UVic CAC

UVic's Centre for Academic Communication (formerly the Writing Centre) provides tutorials, workshops, online tutoring, and more to undergrad and grad students.

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Welcome back to the Centre for Academic Communication!
We are open during summer and can help you with academic communication, time management, and more!
Stop by in McPherson Library (135 i-m) or book an appointment here: https://t.co/B3M3bvo7zp

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Are you a 3rd- or 4th-year undergraduate student wanting to get your writing published? The Arbutus Review welcomes submissions until June 1. For more info see https://t.co/jDfkP6jc1d

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Too much to do and not enough time? If this rings a bell, read Emily's latest post on our blog with the same title!

https://t.co/ZX7c7L4JG5

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Centre for Academic Communication's Kaveh Tagharobi was a guest on the latest episode of #uvicbounce podcast "Waving, not Drowning." Check out the episode here: https://t.co/FCJ64JDVPZ

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Read the latest post on the Graduate Student Writers' Community blog to "Enliven your writing in 2021"!

https://t.co/mVVAxXDrFK

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Congratulations to student authors James Choi, Melina Cortina-Cortez, Ginny Makovnyka, Emma Ronayne, Julian Ruszel, and Jillian Toppings for their recent publications in the latest issue of The Arbutus Review: https://t.co/jDfkP6jc1d

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Let’s write together this fall!

https://t.co/6X6OtSJywY

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A new edition of the APA style guide was released last fall. Madeline Walker has written about some of the changes in our blog. https://t.co/ZrX1XOMEpr

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The Graduate Student Writers' Community is back! Check out our new post and consider writing for us!
https://t.co/EDudHfTr0V

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The Grad Writing Room (Virtual Edition) is now open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 2 to 4pm in Blackboard. Join using this link
https://t.co/LptsTP8nYr and write "alone, together" with other graduate students in isolation.

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Happening at the CAC today!

Effective Presentations, 2–3:10
Getting Ready to Publish, 3:15–4:30

@UVicLib, room 130!

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Happening at the CAC today!

Writing about Data, 2–3:10
Integrating Paraphrases and Summaries, 3:15–4:30

@UVicLib, room 130!

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Happening at the CAC today!

Pronunciation Clinic (11:30 to 1pm, October 16, HHB 128)
Understanding the Assignment (2 to 3:10pm, October 16, Library 130)
Critical Thinking: Academic Reading and Writing (3:15 to 4:30pm, October 16, Library 130)

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Read Madeline's latest blog post before she goes on a one-year leave.

https://t.co/aFPOB9hgIl

You can still email her during this time at [email protected] about the blog and its future.

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Struggling to finish your thesis? Looking for support? Kick your thesis writing into gear with the Thesis Boot Camp! Three days of writing, speakers, time management workshops & more to help you get on track. https://t.co/UG5eLSKrPw

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3rd and 4th year undergrads: Did you write a great paper? Consider publishing it in The Arbutus Review https://t.co/jDfkP6ANpN Deadline extended to May 15, 2019.

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Summer term will start on May 6 at the CAC with more 1:1 appointments on https://t.co/B3M3bvo7zp.
Until then, email us with requests for appointments or just relax and read the latest post on our graduate writing blog! 😄🌞
https://t.co/cI9WNOsGXR

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Are you looking for a book on writing a good thesis? Our own Madeline Walker has reviewed a 2014 book on the very same subject. Read Madeline's review of How to Write a Better Thesis on our grad student blog. https://t.co/T7n8htYdVw #thesis #writing #book

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Workshops this week at the CAC:

Conversation strategies (for EAL grads); Tue, Feb 5, 2-3:15
Linked skills: Reading to writing (for EAL students); Tue, Feb 5, 3:30-4:30
Revising for clarity; Thur, Feb 7, 2-3:15

All workshops are in Room 130 McPherson Library. No registration.

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Do you think writing becomes important only when you are already in graduate school? Read Thiago's piece on how writing skills can help you in the process of getting admission and how it is all connected to the work you will be doing later.
https://t.co/djoJbCebDn