In 2023, DARE was awarded to only 45 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional (LA&PS) students. Each winner received $5000 and engaged in a research project supervised by a LA&PS faculty member.

Third-year English and Professional Writing student Faridah Mazhar’s project, “Burning Stories: Analyzing Media Representations of Forest Fires,” used a coding process to deduce rhetorical trends in how Canadian media report on wildfires. Faridah’s ENPR degree set her up for success in this project: “My familiarity with research databases and how to research played a big role while aggregating newspapers to be coded. Additionally, learning about a writer's purpose, audience, and context in all my courses aided me to design and write a rhetorically effective poster for the project presentation.”

For the project “Supporting Engagement with Canada's Computer History,” fourth-year Professional Writing student Yuwai Brian Wong worked with the 91��ɫ Computer Museum to study the often-overlooked history of computing in Canada. “My degree in professional writing was instrumental in my work on the project,” Yuwai said. “Having the ability to zoom in and out of communications, coupled with a critical perspective on efficiency, allowed me to identify trends, select the best examples, and create templates for the museum's future use.”

My training as a professional writer kept me curious and pushed my understanding of computing in Canada.

— Yuwai Brian Wong
Professional Writing Major

Matteo Cerilli (PRWR and CRWR ’23) conducted archival research on how multiple activist groups—including gay men, Black activists, lesbians, feminists, immigrants, religious communities, and students—worked in solidarity to protest the 1981 Toronto Bathhouse Raids. For the project “Intersections of the Toronto Bathhouse Raids,” Matteo drew upon the research skills learnt in the Professional Writing program. “Professional Writing taught me how to be critical of my sources, and how to organize them, and triage,” said Matteo.

Sophie Corbiere (ENPR ’23) and Royce Luu (PRWR ’23) also gained new research expertise by participating in DARE. As Sophie notes, the project “Scholarly Writing for Publication at a Bilingual Canadian College” provided “invaluable research experience that I will be able to use in the future; from knowing how to code data, to research methods, to presenting at a conference.” Royce’s project, “The OHS Project,” offered the opportunity to study multiple discourse communities related to occupational health and safety, including legislation and regulations.

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Why Professional Writing?

Our students go on to excel in a variety of exciting professional positions. Professional Writing alumni have the following titles:

• Digital Marketing Coordinator
• Learning Experience Designer
• Operations Specialist
• Content Management & Development
• Web Designer
• Social Media Manager
• Digital Project Manager
• Scientific Writer
• Technical Writer
• Brand Ambassador
• Creative Copywriter
• Story Coordinator

Many students also pursue post-graduate degrees and diplomas. Recent graduates have gone into the following programs:

• Publishing
• Professional Writing
• Rhetoric and Communications Design
• Communications Studies
• Marketing and Advertising
• Creative & Digital Public Relations Strategy
• Education
• Library and Information Studies
• Technical and Scientific Communications
• Screenwriting

Programs & Degree Pathways

Our Community

A note from our faculty:

We're so excited to work and learn with you! We're committed to your success in the program and beyond.

We're always thinking of new ways to design courses that are as fun and interesting as they are challenging.

We love the ingenuity and dedication of Professional Writing students! Many of our students have won writing awards, received grants, and gained research assistantships - you can too!

See you in class!

A note from our staff:

We are always here ready to support you! We've got the answers to all of your questions, and we're only a phone call or email away.

We're always refining our communications to make sure you have precisely what you need to successfully navigate the program.

See you in South Ross!

A note from our students:

Join us! We're living it up in the program. We're super active in the Professional Writing Students' Association. Our student webzine, , is an amazing space to get your work published. A lot of us are also working hard on Existere, a literary journal we run with faculty advisors. There's so much for you to do (along with studying). There's never a dull moment!

We're always here for each other, which makes such a big difference at a big school like 91��ɫ.

See you on !

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The William R. Coleman Prize: This book prize is offered to the student who has written the best essay in a religious studies course offered on the Keele Campus. It is awarded for courses completed in the previous fall/winter and summer session. Established to honour Professor William R. Coleman upon his retirement from the Department of Humanities. An inspired teacher, he served as a model of the interdisciplinary approach highly valued at 91��ɫ.  (Required Courses: 3000 or 4000 level Religious Studies course)

The Becky Lee Religion and Gender Essay Prize: This prize is awarded in the Fall term to an outstanding paper on the subject of Religion and Gender submitted for grading in a Religious Studies course in the previous academic year. 

The deadline for submitting your essay is July 1st. We will announce the winners at our Religious Studies event in September. 

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91��ɫ’s Programme in Classical Studies presents Lysistrata, A Greek comedy by Aristophanes

Interested students should attend ONE of the following audition dates:

Monday, October 17th: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM McLaughlin Junior College Room (MC 014)

Tuesday, October 18th: 2 PM - 4 PM McLaughlin Junior College Room (MC 014)

OPEN TO YORK UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ONLY NO ACTING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

ALL MAJORS/MINORS WELCOME | ALL AGES AND GENDERS WELCOME

Several backstage positions are also available; please email Chris Bauer (Director) with a brief outline of your theatre experience (if any; none is required), for more information about applying.

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“Many individuals have had to give up certain aspects of their careers or alter future plans. This conscious decision to give up career goals or to reshape and accommodate for work-life realities is defined as career sacrifice,” Zikic says, in the article.

Read the article in .

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