Message from Boba Samuels, CASDW-ACR President

Welcome, CASDW conference participants! I look forward to welcoming everyone to our 9th Annual CASDW-ACR Conference beginning this Saturday at Ryerson University.

The weather in Toronto this weekend promises to be a mix of sun/cloud/rain with temperatures around 16 degrees C, so come prepared for anything. Please also consider joining us for our annual dinner on Sunday night. Contact Brock MacDonald to arrange payment if you’ve already registered (as you can’t go back into the online registration and add the banquet fee later).

Andrea Williams has been hard at working organizing our sessions and activities. We begin on Saturday morning at 8:45 in the Library (Lib 72). Copies of the agenda for our Annual General Meeting on Monday will be available on Saturday morning. Please plan to attend and shape CASDW into the organization we want and need.

Full CASDW 2017 Program

CASDW Meeting Rooms

Ryerson Campus Map

The two-issue volume of articles on the history, present, and future of writing centres in Canada is now complete and available on the Canadian Journal for the Study of Discourse and Writing:

http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/issue/view/13

http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/issue/view/66

Contents:

BROMLEY, Pamela. Locating Canadian Writing Centres: An Empirical Investigation. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, [S.l.], v. 27, p. 24-41, may 2017. ISSN 2292-1591. Available at: <http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/article/view/578>. Date accessed: 17 may 2017.

BYRANT, Katie. Interrogating Conflicting Narratives of Writing in the Academy: A Call for Research. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, [S.l.], v. 27, p. 13-18, may 2017. ISSN 2292-1591. Available at: <http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/article/view/576>. Date accessed: 17 may 2017.

GILTROW, Janet. Writing at the Centre: A Sketch of the Canadian History. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, [S.l.], v. 26, p. 11-24, dec. 2016. ISSN 2292-1591. Available at: <http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/article/view/48>. Date accessed: 17 may 2017.

KLOSTERMANN, Janna. Writing on the Ground. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, [S.l.], v. 27, p. 19-23, may 2017. ISSN 2292-1591. Available at: <http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/article/view/577>. Date accessed: 17 may 2017.

PARÉ, Anthony. The Once and Future Writing Centre: A Reflection and Critique. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, [S.l.], v. 27, p. 1-8, mar. 2017. ISSN 2292-1591. Available at: <http://journals.sfu.ca/cjsdw/index.php/cjsdw/article/view/573>. Date accessed: 17 may 2017.

MIT anticipates hiring a lecturer to work as a writing in the disciplines specialist in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication program (WRAP). A thriving program with over thirty lecturers, WRAP collaborates with faculty across MIT to provide communication instruction within communication-intensive subjects in all departments. Through a team-teaching structure, WRAP lecturers embedded in disciplinary classes teach students to analyze audiences and attend to differences in discourse conventions, to analyze and produce specialized genres and forms of argumentation, and to compose, evaluate, and integrate oral, written, visual, and digital modes of communication.

This lecturer will 1) team teach communication in communication-intensive classes primarily in STEM subjects; 2) work with faculty to develop pedagogy, instruction, and assignments that teach the rhetorical principles of written and oral communication; 3) evaluate and respond to student communication assignments in a variety of contexts, and provide guidance to faculty and TAs for evaluating and responding to student communication assignments.  The teaching load is the equivalent of three classes per term.  Salary is commensurate with experience, and MIT offers full benefits and support for professional development for lecturers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Substantial teaching experience; experience teaching technical communication, and in WAC/WID contexts preferred.
• Master’s degree required, Ph.D. preferred, in Rhetoric, Composition, or Technical/Professional Writing, or equivalent experience in the teaching of academic writing.
• Comfort with highly technical subject matter, and understanding of principles of effective communication of technical material for multiple audiences required; familiarity with rhetoric and WAC/WID pedagogy preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, TAs, and administrative staff.
• Experience with assignment design, oral communication instruction, or visual rhetoric preferred.

Applications should consist of a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for three references.  Applicants should submit their applications online in reference to job number 14752.

Lecturer in Rhetoric and Technical Communication

The Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a three-year definite-term appointment starting August 1, 2017 at the rank of Lecturer in Rhetoric and Technical Communication.

The successful candidate may be considered for reappointment at the completion of the contract.

Applicants must have a completed PhD and a substantial record of teaching by the time of appointment. The successful candidate will teach a writing- and speaking-intensive engineering communication course for first-year engineering students; thus, evidence of experience teaching technical communications courses at the post-secondary level will be considered an important asset. The successful candidate will also contribute to other areas of undergraduate teaching in communication and rhetoric.

This position is designated as 80% teaching and 20% service, with duties normally spread over three academic terms each year. The salary range for the rank of Lecturer is $60,000.00 to $80,000.00. Negotiations beyond this salary range will be considered for exceptionally qualified candidates.

The application deadline is June 5, 2017. Please submit applications to the Department Chair, Kate Lawson. Application materials must be submitted online as PDF files here. Please include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and a teaching dossier, and arrange for three letters of reference to be uploaded (addressed to Professor Kate Lawson, Chair, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo).

Academic Writing Now: Policy, Pedagogy, and Practice

The draft programme for EATAW 2017, the 9^th Conference of the European Association for Teaching Academic Writing, is now available.

Conference dates: June 19-21, 2017

Location: Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK.

Keynote speakers: Professor Rowena Murray, Professor Ron Barnett, and Dr Katrin Girgensohn

Registration deadline: May 26, 2017