Lab Hub

The OWLs developed by the various partner institutions of Campus Saskatchewan offer you, the student, personal help developing your writing skills. Instructors and tutors want to see you succeed, you just need to take that first step and visit one of our Online Writing Labs and join this community of writing.
Institutional Owls and Writing Support
- SIAST OWL - http://www.siast.sk.ca/owl/index.htm
- UofR OWL - http://www.uregina.ca/owl/
- UofS OWL - http://www.extension.usask.ca/owl/
The SIAST OWL provides students with assistance in developing, researching, writing and documenting their references for written assignments... CONTACT
The [UofR] OWL has developed from the in-person Writing Service that the Student Development Centre (SDC) has been offering for over ten years. We are working with the University of Regina community to provide writing service for students in all disciplines... CONTACT
The [UofS] Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers students personal help developing their writing assignments via e-mail writing tutorials... CONTACT
Regional Literacies and the Tool of Collaboration: Practice and Theory in the Online Writing Environment
Do you teach writing skills? Do you want to help students improve their academic writing? This workshop on Writing Support Practices is for you, whether you are a writing support tutor, instructor, administrator, manager or staff member. This conference includes:
- a workshop led by Dr. M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Sargent
(see www.humanities.ualberta.ca/english/people.html for bio)
Exploratory Writing: How Ink Shedding Can Help Students Deepen and Extend Their Learning- freewriting
- inkshedding
- “writing is thinking” (Sondra Perl)
- writer’s block (Eugene Gendlin)
- discussion
- practical suggestions
- OWL Reports and Discussion • SIAST • U of R • U of S
- Small Group Discussion of Student Writing Samples
What to Bring: “No preparation is necessary - simply bring your head, heart and hands.”
November 17th & 18th, 2006
Room 12, Murray Memorial Library
University of Saskatchewan
Cost: No charge for Saskatchewan Post-secondary employees
Registration is limited