Innis College at U of T has an undergraduate writing, rhetoric and critical analysis program. Cynthia Messenger is the director. Regards, Linda (Schofield) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Clary-Lemon <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 2:29 pm Subject: Re: Composition and Canada > Hi Marc, > > As a Canadian studying rhet/comp in an American graduate program, > I wonder the same thing myself. About once a year, someon on the > Writing Program Administration listserv asks the same question. > While I haven't an answer, as far as I know the only definitive > work on the subject is Roger Graves' Writing Instruction in > Canadian Universities (Inkshed 1994). Tania S. Smith does a good > job at explaining some of the intricacies at work in "Recent > Trends in Writing Instruction and Composition Studies in Canadian > Universities" http://www.stthomasu.ca/inkshed/cdncomp.htm (her > works cited offers some rich sources as well)--still, that work is > dated 1999. I'm not sure that anything more recent has been/is > being done, but I would love to hear about it on the list, if you > writers are out there. > > Best, > > Jennifer Clary-Lemon > [log in to unmask] > > ________________________________ > > From: CASLL/Inkshed on behalf of marc christensen > Sent: Mon 10/24/2005 10:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Composition and Canada > > > > > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:51:53 -0400 > > From: "Catherine F. Schryer" <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: graduate programs in Canada > > > > Hello > > There are not a lot of programs in Canada, and they take a > > different kind of > > path then the programs in the States, mostly because of an > absence > > of the > > traditional composition program as it exists in the States. > > > > Can anyone briefly explain how this came to be, or its consequences? > > Are there resources available (books, journal articles, white > papers, > etc.) which would explain why Comp never took hold here as a > discipline? > I'm interested both in historical reasons and today's consequences > insofar as it seems Lit instructors usually end up teaching comp, > especially at the college level. > > Cheers, > -marc christensen > victoria, bc > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-