie Bell encouraged me to jump aboard, and I’m glad that I did—thank you to you both. Thank you to all those who took time to write for CWCR/RCCR: I truly enjoyed working with you. Thank you also to the CWCA/ACCR board for supporting the blog.
I became the writer I am today, such as it is, because of my work with student writers. I am grateful to all of these people. I have worked in writing — in television, publishing, media — since the 1990s, and my writing centre experience is my most rewarding because of the opportunity to work with student writers.
For my friends and colleagues in the writing centre community, I encourage you to write, submit, and publish. Speak truth to power, be direct and honest, and fail and restart.