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.
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Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Literature Review: A Workshop for Graduate Students
The literature review can be a challenging and time-consuming component of a research project. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process.
Request WCC Workshops for your spring courses
Reach out to us now to start booking live workshops from the WCC for your spring term courses (or training for your research groups)!
Now hiring Graduate Fellows!
The Writing and Communication Centre is now hiring for two Writing and Communication Graduate Fellows (Strategic Projects) positions! The Writing and Communication Graduate Fellows (Strategic Projects) support the information-gathering and research analysis stages of a proposal for enhanced communication support for graduate students that integrates anti-racist approaches.
Events
Multilingual Writers' Studio: Revision Strategies
Through structured activities, peer dialogue, and reflective writing, participants will build strategies to negotiate academic expectations while sustaining their own voices and identities as writers.
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Dissertation Boost Camp
Stop stalling and start writing! Build a sustainable plan, make progress on your writing and give your productivity a boost with Dissertation Boost Camp. This intensive four-day program (in-person and online) is designed to provide dedicated and quiet writing space for students who are looking to jumpstart their thesis- or dissertation-writing process.
Black, Indigenous, and Racialized Students' Writing Cafe
Write in community — not in isolation.
Learn more about our Writing Groups.
Blog
The power of synonyms: the good, the bad, and the in-between
When it comes to writing, every word has an impact and brings meaning along with it. In our assignments, our job is to take these different meanings and weave them together to be clear, engaging, and provide information to our audiences. Yet, when we get stumped or feel like our work is getting too repetitive, we turn to Google or Microsoft Word to help find synonyms. Sometimes this can work wonders, but other times it can have negative repercussions.
Tips and tricks on how-to write a professional email
Ever email your professor or employer and click the send button, only to realize seconds later it was littered with typos and grammar mistakes?
The art of professional email writing can be challenging if you’re not too sure where to start. Learning the dos and don’ts of what to include will not only steer you in the right direction but help you develop your professional persona. Having a professional voice in writing and in speech is important because it establishes how you want to be perceived. There are so many ways you can let your professional side shine, and emails are one of them.
Entering the coming-of-age world one plot-point at a time
Think back in time to the you who was fresh out of high school, with the world at your feet and the presence of the unknown looming over your head. Now think about the you of today, of the person you’ve become and the milestones you’ve achieved to get to this point time. The in-between of then and now is your own personal story full of twists, turns and hurdles. All the places you’ve been, the connections you’ve made, and the knowledge you’ve acquired can all be classified under one genre: coming-of-age.