CWCR/RCCR

Vol. 4., No. 1 (Spring 2023) Brian Hotson, Editor, CWCR/RCCR A couple months ago, I asked OpenAI‘s ChatGPT to write blog post on writing centres and academic integrity. This week, I asked the new version of ChatGPT to write this piece again. For the old version of GPT, I used this prompt: Write a five-paragraph blog post about the state of writing centres in Canada, with citations and references. The first paragraph is an overview of Canadian writing centres for 2022. The second paragraph is an overview academic integrity issues in Canada in 2022. The third paragraph is an overview … Continue reading Writing centres and ChatGPT: And then all at once

By Clare Bermingham, President, CWCA/ACCR Elections are coming up at the CWCA/ACCR AGM in May, and we have several board positions that will be open. Writing centre people are the best people! And CWCA/ACCR is composed of an awesome group of folks who are invested and passionate about supporting and advancing writing centre work. Have you considered a position on our board? I know what you’re thinking… You’re worried you haven’t been working in writing centres for very long. Many board members began volunteering with CWCA/ACCR when we were relatively new to writing centre work. It’s a great way to … Continue reading CWCA/ACCR Elections: Consider a role on our board

Approved by CWCA/ACCR Board of Directors: December, 2022. Access an accessible PDF of the Statement on corporate, automated, online tutoring tools. Preamble In recent years, members of the Canadian Writing Centres Association / Association canadienne des centres de rédaction (CWCA/ACCR) have noted an increase in the activity of producers of corporate, automated, online tutoring tools (CAOTTs) attempting to position themselves within higher education institutions in Canada. Many of these companies articulate such outcomes as improved writing skills, student retention, and student experience. The CWCA/ACCR shares and supports these goals, but we find that they can be far better achieved by … Continue reading CWCA/ACCR Statement on corporate, automated, online tutoring tools

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)