Writing and Communication Centre

Why we need diverse holiday-themed fiction for adults

Sana Khaliq — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000

It’s December! You know what that means right? The holiday season is right around the corner. From Hanukah to Kwanzaa December is a time for family get-togethers and lots of food. So in the spirit of the holiday season, I decided to look up holiday-themed books (and by holiday-themed, I mean books that have a certain holiday as a key part of the plot) and was very disappointed with what I found. Holiday-themed books appear to be synonymous with Christmas books.

Tags: books, culture, diversity, reading

Studying Sign Language Responsibly

Kate Stericker — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

During the Ebola crisis of 2014, an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter appeared at a televised press conference hosted by Mayor of New York Bill deBlasio

Tags: communication, culture, identity, learning, language, linguistics, resources

Books with compelling female protagonists to explore for International Women's Day

Kate Stericker — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000

International Women’s Day will be celebrated this week on Thursday, March 8th.

Tags: books, fiction, culture, identity, reading, recommendations

An experiment with Google Ngram Viewer or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Ryan Patrick Welch — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000

At the Writing Centre, we’re always looking out for new teaching strategies and tools. So when one of my colleagues mentioned Google Ngram Viewer (I was shamelessly trolling for blog posts ideas, to be honest), I was intrigued. What is it? What does it do? And more importantly, how does Google keep creating these things?

Tags: culture, language, linguistics, English, resources, writing tools, websites

Valuing Fanfiction...?

Jameson Ngo — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000

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So fanfiction is a thing that exists.

Tags: creative writing, culture, Doodles, fanfiction, fiction, genre, literature, reading, writing