Guide to Academic Writing with Dr. Marilynne Waithman and MA student Reky Groenda who will be co-facilitating.

Place:  Pon G Lounge

Time:   12:30 - 2:00

The topics covered include:

• ·         reducing bias in language
• ·         creating economy of expression
• ·         dealing with redundancies
• ·         developing precision and clarity
• ·         mastering mechanics of style (including the nitty gritty): parentheses and brackets, italics, punctuation
• ·         citing references
• ·         using footnotes
• ·         creating reference lists and appendices

Michael John Simmonds will be defening his EdD Thesis "Interpreting the Fraser Institute Ranking of Secondary Schools in British Columbia: A Critical Discourse Analysis of How the Mechanics of Symbolic Capital Moblilization Shapes, Manages and Amplifies Visibility Asymmetries Between Schools and School Systems". The defense will be held at the Graduate Student Centre, Room 200, on Monday February 13, at 12:30pm. All are welcomed.

The Centre for Policiy Studies in Higher Education and Training (CHET) presents Campus 2020 with Rob Fleming.

Place:  Pon H 123

Evening (to 8:30 p.m.) and in Different Location.  Now in the Pon G Lounge.

The Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training (CHET) presents Canadian Language Policy and the Labour Market with Tara Gibb, PhD student in EDST.

Place: Pon H 123

JANINE MARIA HADFIELD will be defending her EdD Thesis “Gadamer and Praxis: Towards a Dialogic Praxis in Nursing Curriculum”. The defense will be held at Leon’s Lounge, Graduate Student Centre, Tuesday, February 28, from 12:30 p.m. All are welcomed.