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Energizing (Writing Centre)
Communities4th Annual CWCA/ACCR Conference
K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R
Dr. Lisa Ede, PhDOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Welcome to the Conference on Writing and Writing Centre Work:
Energizing (Writing Centre) Communities, co-organized by the
Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA) and the Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).
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THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS & SPONSORS!
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STUDENT/TUTOR TRAVEL GRANT RECIPIENTS
NAME INSTITUTION LOCATION
Ady, Nadia University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Bray, Nancy University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Carter, Erin University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Chen, Sibo Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC
Grant, Christina University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Hanitzsch, Diana Emily Carr University of Art + Design Vancouver, BC
Hasted, Faolan Emily Carr University of Art + Design Vancouver, BC
Hemani, Shumaila University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Mol, Matthew Concordia University of Edmonton Edmonton, AB
Mora, Maria University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Nikouee, Majid University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Ofosu, Nicole University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Radpour, Saeidreza University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Rahimian, Mahdi University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Robertson, Megan Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC
Rogers, Davis University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK
Sgaramella, Silvia University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Shahtoosi, Shahnaz University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Simpson, Allie University of Victoria Victoria, BC
Simpson, Leanne University of Toronto Scarborough, ON
TRAVEL GRANT RECIPIENTS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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NAME INSTITUTION LOCATION
Spinney, Erin University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK
Suh, Jee Su University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Williams, Kent Carleton University Ottawa, ON
PRESENTER TRAVEL GRANT RECIPIENTS
NAME INSTITUTION LOCATION
Ami, Nancy University of Victoria Victoria, BC
Klassen, Cecil Douglas College New Westminster, BC
Lipsedge, Karen Kingston University London, UK
McMurray, Claire University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
Newbery, Liz University of Toronto Toronto, ON
Salter, Jodie University of Guelph Guelph, ON
Saunders, Gillian University of Victoria Victoria, BC
Stewart, Sheila University of Toronto Toronto, ON
Turner, Jacqueline Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Vancouver, BC
Voisin, Lindsey Nipissing University North Bay, ON
Waye, Laurie University of Victoria Victoria, BC
eTUTOR ALBERTA TRAVEL GRANT RECIPIENTS
NAME INSTITUTION LOCATION
Boba Samuels University of Toronto Toronto, ON
Kent Williams Carlton University Ottawa, ON
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V O L U N T E E R S
Erin Carter
Shumaila Hemani
Christina Grant
Nicole Ofosu
Nadia Ady
Sai Vemula
Shahnaz Shahtoosi
Saeidreza Radpour
Bailey Larsen
Majid Nikouee
Mikka Jacobsen
Mona Mirzaei
Marysia Wojcik
Jee Su Suh
Vicky Tran
THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!
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G L O B A L C A F E T O P I C S
TA BLE NUMBER 1
Moderator: Shumaila
TOP IC :
Creating a sense of community around writing centres
TA BLE NUMBER 2
Moderator: Mikka
TOP IC :
Is it possible to create a sense of community online?
TA BLE NUMBER 3
Moderator: Erin
TOP IC :
Helping students learn about and avoid plagiarism
TA BLE NUMBER 4
Moderator: Saeid
TOP IC :
Meeting the needs of international students
TA BLE NUMBER 5
Moderator: Jee Su
TOP IC :
How can writing centres promote interdisciplinary collaborations?
TA BLE NUMBER 6
Moderator: Christina
TOP IC :
Meeting the needs of Indigenous students
TA BLE NUMBER 7
Moderator: Dennis
TOP IC :
Working with faculty to develop collaborative resources on writing support
TA BLE NUMBER 8
Moderator: Majid
TOP IC :
Research methods, dissemination strategies and tips for conducting research in writing centres
ROUND 1 ( 2 : 1 5 - 3 : 00)
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TA BLE NUMBER 1
Moderator: Shumaila
TOP IC :
Writing centres in the current economic climate
TA BLE NUMBER 2
Moderator: Mikka
TOP IC :
Best practices for addressing the needs of distance education students
TA BLE NUMBER 3
Moderator: Erin
TOP IC :
Meeting the needs of Indigenous students
TA BLE NUMBER 4
Moderator: Asher
TOP IC :
Working with faculty to develop collaborative resources on writing support
TA BLE NUMBER 5
Moderator: Jee Su
TOP IC :
Creating a sense of community around writing centres
TA BLE NUMBER 6
Moderator: Marysia
TOP IC :
Meeting the needs of international students
TA BLE NUMBER 7
Moderator: Marc
TOP IC :
Helping students learn about and avoid plagiarism
TA BLE NUMBER 8
Moderator: Majid
TOP IC :
Embedding writing support into course content
ROUND 2 ( 3 : 1 5 - 4 : 00)
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THURSDAY MAY 26th
TIME EVENT
14:00 – 16:00 GLOBAL CAFÉ | Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre, KA306
16:30 – 17:00 TOUR OF THE NEW 3D STATE-OF-THE-ART DRILLING SIMULATOR | Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre, 3rd Floor
17:30 PRE-CONFERENCE GATHERING AND DINNER | Earls Kitchen + Bar 1110 16th Avenue NW, Calgary
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FRIDAY MAY 27th
08:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MacDonald Hall
08:45 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION | MacDonald Hall
FRIDAY SESSION A
Presentations 10:15 - 11:55
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TUTOR TRAINING AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: From Writing Help to Academic Communication Skills Assistance
Nancy AmiDustin van Gerven
EAL WRITERS AS PEER REVIEWERS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Amanda Goldrick-Jones
ACADEMIC WRITING CENTRES: CREATING A COLLABORATIVE WRITING COMMUNITY
Karen Lipsedge
USING WCONLINE TO IMPLEMENT AND ANALYZE STUDENT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
Allie Simpson
COMBINING WRITING AND CONTENT TUTOR TRAINING: CREATING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Nancy Johnson SquairCecil Klassen
CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIC SPACES FOR ACADEMIC INTEGRITY SUPPORT
Lori WalterAmanda Brobble
CREATING COMMUNITY AT 2AM: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A LONG NIGHT
Sara WolfeElizabeth RennieKathy Gaynor
BUILDING ONLINE WRITING MODULES: A CASE STUDY OF WRITEONLINE.CA
Clare BirminghamJordana Garbati
INTEL FROM THE INSIDE: THE WRITING CENTRE IDENTITY WITHIN STUDENT AFFAIRS
Christina HallidayEstefania Toledo
WRITING… WITH CHILDREN: SUPPORT NEEDS OF PARENTING STUDENTS
Lindsey Voisin
MAKING WRITING SOCIAL: BUILDING COMMUNITY AND AUDIENCE THROUGH A WRITING RETREAT
Sheila StewartLiz Newbery
WORKSHOPS ON REAL WORLD WRITING GENRES
Jerry Plotnick
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
12:00 to 13:10 LUNCH AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS | MacDonald Hall
Minimizing inadvertent plagiarism by first- and second-year studentsRamine Adl & Shirley McDonald
New avenues for connecting communities: partners in writing for changeLaura Ellis
Shifting from learning outputs to learning outcomesLaurie Waye & Allie Simpson
Energizing writing services in the library: a new service modelLori Walter
Seeing in a new way: visual strategies in writing centresJennifer Dickieson & Diana Hanitzsch
Better together: interorganizational collaboration in online writing instructionElizabeth Gripping & Megan Robertson
FRIDAY SESSION B
Presentations 13:15 - 14:55
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COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH WRITING GROUPS AND GROUP WRITING
Sheryl StevensonLeanne SimpsonSarah King
METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COURSE- AND DEPARTMENTALLY-DRIVEN ENHANCED WRITING INSTRUCTION
Michael KalerTyler Evans-Tokaryk
READING IN THE WRITING CENTRE
Jacqueline Turner
PROVIDING ACADEMIC WRITING SUPPORT FOR FOUNDATIONAL GENERAL EDUCATION SCIENCE COURSES
Michael Sauvé
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FRIDAY SESSION C
15:30 - 16:30 MA102 MA106 MA109 MA112
PANEL
WHEN WRITING CENTERS ARE MULTILINGUAL: A SEARCH FOR BEST PRACTICES
Rosemary AdangKarina AbramchukMinju ParkWei-Chen (Doris) ChinKowsar HassanBaljeet Kaur
PANEL
TRANSITIONING THE WRITING CENTRE INTO THE CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION
Gillian SaundersKaveh TagharobiNancy AmiAllie Simpson
PANEL
COLLABORATION AND CHOICE – INSIGHTS FROM ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA OWLS
Andrew DerksenAmanda Goldrick-JonesElizabeth GrippingMikka JacobsenMegan RobertsonNancy Johnson Squair
WORKSHOP
QUEERNESS IN CONVERSATION: THE WRITING CENTER AS CONTACT ZONE
Avery ViehmannBrendan NewellEmily BarrickJulius Olavario
16:45 – 17:45 AGM | MACDONALD HALL
FRIDAY SESSION B
Presentations 13:15 - 14:55
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TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM DISSERTATION BOOT CAMP
Jodie Salter
STUDENT PREPAREDNESS FOR ACADEMIC WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
Angela Waldie
THE VALUE AND CHALLENGESOF INTEGRATING EAPPROGRAMMING INTO COURSES
Nancy AmiKaveh TagharobiGillian Saunders
WHAT THE (BLEEP) DO I DO WITH A MATH CENTER?
Prairie Brown
BEYOND THE CONSULTATION: A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO SUPPORTING GRADUATE STUDENTS
Claire McMurray
WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF L2 DISCIPLINARY WRITING
Sibo ChenHossein Nassaji
FREE-RANGE WRITING SUPPORT: LETTING WRITERS OUT OF THEIR CAGE
Natalya AndrosovaErin McCurdy
SUPPORTING NEW APPROACHES TO WRITING FOR A NURSING CURRICULUM
Amanda Brobbel
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C O N T A C T O U R P R E S E N T E R S
NAME TITLE INSTITUTION CONTACT
Karina Abramchuk
Undergraduate Peer Writing Consultant, Highline Writing Center
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
Rosemary AdangDirector, Highline Writing Center
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
Ramine Adl
Associate Professor, FrenchFaculty of Creative and Critical Studies
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, BC
Nancy Ami
Manager, the Centre for Academic Communication
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Emily Barrick Writing ConsultantHighline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
Clare Birmingham ManagerWriting CentreUniversity of WaterlooWaterloo, ON
Amanda Brobbel
Coordinator, Writing and Research Centre Services, UBC Okanagan Library
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, BC
Prairie Brown Director, Learning Support Services
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington, United States
Sibo ChenSchool of Communication
Simon Fraser University
Wei-Chen (Doris) Chin
Undergraduate Peer Writing Consultant, Highline Writing Center
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
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Andrew Derksen
Lead Academic Strategist, eTutor Alberta Institutional Coordinator
Lethbridge College, AB
Jennifer Dickieson
Peer Tutor, Emily Carr University of Art and Design - Writing Centre
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Laura Ellis
Writing Centre Peer Tutor, Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications
Universoty of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB
Tyler Evans-Tokaryk
Senior Lecturer and Acting Director, Teaching Support
Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
University of Toronto Mississauga, ON
Jordana Garbati Writing Consultant
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON
Kathy GaynorScholarly Communications Librarian, Library
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Amanda Goldrick-Jones
Writing Services Coordinator
Student Learning Commons
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC
Elizabeth GrippingeTutor Alberta Program Coordinator
eCampus Alberta elizabeth.gripping@ etutoralberta.ca
Christina Halliday
Director, Student Learning Support Division of Student Affairs
Ryerson University Toronto, ON
Diana Hanitzsch
Peer Tutor, Emily Carr University of Art and Design - Writing Centre
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Kowsar Hassan
Undergraduate Peer Writing Consultant, Highline Writing Center
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
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Mikka Jacobsen
Instructor, eTutor Alberta Tutor, Former WriteAway Tutor
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Nancy Johnson Squair
Learning Centre Coordinator
Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia
Michael Kaler Lecturer and Writing Specialist
Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre University of Toronto Mississauga, ON
Baljeet Kaur
Lead Undergraduate Peer Writing Consultant, Highline Writing Center
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
Cecil Klassen
Learning Centre Faculty, Learning Centre/Learning Resources Division
Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia
Karen Lipsedge
Associate Professor in English Literature and Project Leader of the Writing and Oral Skills Project
Kingston University, London, UK
Shirley McDonald
Sessional Instructor, English
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, BC
Claire McMurray Graduate Writing Specialist
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Hossein NassajiProfessor, Department of Linguistics
University of Victoria [email protected]
Liz Newbery
Associate Director: New College Writing Centre
University of Toronto, ON
Brendan Newell Writing ConsultantHighline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
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Julius Olavario Writing Consultant
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
Minju Park
Undergraduate Peer Writing Consultant, Highline Writing Center
Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, USA
Jerry Plotnick
Writing Centre Director, University College Writing Centre
University of Toronto, ON
Elizabeth RennieInstruction & Outreach Librarian, Library
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Megan RobertsonWriteAway Program Coordinator
BC Electronic Library Network
Jodie Salter
Writing Services, McLaughlin Library Learning Commons
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Gillian Saunders
English as an Additional Language Specialist, The Centre for Academic Communication
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Michael Sauvé
Writing and Learning Strategist Writing and Learning Services, Student Learning Services
Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
Allie SimpsonCoordinator, the Centre for Academic Communication
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Sheila Stewart
Acting Coordinator: Community Engaged Learning
Instructor: New College Writing Centre, Women and Gender Studies
University of Toronto, ON
Kaveh Tagharobi
English as an Additional Language Specialist, The Centre for Academic Communication
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
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Estefania Toledo
Administrative Coordinator, Student Learning Support, Division of Student Affairs
Ryerson University Toronto, ON
Jacqueline Turner Faculty, Writing Centre
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Dustin van Gerven
English as an Additional Language Specialist, The Centre for Academic Communication
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Avery Viehmann English Faculty Highline College, Des Moines, WA, USA
Lindsey Voisin
Student Learning Coordinator, Writing and Academic Skills
Student Learning and Transitions, Office of Student Development and Services
Nipissing University North Bay, ON
Angela WaldieInstructor / Writing and Learning Strategist
Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB
Lori Walter
Scholarly Communication Librarian, Writing and Research Services, UBC Okanagan Library
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus BC
Laurie Waye
Associate Director (Student Academic Success) (the Centre for Academic Communication)Learning and Teaching Centre
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Sara Wolfe
Manager of Student Services, Student Development Department
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC