Rhetoricon poster with image of man with exposed brain in a sphere. Information available via the link.
The Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions; Constructions & Figures features leading scholars presenting on rhetorical stylistics and grammatical constructions. May 28 and 29, University of Waterloo. tinyurl.com/62aha2sx
Poster for CWCA/ACCR 2026 Conference. Complete information available from link in post.
CWCA/ACCR 2026 Conference: The Centre (Still) Holds: Writing Centre Work in Changing and Unchanging Times. Online, June 16-18. Register: tinyurl.com/mvyuakjw
Webinar poster naming two key authors and articles: Katja Thieme, "Why Intention? How Process? Where Trust? A Sociorhetorical View of Writing in the Presence of Generative Al," and Christopher Eaton, "Mapping Next Steps in GenAl Research."
CASDW/ACR's Winter 2026 webinar will feature two key articles recently printed in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie's special issue "Present and Future(s) of Writing in the Age of AI." Mar. 30, 1pm EST. To register: tinyurl.com/yba5r5wb.
CFP: The Sophist's Cookbook. If Plato is going to compare rhetoric to cookery, instead of resisting, why not lean into it and share a few rhetorical recipes? kraa.io/sophists_coo....
The CFP deadline for RhetCanada's Spring Conference is now extended to Sunday, Jan. 25. The conference will take place from May 28-30 at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. To submit your paper proposal and to register, go to our conference website: tinyurl.com/4jsz5jhc
The RhetCanada Winter Showcase takes place on Zoom this Saturday, Jan. 17. See the Winter Showcase website for the schedule and registration instructions: tinyurl.com/yezudkjd
Image of person with a split face, part woman, part Aristotle, holding a phone, with the conference name: Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today.
CFP: RhetCanada invites paper proposals for its 2026 conference, which will be held May 28-30, 2026, at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. Deadline: Jan. 19, 2026. tinyurl.com/2s3c8dba
A last-minute reminder that the deadline for submitting proposals for @rhetcan.bsky.social's Winter Showcase is this Friday, Nov. 7! To submit your paper proposal or to register to attend the showcase, please go to our event webpage: tinyurl.com/2vmcdz4k.
Kyle Gerber and Randy Harris.
Bruce Dadey and Kyle Gerber
Congratulations to RhetCanada's Dr. Kyle Gerber on his graduation!
The deadline for submitting proposals for RhetCanada's Winter Showcase is now extended to Nov. 7! To submit your paper proposal or to register to attend the showcase, please go to our event webpage: tinyurl.com/2vmcdz4k.
The Nov. 1 submission deadline for the RhetCanada Winter Showcase is rapidly approaching! The Showcase will be held online on Jan. 17, 2026. Presentations can be 10-12 minute lightning papers or informal project in progress updates. Info: tinyurl.com/2dxw45a6.
The CFP for the RhetCanada Winter Showcase, to be held online Jan. 17, 2026, is now available. The submission deadline is Nov. 1. tinyurl.com/2dxw45a6.
JOB: Assistant Professor (Enlightenment-Era Rhetorics and/or Eighteenth-Century Literature). Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. tinyurl.com/23kh3c8p
JOB: Assistant Professor, Media Studies, with a focus on emerging technologies. University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia. tinyurl.com/23vny3c9
The @RhetCan Annual General Meeting will take place Tuesday, September 2, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. on Zoom. Members will receive an email with a meeting link shortly, and meeting documents will be available soon on the Current AGM Documents page: tinyurl.com/yvyute7y
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Congratulations to our newest UWaterloo English PhD graduate, Dr. Kyle Gerber, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Figuring Forgiveness: Dramatistic Aspects of Forgiveness in an Anabaptist Context." tinyurl.com/4dby86ne
JOB: Associate Professor or Professor/Program Director, Academic and Technical Writing Program, Academic and Technical Writing. Faculty of Humanities, University of Victoria. tinyurl.com/4kba4dzp
Still reflecting on the many excellent presentations from yesterday's online conference -- and getting excited for RhetCanada's in-person conference, which is this week (June 4-6) at George Brown College.
We thank all online participants, and look forward to welcoming those joining us in Toronto!
George Brown College St. James Campus.
The programme for the 2025 annual RhetCanada conference is now available! The conference will be held online on May 31 and in person from June 4-6 at George Brown College in Toronto, in association with the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. tinyurl.com/2x27d2m7
Job: Lecturer or Assistant Professor, 10-month term (Writing Studies/Creative Writing), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/18322
The proposal submission deadline for @RhetCan's 2025 annual conference has been extended from Feb. 1 to Friday, Feb. 7! To submit: tinyurl.com/bde8xya7
Reminder (and date correction): The proposal deadline for RhetCanada's 2025 annual conference (online May 31 and at George Brown College in Toronto June 4-6) is Saturday, Feb. 1. We look forward to receiving your proposals! CFP: event.fourwaves.com/cssr2025/pages
The CFP for @RhetCan's 2025 annual conference is now available! The conference will take place online on May 31 and in person from June 4-6 at George Brown College (Toronto) in association with FHSS's Congress 2025. To register and submit proposals: tinyurl.com/mrx7hctv.
Cover of Rhetor 9, showing an image of the Greek goddess of persuasion, Peitho.
Volume 9 of Rhetor, the Journal of the Canadian Association for the Study of Rhetoric, is now available online. The issue features rhetoric-focused articles on a broad range of topics, from Construction Grammar to stand-up
comedy, from pop music to optical weapons systems. rhetcanada.org/rhetor-9/
Collage of images related to rhetoric.
Welcome to RhetCanada's new Bluesky feed! Posts on our X account, @RhetCan, will be mirrored here. For more information on our scholarly association, visit our website: rhetcanada.org.