Tosh, Betsy and everyone else,
I'm not sure if you all have heard, but there has been a lot of work done
over the last few months on the new Canadian Writing Centre Association.
Perhaps this would be a good place to suss out the current trends in Canada.
As it stands now, we only exist as a list but we will be getting together in
Toronto in June at the STLHE/SAPES conference for a roundtable to discuss
future endeavours.
Anyone interested in joining the bilingual list is more than welcome to sign
up here: http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/en/awhc/centre/
For more info contact me at [log in to unmask]
Hope to hear from you!
Martin Holock
Assistant aux communications / Communications Assistant
Service d'appui au succès scolaire (SASS)
Student Academic Support Service (SASS)
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
110, rue Université / 110 University
613.562.5800 poste/xt.3394
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From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Betsy
Sargent
Sent: March 27, 2006 3:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Canadian Caucus at Next Year?
Tosh, What about a Canadian SIG next year that focuses on WAC/WID
initiatives and programs in Canada? I know I'd be especially
interested to get a glimpse of whatever is going on out there (what's
already in place, what's in the works, etc). --and this would fit
with what Rick is proposing. I'd be happy to share the work that the
U of A Task Force on Writing has been up to this year and next
--though most of what we're doing is posted online at
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/wtf/
and I'm sure other places have gotten way further than we have so
far--like Simon Fraser, of course, and PEI and Regina, for starters
(we've been trying to get as much info as we can about what's
currently going on in Canada, to inform our own deliberations, but I
know we haven't had the time to study or uncover everything). Why
not put out a call for anyone who's been involved with WAC/WID
programs (in place or in development) and see who responds? I know
that I'd sure find such a session useful. Just make sure it doesn't
get set up at the same time as the ongoing WAC SIG!
Thanks for volunteering to do this! Betsy
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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