Who We Are
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication employs both professional and student staff, all of whom are passionate educators, writers, and researchers. Visit this page to learn more about staff at the Centre and to find our contact information.
What We Do
We are an educational support unit at UBC Vancouver dedicated to helping facilitate the writing of undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, and faculty. We offer a broad variety of services, workshops, events, and programs all dedicated to helping members of the UBC community from across the disciplines to enhance their academic literacy and accomplish their writing tasks.
How We Do It
Our programs are guided by research on how writing works in real academic settings. That means we don’t treat writing as a set of universal rules. Instead, we focus on how expectations change across disciplines, assignments, and audiences.
We help writers understand the specific conventions of their field, how to structure ideas in ways their readers expect, and how to communicate their research clearly and effectively. Whether you’re working on a lab report, a course paper, or a dissertation chapter, our goal is not just to improve the document in front of you, but to help you develop the skills and awareness you need to write with confidence throughout your academic and professional life.
