Current undergraduate students

All throughout high school, you have learned countless techniques, rules and tricks for academic writing. In high school, there is predictability, reliability, and structure, which often carries over into the writing process. One of the biggest worries for students entering their first year of university is the transition from high school to university writing. Whether it’s assignments, papers, presentations, reports and the like, writing seems to change in university – or at least the expectations do.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 2, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 23, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 30, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, November 6, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 20, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 27, 2018 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Conversation Cafés

No registration required. Just drop in to SCH 228F on Tuesdays from 5:15pm to 6:15pm to informally discuss about a range of topics, including ones you suggest, or get some help composing your comments on the LEARN discussion boards. We’ll have coffee and tea available, so remember to bring a mug.

Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Design and deliver I: Presentation Essentials

Preparing and delivering dynamic presentations takes practice. Explore how to organize your information, create powerful visual aids, and connect to your audience. Join us for fun and practice that will help take the fear out of presenting.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Thursday, June 21, 2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Design and deliver II: Creating assertion-evidence presentations

The assertion-evidence model is frequently used for academic presentations. In this workshop, we review slide design as well as presentation organization and delivery. Bring a laptop or mobile device so that you can practice applying this useful model to your own work.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

The Writing Centre and the Book Store invite you to attend a book launch and reception for Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication, edited by Dr. Frankie Condon (English Language and Literature) and Dr. Vershawn Young (Drama and Speech Communication).

Please join us for a discussion and refreshments.

Monday, November 5, 2018 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Research statements for academic job applications

Postings for tenure-track academic positions often require a “research statement” or “statement of research interests” in addition to a CV, cover letter, and teaching dossier. In this interactive workshop you’ll learn and apply strategies for developing a compelling, cohesive research statement that is also realistic and written in an accessible style.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Professional communication in science

Are you looking to volunteer in a research lab? Do you need to ask your professor for a reference letter? Are you looking to apply for graduate school and need to contact potential supervisors?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, this workshop is for you. You will learn how to communicate professionally in all of these academic contexts. Bring an email or letter that you have already written as you will get a chance to revise it and get peer feedback. Upper-year Science students will also be available to share their own experiences and answer your questions.

Thursday, November 17, 2016 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Writing Centre at 40 Speaker Series - Featuring Terry Fallis

TERRY FALLIS | Award-winning author | Engineer | Communications leader

Talk Title: “Writing in the Digital Age” on Thursday, November 17 at 4:30 p.m. Get your free tickets through Ticket Fire.

Following up from last week’s blog that dealt with procrastination and getting started, it seems intuitive to consider one of the (potentially) underrated parts of the writing process: finding your ideal writing space. Sometimes, I find that people identify their favourite writing space with a binary. They either like total silence and undisturbed time, or they need some kind of background noise and a bit of chaos to get motivated. However, this self-identified requirement for a writing space can get us into tricky situations. How so?