Welcome our new faculty!

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

Featured: Practical Studies in Damage Control (WRIT3010)

Practical Studies in Damage Control (WRIT3010) invites you to consider how we can use writing and communication skills to minimize damage and maximize fortune. We will each stage of crisis communication, with particular emphasis on the response stage.

Featured: Programming for Professional Writers (WRIT3012)

WRIT 3012 is a brand new elective about the connections between coding and writing. It's a completely beginner course (no coding experience required) designed for students who are interested in code as a creative, artistic, and expressive tool.

F/W 2019 Jan Rehner Prize for Writing Competition Opens!

The Department of Writing is encouraging submissions for the Jan Rehner Prize for Writing from interested students and faculty. Any paper (one per person) written in any style may be nominated, so long as the final grade for the paper was at least 80%. The winner in each category will be the Department's nominee for […]

You're Invited to our Book Launch!

Professional Writing student's the launch of this year's Book Practicum & Leaping Lion Press publication!  From our students: You are invited to the book launch for Social Justice, a mystery novel by York's own Professor Emeritus Arthur Haberman! The event will take place in the York Bookstore on April 3rd from 1 pm to 3 pm. […]

Winners of the Jan Rehner Prize for Writing

Congratulations to all the writers of Jan Rehner Prize for Writing! Visit Jan Rehner Prize for Writing on YorkSpace for news on this year's finalists and winners.

Leaping Lion Books Presents...

Leaping Lion Books would like to invite you to join us for an evening of strong drinks, good food, better company and a preview of untold Canadian history, as we celebrate Donna Jean MacKinnon's debut book, NEWSGIRLS: Gutsy Pioneers in Canada's Newsrooms. March 29, 2017 6:30-8:30 Women's Art Association of Canada 23 Prince Arthur Ave. Toronto, […]

Pokemon@York: PRWR students publish full article in Yfile

 Third year Professional Writing students Mackenzie Shaw and Stephanie Wilcox investigate the impact of Pokemon Go on York's community. Pokemon GO brings new 'battle' to York U campus

2016 Jan Rehner Writing Prize Finalists

The Writing Department is pleased to announce the winners and runner-ups of the first annual Jan Rehner Writing awards. 1st Year Winner: Mikenna Zerby “From Fermata to Overture” WRIT 1003, Introduction to Professional Writing. Course Director: Andrea McKenzie  Runner-up: Marina Mekael, “Destined Dystopia: An Analysis of Ignorance in Oryx and Crake” WRIT 1702, Becoming a Better Writer. […]

Experimental Course in Writing

The Writing Department is planning to offer a new, experimental section of AP/WRIT 1400 (Y) 6.0 Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing during the coming academic year. It’s modeled on non-threatening, peer-led book clubs that have been proven effective in getting reluctant readers to take up reading for pleasure rather than thinking of reading as an […]