Events

Ready to rock your thesis? Join our workshop series for expert talks, hands-on activities, and guidance from support staff. Register today at https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/rock-your-thesis

Join us March 3 to 7 for Procrastination Awareness Week! Procrastination Awareness Week (PAW) is an LSAC-funded cross-institutional collaboration that invites post-secondary students to learn more about procrastination, develop effective habits, connect with one another, and make progress on their end-of-term to do lists.

The WCC is back with another round of pop-up tutoring! 

Make every word count. Learn how to revise for clarity and unity, and turn your drafts into elegant, succinct prose by condensing your sentences without sacrificing their sense.

Instructor: Amy Greene

Date:

• Thursday, June 25 at 11am-1pm

Register for the workshops through WCOnline.

Writing an essay exam requires a special method of preparation. This workshop covers a range of strategies and components to help you: including how to manage your time, how to organize your ideas, and what is required in an essay exam. Join us for fun and practice.

Instructor: Amy Greene

Date:

• Thursday, July 9 at 1-3pm

Register for the workshops through WCOnline.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to come to the Writing Centre Open House on Wednesday, September 16 from 1-4 p.m. The Writing Centre will showcase its activities to support writing and communication, which include:

Hosted by the Writing Centre and past award holders, this workshop discusses how to plan and write the “Lay Abstract,” “Training Expectations,” and “Research Project Summary,” all critical components of your CIHR application. Understand the key components of a research proposal, and learn how to communicate your research plan with confidence and clarity.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Are you a TA or hoping to become one? This 2.5 hour intensive workshop will give you practical guidelines for responding to student writing and improving grading.  Topics include providing feedback for different purposes, using rubrics, ensuring consistency, using marking time efficiently, and identifying common student errors. Join us for this hands-on workshop with lots of time for practice.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Are you a TA or hoping to become one? This 2.5 hour intensive workshop will give you practical guidelines for responding to student writing and improving grading.  Topics include providing feedback for different purposes, using rubrics, ensuring consistency, using marking time efficiently, and identifying common student errors. Join us for this hands-on workshop with lots of time for practice.

Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.

Keeping your research material organized is essential to efficient scholarship. This collaborative effort between the Library and Writing Centre will teach you how to use RefWorks, a web-based citation and bibliography tool, for your literature review.  Get started on your research and keep it organized.

Register for this workshop.