The University of Waterloo Writing and Communication Centre is a hub of communication and writing practice, support, and research on campus. Writing a paper? Designing a portfolio? Giving a presentation? From brainstorming to revision, understanding your assignment to presenting your work, we are here to support you in any discipline, at any stage of the communication process.
News
Now accepting applications to Winter 2025 Dissertation Boost Camp!
Set goals, make progress and expand your thesis-writing tool-kit at our Dissertation Boost Camp!
The Write Spot Closed on December 11
The Writing and Communication Centre and The Write Spot will be closed on Wednesday, December 11, 2024.
Last fall term in-person Grad Writing Café on December 4
The final in-person Writing Café for the fall 2024 term will be on December 4, 2024.
Hey Grad Students! We want your input!
The Writing and Communication Centre (WCC) wants to hear from you about your experience and needs as a graduate student!
Now hiring graduate peer tutors!
We’re hiring UWaterloo graduate students to join our dynamic peer tutor team at the Writing and Communication Centre (WCC).
Blog
Talking and Doing Social Justice: Broadening my Horizons at the IWCA Conference
Last month, my fellow Arts First peer tutors and I travelled to Baltimore to host a roundtable discussion at the annual conference for the International Writing Centre Association. Our presentation was on “Embodied Multiversalism in WC Staff: Fear vs Fundamental Duty to Social Justice”. We discussed our experiences navigating the often exclusionary world of academia, and considered how tutors can best support the students who come for writing assistance.
Challenging the Writing Centre at the IWCA Conference
In October, I attended the International Writing Centers Association conference in Baltimore, as a peer tutor working for the University of Waterloo’s Writing and Communication Centre. It was the culmination of many months of work, ending with my fellow tutors and I presenting a roundtable discussion on “Embodied Multiversalism in WC Staff: Fear vs Fundamental Duty to Social Justice.”
Why I love the WCC's Online Workshops
When I first started my undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo, one of the biggest challenges I faced was learning how to bridge the gap between the writing skills that I brought with me from high school and the writing skills that were expected of me in university.