The Writing Centre offers numerous support services as well as in-person and Zoom sessions for current students.
Writing Centre Services
Benefit from one-on-one, drop-in support from CapU English instructors, in-person. As instructors who teach courses (including writing-focused ones) and grade assignments at CapU, they are well positioned to help you understand assignment expectations and see significant improvements in your writing. Learn more about how we can help on the main Writing Centre page.
The Writing Centre Peer Tutors are CapU students with strong writing and communication skills who are closely mentored by our English instructors in order to help CapU students with some aspects of the writing process. They are available on Zoom.
Each term, we offer occasional workshops – free for all CapU students – that cover key writing skills such as developing thesis statements, outlining, integrating quotes, learning citation styles, and understanding academic integrity. Visit our Writing Workshops page for more information.
The CapU Writing Centre has developed an array of handouts related to the writing process, which cover topics from essay and academic assignment genres, to research and documentation, to writing mechanics. Our English instructors can recommend these handouts in person in the Learning Commons section of the library, and some of them are also available at Writing Resources.
Location
The Writing Centre is located in the Learning Commons section of the Library Building on the North Vancouver campus, room LB126.
The files below provide our hours of operation in the Writing Centre from Jan. 5 - April 10.
Please note: The Writing Centre will be open with reduced hours during the Reading Break (Feb. 17 - 20).
We will post our Reading Break schedule for the Writing Centre and the Kéxwusm-áyakn Student Centre soon.
Meet with an Instructor or Peer Tutor on Zoom
From Jan. 5 to April 10, Writing Centre instructors are available to meet via Zoom on Tuesdays from 6:30 - 8 p.m. and on Thursdays from 1 - 2:30 p.m. (with reduced hours during Reading Break).
To join one of our Zoom meetings, there is no passcode necessary, but you do have to use your CapU login to get into the Zoom meeting.
To join our Zoom meeting, go to the CapU Zoom page and log in with your CapU account. Then, in the same browser that you used to log in to Zoom, click on the Zoom link below.