To Write Is To Think Tanvi Suryawanshi | May 2, 2023 The spring 2023 semester marks an interesting time in the world of academia. More reasons why the University needs to reform its fundamental assumptions about the value of post-secondary education have become plain as day. The goal of working towards a university degree […]
ChatGPT and the Abolition of Man Brian Thomson | May 1, 2023 It was on January 2023 when a fellow Writing Tutor, Dylan Braun, suggested we start a research project on ChatGPT. The conversation lured me into a seemingly endless series of rabbit holes about ChatGPT, such as its implications for writing centres, education, and […]
Gayathri’s Reflection Gayathri Fonseka | April 27, 2023 From the time I enrolled in the MA Linguistics program at TWU, I have always benefitted from the writing help I received from the writing tutors. Back then, I had a small thought that it would be great if I got an opportunity to work as a writing […]
Giving Voice to Thoughts – Tutoring from a Feminist Lens Divyasri Chakraborty | April 27, 2023 I have been working at the Writing Centre for eight months now. I had no idea that my “personhood” as a therapist would be aligned with that of a tutor until I started here. Carl Rogers, in his book, On […]
Kiratmani’s Reflection Kiratmani Saran | April 27, 2023 Language gives us access to the world; it is through language that we come in contact with reality.1 However, language is not neutral: it transforms what is into what is for us, to wit, it is perspectival. This semester, I was embedded in Writing and Culture, and […]
Spring 2022 Reflection Isha Devani June 6, 2022 Working at the WC has been a really great opportunity for me to learn more about my interest in tutoring. Not only this, but this experience has also helped me know how confident I can be in my ability to help others with their work. As Defoe […]
Multimodality Accommodation & Neurodivergence Andrew Johnson December 20, 2021 This year involved a lot of exposure to new ideas for me (and for everyone). I have been working on research involving multimodal communication, and I recently received a diagnosis for ADHD. Both of these have opened my eyes to new ways I can interact with […]
Deadlines Can Suck It Andrew Johnson May(be) 5, 2022 Sometimes it’s okay to be behind schedule. I had a lot go wrong this semester that helped put me behind. Although I do tend to run behind (Hofstadter’s Law is basically my life motto), this semester the rain decided – in true Vancouver fashion – to […]
Writing Centre Self-Reflection Allison Stephan April 14, 2022 I was somewhat nervous when I started working at the Writing Centre. I had never done formal tutoring like this before, and I could tell that there was a lot to learn, once again, in another part-time job. I had previously taught English to second language speakers, […]
Repeat Appointments Meg Armour April 25, 2022 Something that stood out as important to me this semester was the value of recurring appointments. Throughout the previous semester I had very few repeat appointments, those being primarily from my embedded English class. During the spring semester of 2022 the majority of my appointments were recurring which […]
