This course will introduce students to key interventions in Composition theory and support students in exploring the implications of those interventions for the teaching of writing. We will place at the centre of our study contributions by scholars from and representing historically marginalized and excluded subject positions, many of whom we will be able to speak with as we engage with their work. Students will have the opportunity over the course of the term to trace genealogically the historical imaginaries and epistemologies that have shaped theory and practice in the field, as well...

In this course we will study essays, speeches, and articles written by Black, Indigenous, and other writers of colour as well as a few white anti-racist writers about race and racism in both Canada and the U.S. We will examine the array of rhetorical moves made in such writing and how writers shift and adapt rhetorically to speak to particular historical moments in the long duree of racism in both nations. You will have the opportunity to draft, workshop, revise, and finalize a significant writing project as an integral part of this course. However, we will not be composing in...

 English 109 is designed to get you comfortable writing in an academic context. You will learn about differences between forms of academic writing as well as more widely shared ideas about what makes writing good across disciplines. Together, we will study the choices great writers make as they write and the processes they engage in order to create their best work. We will study a variety of texts to learn more about how they were written and how to improve the writing each of you produces.