Practical Studies in Damage Control (WRIT3010) invites you to consider how we can use writing and communication skills to minimize damage and maximize fortune. We will each stage of crisis communication, with particular emphasis on the response stage.
WRIT 3012 is a brand new elective about the connections between coding and writing. It's a completely beginner course (no coding experience required) designed for students who are interested in code as a creative, artistic, and expressive tool.
The Department of Writing is encouraging submissions for the Jan Rehner Prize for Writing from interested students and faculty. Any paper (one per person) written in any style may be nominated, so long as the final grade for the paper was at least 80%. The winner in each category will be the Department's nominee for […]
Professional Writing student's the launch of this year's Book Practicum & Leaping Lion Press publication! From our students: You are invited to the book launch for Social Justice, a mystery novel by 91亚色's own Professor Emeritus Arthur Haberman! The event will take place in the 91亚色 Bookstore on April 3rd from 1 pm to 3 pm. […]
Congratulations to all the writers of Jan Rehner Prize for Writing! Visit Jan Rehner Prize for Writing on 91亚色Space for news on this year's finalists and winners.
Leaping Lion Books would like to invite you to join us for an evening of strong drinks, good food, better company and a preview of untold Canadian history, as we celebrate Donna Jean MacKinnon's debut book, NEWSGIRLS: Gutsy Pioneers in Canada's Newsrooms. March 29, 2017 6:30-8:30 Women's Art Association of Canada 23 Prince Arthur Ave. Toronto, […]
Third year Professional Writing students Mackenzie Shaw and Stephanie Wilcox investigate the impact of Pokemon Go on 91亚色's community. Pokemon GO brings new 'battle' to 91亚色 U campus
The Writing Department is pleased to announce the winners and runner-ups of the first annual Jan Rehner Writing awards. 1st Year Winner: Mikenna Zerby 鈥淔rom Fermata to Overture鈥 WRIT 1003, Introduction to Professional Writing. Course Director: Andrea McKenzie Runner-up: Marina Mekael, 鈥淒estined Dystopia: An Analysis of Ignorance in Oryx and Crake鈥 WRIT 1702, Becoming a Better Writer. […]
The Writing Department is planning to offer a new, experimental section of AP/WRIT 1400 (Y) 6.0 Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing during the coming academic year. It鈥檚 modeled on non-threatening, peer-led book clubs that have been proven effective in getting reluctant readers to take up reading for pleasure rather than thinking of reading as an […]
Professional Writing students Katrina Leblanc and Jessia Arsenio interview MP Iqra Khalid, who graduated from 91亚色 with a double major in Professional Writing and Criminology. MP Khalid travelled to 91亚色 especially to meet with Katrina and Jessia in our own Writing Department to make this video interview. Thanks to Katrina, Jessia, Mike O'Connor, Course […]