CWCA Conference| Saskatoon, SK |May 24 & 25, 2018

screen-shot-2018-04-19-at-11-11-26-am-e1524150770406The Canadian Writing Centres Association / L’Association canadienne des centres de rédaction is an inclusive bilingual association whose members unite to share information, research, ideas, and best practices with members of all writing centres in colleges, universities, and institutes of learning of all sizes; our association represents writing centres—under any name—which embrace multiple structural models and functional philosophies.

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CWCA/ACCR Executive

President:  Heather Fitzgerald (Emily Carr University of Art and Design)
Past President: Brian Hotson (Saint Mary’s University)
Vice President: Sarah King (University of Toronto, Scarborough)
Treasurer: Jordana Garbati (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Secretary: Clare Bermingham (University of Waterloo)
Members-at-large: Linnet Humble (St. Thomas University), Nancy Johnson Squair (Douglas College)
Communications Committee: Kathy Block (University of Manitoba), Jordana Garbati (Wilfrid Laurier University), Brian Hotson (Saint Mary’s University),  Mandy Penney (University of Waterloo), Shahnaz Shahtoosi (University of Alberta), Tom Robles (University of Toronto, Scarborough)
Ex-officio: Marion McKeown (Royal Military College of Canada), Theresa Hyland (Huron University College)

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The Canadian Writing Centres Association is a registered not-for-profit corporation through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Corporations Canada). We are governed by the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act as well as our own bylaws: CWCA_Bylaws_Approved_May_2017

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

6:00pm: Pre-conference dinner at Nosh Eatery


Thursday, May 24, 2018

8:30am: Registration

8:30 – 9:00am: Coffee and light breakfast

9:00 – 9:45am: Welcome

9:45 – 10:45am: Opening plenary with Dr. Sheelah McLean

10:45 – 11:00am: Break

11:00 – 12:00pm: Session 1 – Roundtables

12:00 – 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00 – 2:30pm: Session 2 – Concurrent sessions

2:30 – 2:45pm: Break

2:45 – 4:15pm: Session 3 – Concurrent sessions

4:15 – 5:00pm: Break

5:00 – 6:00pm: Cocktail party with posters

6:00pm: Buffet dinner

7:15pm: Special Speaker: Gregory YoungingElements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples.

 

National Consortium of Writing Centres as a Response to Government Incentives 

Elena Bazanova, National University of Science and Technology, Russia, and

Svetlana Suchkova, Higher School of Economics, Moscow In 2012, Russia entered a club of countries implementing their excellence initiatives aimed at pushing their universities into global rankings. The government announced two major goals, one of which is to increase the number of publications indexed in the Web of Science. In response to the government incentives, the National Consortium of Writing Centres helps to inform decisions, suggest international best practices in academic writing training, and develop respective nationwide services.


Friday, May 25, 2018

8:30 – 9:30am: Registration

8:30 – 9:30am: Coffee and light breakfast

9:30 – 11:00am: Session 4 – Concurrent sessions

11:00 – 11:5am: Break

11:15 – 12:30pm: Closing plenary with Jack Saddleback (speaker)

12:30 – 1:30pm: Lunch and annual general meeting