Written Communication Jan 1993

Composition in Canadian Universities

ROGER GRAVES

Abstract

Most commentators on writing instruction—both its history and its present practice—focus on American examples, at least in part because of a lack of information about how other countries organize writing instruction. This article seeks to redress this situation by providing information about how Canadian universities organize writing instruction. The article presents a short orientation to the development of universities in Canada before presenting the results of a national survey of all the universities in Canada who belong to the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada. The Results and Discussion section is divided into two parts based on the language of instruction in the universities being considered (English or French). The discussion seeks to answer three questions: How widespread is writing instruction? What do we know about the people who teach and research writing at universities? What is the range of instruction?

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Written Communication
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1993-01-01
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10.1177/0741088393010001003
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first-year composition writing pedagogy
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Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Graves et al. (1994)
    Technical Communication Programs at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  2. Graves et al. (1994)
    Technical Communication Programs at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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