Grave's book and Smith's article are extremely useful, and they would be great places to start. I've also found the following articles helpful: Brooks, Kevin."National Culture and the First-Year English Curriculum: A Historical Study of "Composition" in Canadian Universities." American Review of Canadian Studies 32.4 (2002): 673-692. Hubert, Henry. “A History of College Rhetoric in the U.S and Canada: Different Traditions.” Ed. Sandy P. Baardman, Stanley B. Straw, Laura E. Atkinson. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Literacy Publications, 1994. Johnson, Nan."Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the Canadian Academy: an Historical Analysis." College English 50.8 (1988): 861-873. Kearns, Judith and Brian Turner."Negotiated Independence: How a Canadian Writing Program Became a Centre." Writing Program Administration 21.1 (1997) 28-43. Hope that helps! Renée The most current thinking about this issue I know of is in Roger > and Heather Graves' forthcoming book. > >> 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. > > Some of its contents are already available one way or another -- > Tania Smith's work, for instance. And my "afterword" about the > Canadian penchant for putting writing under the curriculum is > available in draft form on my Web site: > > http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/pubs.htm > > -- Russ > St. Thomas University > http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 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/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-