That's sad news indeed. Carl's witty and touching poems were a mainstay
of Inkshed newsletters, and I rediscovered his incisive and insightful
articles when I went through the Inkshed archives to put them on the
CASDW website. I'm sure he will be missed by students and colleagues,
but also remembered with joy. Thanks, Anthony, for letting us know that
his last days were peaceful.
Margaret
On 2019-03-12 8:59 p.m., Paré, Anthony wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
>
> As some of you may know, Carl Leggo, whose last email about Inkshed is
> below, passed away last Thursday, March 7. Carl was diagnosed with
> cancer last summer, and had been through a variety of treatments over
> many months. His final weeks were spent pain-free in palliative care
> surrounded by family. Throughout, he was joyful, serene, even
> beatific. Those who knew him will grieve him terribly, but we can take
> strength from the peace he clearly felt right to the end.
>
> For those in the Vancouver area, there will be a memorial and
> celebration of Carl on Thursday, March 28, 4:00-8:00 pm, in the
> Ponderosa Ballroom at UBC. Please join us if you can.
>
> Anthony
>
> *From: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and
> Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Carl
> Leggo <[log in to unmask]>
> *Reply-To: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Date: *Friday, October 12, 2018 at 1:46 PM
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: *Re: The extinction of Inkshed
>
> Hi, Russ,
>
> A couple weeks ago, a graduate student at Brock U wrote and asked
> about an article I published a long time ago in the Inkshed
> newsletter. [Leggo, C. (2002). What is good writing? Grammar and my
> grandmother. /Inkshed/, /19/(3).] The student and her classmates had
> been assigned the article for reading, but nobody (including the Brock
> U librarian) could find a copy. I, too, could not locate a copy
> online. So, I sent the original manuscript. I have no suggestions for
> technological support, but I hope that you are able to preserve the
> archive of CASLL and find ways to make the archive accessible. I just
> read a book by Bill Randall et al. (/The Tales that Bind/, 2015), and
> the authors mention inkshedding as an important strategy for
> encouraging narrative inquiry among helping professions focused on
> rural communities.
>
> So, thank you for all you have done re. ink shedding and teaching
> writing, and I hope you will continue to provide support and
> leadership in sustaining the history, the legacy, and possible new
> directions.
>
> With autumn rhythms,
>
> Carl
>
> Dr. Carl Leggo
>
> Professor
>
> Department of Language and Literacy Education
>
> University of British Columbia
>
> Education Centre at Ponderosa Commons
>
> 6445 University Boulevard
>
> Vancouver, BC
>
> V6T 1Z2
>
> Phone: 604-822-4640
>
> Web: http://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/carl-leggo/
>
> Twitter: Carl Leggo@leggowords
>
> *From: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and
> Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Russell Hunt
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> *Reply-To: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> *Date: *Friday, October 12, 2018 at 11:40 AM
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> *Subject: *The extinction of Inkshed
>
> It appears that there are still 200+ people on the CASLL-L list, even
> though for all practical purposes it's been rendered inactive. This
> email is directed to those who still have some interest in keeping the
> Inkshed legacy alive. I'd thought about trying to weed out the list,
> so as not to annoy those who don't, but I didn't want to make the
> judgments myself. Who knows who might care, and who might not? If this
> isn't of any interest to you, stop reading here: I haven't had time to
> write a short explanation.
>
> Here's the reason I'm writing this one. Try Googling Inkshed, or going
> directly to inkshed.ca. No, go ahead and do it now. I'll wait.
>
> . . .
>
> I have no idea, obviously, why someone selling shoes glommed onto
> inkshed.ca as soon as we abandoned it -- but one consequence is that
> someone trying to learn about Inkshed is going to find it almost
> impossible. Even though, thanks to Margaret, the archive of Inkshed
> Newsletters is accessible on the CASDW site, it's apparently not been
> found by the Google webcrawlers, so doesn't come up on a search, and
> Inkshed’s presence isn’t obvious on the main CASDW site. Further, the
> archive of this list, which I think is a very important resource, is
> only available if you know it's there (and know you're looking for
> CASLL-L (CASLL alone -- or the usual misspelling, CASSL -- won't do it).
>
> I've become aware of all this because I've been asked for assistance
> by someone working on an extensive piece about the relationship
> between the origins of Inkshed and the "social turn" in composition
> and rhetoric studies in the US in the mid-eighties. Part of the
> conclusion is that we were way ahead of the game. Eager to help, I
> tried -- unsuccessfully -- to find some of the Inkshed materials
> online to straighten out some of the chronology for myself.
>
> I'm a little concerned that this may just be my lack of competence,
> and it's a lot easier to find out about Inkshed than I think. So I'd
> love to have my impression corrected.
>
> If not, I'm going to explore ways to make this material more readily
> accessible. Anyone with suggestions about doing that?
>
> One of the first things I'm working on is how to make the archives of
> this list more obvious. I don't know how long the University of
> Toronto is going to be willing, or able, to host it, so if I can find
> a permanent home for it I'd be happier. I'm working on the same
> problem with the STLHE-L list, presently hosted at UNB. Suggestions
> about that would be welcome, as well.
>
> And finally, because St. Thomas has just reconfigured their Web site,
> I no longer seem to have access to the files I had, which I think
> included rather more information about the conferences than is
> currently on the CASDW site. Or to my own personal Web site at STU.
> I'm working on that these days, too.
>
> -- Russ
>
> Russ Hunt
>
> Professor Emeritus of English
>
> St. Thomas University
>
> people.stu.ca/~hunt
>
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