Department News

Associate professor Rich Shivener explores how the emotions of creators shape their digital media productions in new book

Writing Department associate professor, Rich Shivener, has published a new book looking at the ways creators are living digital media, experiencing emotions like love and frustration, as they shape their creations. Living Digital Media: Rhetorical-affective practices in circulation looks at the ways in which rhetorical practices like collaboration, revision and delivery are loaded with feelings, […]

Adjunct Professor, Paul McLaughlin’s book finalist for the Toronto Book Awards and the Heritage Toronto Awards

Adjunct Professor Paul McLaughlin’s acclaimed novel, The Suicide Magnet: Inside the Battle to Erect a Safety Barrier on Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct, is one of five books shortlisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards, in addition to being one of fifteen 2024 Book Award nominees for the Heritage Toronto Awards. The book recounts the story of how […]

Featured – PRWR 4103 Video Game Rhetoric

Do games make arguments? And if they do, how? This course tackles a multitude of questions in and around games and gaming such as how and what do games persuade, do these persuasions matter, and how do we actually make and research what video games tell us. Through both practice and play, students will learn […]

First-Year Experience in Professional Writing

Are you considering a major in Professional Writing or English & Professional Writing? During your first-year in the Professional Writing and English & Professional Writing programs, you’ll become part of a community of writers who learn to recognize and communicate in a variety of genres and styles appropriate to their audience. Our first-year courses introduce […]

Alumni Stories: Jessica Da Silva, PRWR (Honours)

Meet Jessica Da Silva, a graduate of York U’s Professional Writing Program. Learn how Jessica’s PRWR degree set her up for success in her current role as a proposal writer at Colliers Project. “I also learned how to research and refine my understanding in ways that were valuable to defined audiences, not to mention the […]

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.

Alumni Stories: Leah Ciani, PRWR (Honours) ’23

Meet Leah Ciani, a graduate of York U’s Professional Writing Program. Learn how Leah’s PRWR degree led to an editorial assistant internship at Sutherland House Books, a non-fiction publishing company. “Book publishing taught me everything I needed to know about the publishing world…Digital authoring taught me how to market my creative skills professionally, and how […]

Five PRWR/ENPR Students Win Dean’s Award for Research Excellence

We are very proud to announce that five of our students won the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE). Congratulations to Matteo Cerilli, Sophie Corbiere, Royce Luu, Faridah Mazhar, and Yuwai Brian Wong! In 2023, DARE was awarded to only 45 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional (LA&PS) students. Each winner […]

Alumni Stories: Jared Granger, ENPR BA (Honours) ‘21

Curious about where a degree in Professional Writing or English and Professional Writing can take you? Meet Jared Granger, a graduate of the English and Professional Writing (ENPR) Program, a specialized honours degree offered through the Writing Department at York University. Learn how Jared’s ENPR degree set him up for success in his current career […]

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