Happy Academic New Year!

Happy academic new year! As your UPD, I've put together some resources to help you start the year on the right foot. You've got this!

Suggested Combo: Professional & Creative Writing

Professional Writing prepared me for a world in which authors also have to be editor, marketing team, social media influencer, and legal advisor. Pair Professional & Creative Writing!

Jan Rehner Prize for Writing: 2021-2022 Award Winners

The Jan Rehner online journal is back with its newly released issue, Vol. 7 No. 1. This year’s edition includes honourable mentions and winning submissions that entered the Fall/Winter 2021 contest. Congratulations to all!

Featured: Writing in Digital Cultures (WRIT 2004)

This version of WRIT2004 is all about the mobile devices—such as smart phones, computer tablets, and wearable devices—that are all around us.

Enhance your Degree with an Honours Minor in Professional Writing

Gain the credentials and skills you need to get ahead in a competitive job market with a Honours Minor degree in Professional Writing. Focus in workplace writing, digital writing, non-fiction periodical writing, or editorial processes/publications.

Featured: Introduction to Professional Writing (WRIT 1003)

Whether you want to learn to write academic papers or non-fiction articles, WRIT 1003 is the course for you. 

Featured: Activist Rhetorics (WRIT 4000)

In WRIT 4000, we’ll explore and practice the messaging of both traditional and contemporary activist strategies and tactics.

Featured: Professional Writing and the Senses: Composing with Beer, Food and Beyond (WRIT 3014)

In WRIT 3014, we’ll practice writing about drinks and food in ways that taps into our five senses, including taste, smell, and touch.

Featured: Research for Professional Writers (WRIT1004)

WRIT 1004 is a practical introduction to research strategies for understanding today’s digital professional writing environment.

Welcome our new faculty!

The Writing Department is excited to welcome two new faculty members who have joined us this July!