Hi Brock,
I just wanted to apologize for last Thursday. The coat-check line was
so busy at the field museum that we didn't get back to the hotel until
after 9:00, so we thought you would all be long gone. But when Jane ran
into Rob on Friday he said that you had waited. I'm really sorry about
that - it would have been nice for us all to get together. At least it
sounds like that will happen next year!
Sincerely,
Julie-Ann
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Director, The Writing Centre
Saint Mary's University
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From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brock
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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 11:01 AM
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Subject: Re: Canadian Caucus Next Year?
I second Margaret's thanks, Tosh, and the offer of assistance with
the proposal. We need our Caucus again!
Discussing new WAC and WID initiatives sounds like an excellent hook
from which to hang the session; to avoid the potential overlap that
Betsy mentioned, the language of the proposal should probably specify
that we'll be talking about doing WAC and WID in the Canadian
context...i.e. without first-year composition (in most cases, anyway).
As always at the C's, there were times over the past few days in
Chicago when I felt like a visitor from another world, given our
American colleagues' preoccupation with FYC--the very fact that they
have a familiar acronym for it speaks volumes.
Brock
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Woodsworth College, University of Toronto
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On Mar 27, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Margaret Procter wrote:
> Hi, Tosh --
>
> I (and I hope some colleagues) could report from Toronto on WID
> initiatives here, updating chapters in Roger's new book. There's
> lots to say about some areas (e.g., Engineering, Graduate Studies,
> U of T at Scarborough). Maybe the gears will also mesh soon for
> Arts and Science, which has made a number of good public statements
> about integrating writing instruction into its disciplinary programs.
>
> Thanks for taking this on. Let us know if you need help with the
> proposal.
>
> Cheers,
> Margaret.
>
> --
> Margaret Procter, Ph.D.
> University of Toronto Coordinator, Writing Support
> 15 King's College Circle, Toronto ON M5S 3H7
> 416 978-8109; FAX 416 971-2027
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> At 07:27 PM 3/26/2006, you wrote:
>> Until two years ago, many of us from the CASLL list were able to
>> get together at C's through Canadian Caucus and the subsequent
>> dinner (thanks to Roger). I personally miss the caucus and our
>> small get-together, and other Canadians I spoke to at the
>> conference share my sentiment.
>>
>> I am willing to do the organizing work for Canadian Caucus at C's
>> next year, but I would like to get some ideas of what people might
>> have available for the next year's C's so that I can write a
>> proposal by the deadline (which is coming up -- yikes!).
>>
>>
>> Tosh Tachino, M.A., B.A. Honors
>> Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University
>> Rhetoric and Professional Communication
>> E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tosh/
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