Here’s Carl’s obituary: http://amherstcremation.com/memorials/leggo.html
From: "casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Margaret Procter <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:28 PM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Dr. Carl Leggo
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]><mailto:[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Carl Leggo <[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 1:46 PM
To: "[log in to unmask]"<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[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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