Posts Tagged ‘University of Toronto’
Give this man a microphone, a podium, and an audience . . .
You have been wanting to catch Our Hero in person. You know you have. . . Friday, Jan. 31: The Burns Supper at Hart House. Toast to The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns. Saturday, Feb. 8: Canoe & Wilderness Symposium. 2 p.m. Fatal Passage: Return to Rae Strait. Tuesday, Feb. 18. McGill University Community for…
Read MoreWriting Nonfiction: Everything you wanted to know . . . available online!
He’s back! The Dr. Jekyll in me is gearing up to teach an online course through University of Toronto. It’s called The Art of Fact: An Introduction to Writing Nonfiction. We launch January 20. And the particulars look like this: “The hallmarks of Creative, Literary or Narrative Nonfiction are truth and personal presence. The genre includes…
Read MoreKeriann McGoogan wins Pearson Canada Award
Keriann McGoogan has won a Pearson Canada Award in the Ryerson Publishing Program. The merit award, which carries a $1,000 honorarium, recognizes “academic excellence in completed course work and demonstration of promise in educational publishing.” McGoogan, who holds a PhD in physical anthropology from the University of Toronto, will receive the award at a ceremony…
Read MoreWould you take a writing workshop with this man?
In case you missed yesterday’s Globe and Mail, where this slightly doctored photo turned up in the Books Section, Our Hero will soon teach Narrative Non-Fiction at the University of Toronto Summer Writing School. It’s an intensive, one-week, multi-genre program that runs this year July 15 to 19. Other instructors include Dennis Bock, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer,…
Read MoreThis writing instructor has no shame!
In the beginning, I had doubts about teaching online. In a classroom situation, I could rely on my good looks, augmented by one-liners. Working online meant losing these resources. But, hey, good news! Judging from the latest report card, online is working wonderfully. Out of seventeen categories in this latest report card, sixteen were straight…
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