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Vol. 8 No. 2 (Summer 2026) Dr. Sara Humphreys is an associate teaching professor at the University of Victoria. Her primary area of interest lies within the fields of Rhetorical Genre Studies, Media and Game Studies, Composition, Rhetoric, and  Canadian Writing Studies, particularly in terms of how genres can function to accommodate, affect, oppress, and even liberate different audiences and negotiate multiple traditions of communication in varied social contexts. At the undergraduate and graduate levels, she teaches with the aim to open doors for students who might otherwise face barriers to reaching their academic goals. She encourages students to see … Continue reading Working in the Thunderdome: Coalitions and Community as Resistance

Access a PDF version of this Position Description. Job Title: Assistant Conference Chair Location: Remote Position Type: Part-time, Contract Term: October 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 Compensation: $3,000 About Us: The Canadian Writing Centre Association/association canadienne des centres de rédaction (CWCA/ACCR) is dedicated to supporting writing centres across Canada through professional development, networking, and advocacy. As the Vice President of the CWCA/ACCR, we are seeking a motivated and organized individual to join the CWCA/ACCR board as the Assistant Conference Chair. The position runs from October 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. This role is crucial in ensuring the success of our annual conference, which … Continue reading Paid Opportunity – Assistant Conference Chair for 2027

Vol. 8 No. 1 (Summer, 2026) CWCA/ACCR Excellence in Leadership and Service Profile The CWCA/ACCR Excellence in Leadership and Service Profile is a new CWCA/ACCR Board initiative that recognizes an individual or group who has made outstanding contributions to Canadian writing centre work. These are exceptional people who raise the bar and make all of us better. Profiles are published in the CWCR/RCCR blog and highlighted at the CWCA/ACCR AGM. For more information on the Excellence in Leadership and Service Profile, please contact cwcaaccr@gmail.com Written by Christin Wright-Taylor and Sarah King on behalf of the CWCA/ACCR Board. When Clare Bermingham … Continue reading Clare Bermingham: Visionary Leadership and a Culture of Care

Vol. 7 No. 2 (Spring, 2026) For this post, a member of the CWCR/RCCR Editorial Collective, Julia Lane, interviewed Gillian Saunders and Natalie Boldt. Gillian Saunders teaches in the Academic and Technical Writing Program and the Faculty of Education at UVic and works as an Advisor at the Academic Skills Centre (formerly the Centre for Academic Communication/Writing Centre. Gillian is also completing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at UVic, with a focus on undergraduate students’ academic discourse socialization experiences, in particular, their use of different forms of academic writing support. Natalie Boldt (she/her) is a former Academic Skills Advisor … Continue reading Avoid, Adopt, Adapt: An Interview with the Authors

Vol. 7 No. 1 Elisabeth van Stam is a Writing Advisor on the Graduate and Postdoctoral team and STEM Resource at the University of Waterloo’s Writing and Communication Centre (WCC). Trained as a professional biologist, she brings extensive experience conducting and communicating scientific research to her work supporting writers and colleagues at the WCC. Her pedagogical approach is student‑centered and genre‑aware, drawing on firsthand STEM writing experience to foreground global structure and meaning‑making while positioning students as experts in their disciplinary knowledge and communication goals. Although STEM students frequently engage in diverse writing and communication tasks throughout their degree, feedback … Continue reading Decoding the Lab Report: Building STEM Genre Awareness