Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction
Chronicling narratives of writing mentorship in Canada and facilitating scholarly exchange
- Infographic | Writing (and students) throughout history: A timeline of complaints about students and their ills
Brian Hotson, Co-Editor, CWCR/RCCR Vol. 2, No. 3 (Fall 2020) Click to access the infographic. Robert Zaretsky’s piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Our students can’t write. We have ourselves to blame, still rubs me the wrong way, and it was published in 2019. Not only does he belittle his students who are learning to write, but he also quotes from one of their papers, outing the student and their work as “a tad less coherent than others.” It may be safe to assume he’s quoting the student without consent and breaking confidentiality rules (as they are in most … Continue reading Infographic | Writing (and students) throughout history: A timeline of complaints about students and their ills - Writing: It’s an outdoor vibe
Lauren Mckenzie, Language Specialist Saint Mary’s University Writing Centre and Academic Communication Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 2020) Lauren Mckenzie lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and works at the Writing Centre and Academic Communications at Saint Mary’s University. Lauren is currently completing her MA TESOL and research interests include critical and social justice pedagogy, rebellious thinking, fascination and distraction. Writing can be a challenging process that takes time, thought, revision, and mental focus. Students are challenged more than ever to find or recreate writing spaces as traditional venues such as the library or student lounges have limited or no availability. … Continue reading Writing: It’s an outdoor vibe - Writing centres in context: The quick and dirty
Stephanie Bell, Co-Editor, CWCR/RCCR Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 2020) As this new academic year begins, I find myself putting writing centre praxis into historical context for the team of graduate writing instructors joining us at York. Writing Centre studies is a field of practice with a contentious history and a rich body of research. Because the pedagogical approaches we choose to put into practice are shaped by these discourses, it is useful for all writing centre tutors to know this context. So, in the spirit of orientation at the outset of this new year, I am providing here a … Continue reading Writing centres in context: The quick and dirty - “I knew right away I found my niche”: Celebrating the work of Linda McCloud-Bondoc
Interviewed by Brian Hotson, Co-editor, CWCR/RCCR Vol. 1, No. 11 (Summer 2020) Linda Bondoc-McCLoud retired from the University of Athabasca writing centre, Write Site, at the end of June 2020. This interview highlights just some of her work and contributions as a way to celebrate her contributions to the field of writing centres and to students and faculty. Linda Bondoc-McCLoud, Coordinator, Write Site, University of Athabasca I started writing centre work as a tutor at the University of Calgary in 1993 when I was still doing my undergrad in communications and continued when I was doing my graduate work in … Continue reading “I knew right away I found my niche”: Celebrating the work of Linda McCloud-Bondoc - Four Feathers Writing Guide: Traditional Coast Salish teachings and approaches to learning to support Indigenous students develop as academic writers
By Theresa Bell, Manager, Blended Learning Success, Royal Roads University Vol. 1, No. 10 (Spring 2020) In recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day, I am very pleased to share the Four Feathers Writing Guide with the CWCA/ACCR community. The Four Feathers Writing Guide respectfully presents Coast Salish Traditional Knowledge to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students’ development as academic writers. The guide was a collaboration between Elder Shirley THE-LA-ME-YÉ Alphonse, who is from Hul’q’umi’num People of Cowichan Nation and who is a spiritual leader of T’Sou-ke Nation on Vancouver Island; the late Elder D. Nadine TEȺȽIE Charles, who was … Continue reading Four Feathers Writing Guide: Traditional Coast Salish teachings and approaches to learning to support Indigenous students develop as academic writers
