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Ginny, I'm glad you started this conversation. I also coordinate a writing centre (but we call it a tutoring centre to distinguish it from our Centre for Academic Writing). I took the job on at the last minute this summer, so have been doing a lot of on-the-job learning. I am on WCenter list, but I find I can't keep up with the volume of mail. There is also an American list for tutors, but I've never even looked at the archives. I can send you subscription information if you don't already have it. But it might be nice to have a list for _Canadian_ writing centres. That way, the mail volume would be managable and we could focus on our specific interests and concerns. And of course, we could organize writing centre sessions at already established Canadian conferences. Let's talk some more! (I'd like to know just how many Canadian writing centres there are and how they're managed/funded/staffed etc.) Janice Freeman Centre for Academic Writing University of Winnipeg Virginia Ryan wrote: > > Do any of you Inkshedders know of existing forums/conference > opportunities for directors and tutors of writing centres at Canadian > universities? I coordinate the writing centre at Memorial University of > Newfoundland. I read all CASLL entries avidly and am finding them highly > educational (I've only held this position for 1 1/2 years); I've also > seriously considered attending the Inkshed conference. But what I most > urgently need right now is dialogue with other writing centre > professionals. And while writing center conferences in the U.S. abound, > I don't recall ever seeing a Canadian one advertised. Is there such a > thing? And if there isn't, can anyone recommend a U.S. conference that > would be particularly relevant to someone working at a Canadian writing > centre? (Whew! I've done it. It's taken me 1 1/2 years to summon the > nerve to contribute something to this listserv!) Hoping for some > response - Ginny Ryan, Memorial University Writing Centre