The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) is an educational support unit at UBC Vancouver that provides writing support to students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, and faculty. The CWSC designs and delivers evidence-based writing consultations, workshops, retreats, and resources.

Undergraduates

Graduates

Postdoctoral Fellows

Faculty & Staff

Writing Resources

Annotated Resources

Familiarize yourself with standard features of academic genres by reading our annotated research articles, article abstracts, and grant applications.

Guides to Writing and Research

These evidence-based resources describe some of the typical practices that occur in high-stakes writing situations, with a focus on academic genres: abstracts, lay summaries, literature reviews, research article introduction, etc.

Science Writing

Explore UBC resources specific to the writing situations within the sciences.

Video Guides

Watch these videos to introduce yourself to the fundamentals of academic writing and research. Content includes perspectives from both senior academics at UBC and undergraduate and graduate students.

Podcasts

“Interrobang” is the CWSC’s in-house podcast, dedicated to engaging with writing across campus in all its diverse forms.

Upcoming Events

The CWSC offers a wide variety of workshops and retreats to support writing at UBC, whatever your level of study or research, whatever your discipline.

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