PhD thesis defence: Sarah Whyte, "The Rhetorical Life of Surgical Checklists: A Burkean Analysis with Implications for Knowledge Translation"


The UWaterloo English annual awards ceremony will be live-streamed on Friday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m. Celebrate our students' achievements with us!
View the live stream on the English Department YouTube Channel.
Speaker: Neha Ravella
In Visitor: My Life in Canada, Anthony Stewart explores the lack of a recognizable Black anti-racist discourse in Canada and why Canada's lack of expression and commitment to Black anti-racism led to him to give up his full professorship at Dalhousie University to move to a small college in the USA. Join Anthony in conversation with Vershawn Young, Professor of Communication Arts and English, University of Waterloo, and author of Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity.
Speaker: Alex Fleck
Respondent: Toben Racicot

Join us for this term’s Careers for English Majors event, virtual edition!
Hear English alumni working in a variety of sectors talk about their jobs and offer career planning advice. Learn about exciting opportunities for English grads in marketing and communications, technical writing, administration, higher education, and more.
Speaker: Aleksander Franiczek
Respondent: Alex Fleck
Come to a reading and Q&A to celebrate the release of renowned Canadian-Caribbean poet Pamela Mordecai's collected poems, A Fierce Green Place, published by New Directions in 2022!
Come celebrate the achievements of Department of English students at the 2023 English Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Friday, March 31, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Hagey Hall 373 and online.
Join UW English professor Jennifer Harris and Jessica Vitalis as they discuss their paths to publication in the children’s book market and offer advice for new writers.