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Vol. 4 No. 2 (Fall 2022) By Vidya Natarajan and Megumi Taguchi Vidya Natarajan is a first-gen immigrant whose mother tongue is Tamil, and a settler on the lands of the Anishnaabek, Haudenosawnee, Lunaapewak and Chononton Peoples (now called London, Ontario). She teaches writing and coordinates the Writing program at King’s University College. Megumi Taguchi lives and works on the unceded, traditional lands of the Qayqayt Peoples, in a city commonly known as New Westminster, in British Columbia. A fourth generation racialized settler, she believes that because her family on her father’s side settled in the Okanagan region, home of … Continue reading There’s a BIPOC Caucus in the CWCA/ACCR

CWCR/RCCR recently published a post, Friends don’t let friends Studiosity (without reading the fine print) (Vol. 4 No. 1 (Fall 2022)). Professor Judyth Sachs, Academic Advisory Board Member & Chief Academic Officer at Studiosity, contacted the editor with a reply. Here is the content of that reply in the original. Professor Judyth Sachs Chief Academic Officer, Studiosity Response to Holston and Bell (2022) Students lie at the heart of university life and supporting their success is something we can all agree on. This support can take many forms. What form this takes is often contested, provides the basis for rigorous … Continue reading Response from Studiosity to Friends don’t let friends Studiosity (without reading the fine print)

Vol. 4 No. 1 (Fall 2022) Brian Hotson, CWCR/RCCR Editor Stevie Bell, CWCR/RCCR Associate Editor Like many teachers on a late-August vacation, education companies can see September on the horizon. The difference is that these companies aren’t relaxing. They’re sending e-mails and booking video conferences with offers of freshly printed textbooks, handy workbooks, new online tools, and easy-to-use mobile apps that promise to make student life easier and save universities and colleges money. The business of education is very large, with total global spending estimated at $4.7 trillion (USD) (UNESCO). By comparison, the total GDP of all African nations in … Continue reading Friends don’t let friends Studiosity (without reading the fine print)

No. 3 Vol. 2 (Summer 2022) This post is from the 2022 CWCA/ACCR annual conference virtual poster session. – Stevie Bell and Brian Hotson, 2022 CWCA/ACCR conference co-chairs By Xiangying Huo & Elaine Khoo, University of Toronto Scarborough The poster presents an innovative approach to support English Language Learners using a learner-driven and instructor-facilitated approach. Through this one-on-one support by a writing instructor, students develop their linguistic and knowledge capital required for writing in their respective courses. This risk-free approach that embraces relationality, respect and reciprocity to support students in their respective zone of proximal development can be enhanced by … Continue reading Reading and Writing Excellence Program: A Safe and Brave Space to Address Inequities

Vol. 3, No. 1 (Summer 2022) By Mohsen Hosseinpour Moghaddam, Graduate Writing Facilitator, Simon Fraser University Mohsen is a PhD student in Education at Simon Fraser University. He moved to Canada from Iran in 2012. He started learning English at the age of twenty. Before that, he only knew a few words and grammar rules. He is currently working as an Graduate Writing Facilitator on the undergraduate team at the Student Learning Commons (SLC) and WriteAway. At SLC, in addition to offering individual writing consultations, he delivers general and course-integrated writing workshops across disciplines on topics ranging from argumentation to … Continue reading Tutor’s experience: A session reflection on identity occlusion in virtual and in-person spaces