The UWaterloo English Society's October Update is now available, including information on the departmental reception, various news items and other events, advice from an English major, and an author spotlight. tinyurl.com/2wuun69b

Congratulations to UWaterloo English's Ashley Mehlenbacher, who, with Christopher Thaiss, is the co-author of the 2nd edition of Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century. tinyurl.com/473cxsrp

Q&A: Fuse founder Joy Savage explains how the skills that she developed in her English/History BA enabled her strategy consulting and financial services career. Wed., Oct. 8, 12:30-1:30pm, HH 2034. tinyurl.com/yrpzwvj5

The Ethical Tech for a Global Future (ETGF) Symposium takes place Thurs. Oct. 2, 9am-3pm in DC 1301/1302. The Symposium explores the ethical dimensions of tech development and features a number of UWaterloo English speakers. tinyurl.com/2x97w8v7

Congratulations to the winners of the UWaterloo English Outstanding Course Performance Awards for spring 2025! tinyurl.com/mrn672yp

This year's Reading Series at St. Jerome's begins with a visit from poet Sneha Madhavan-Reese. Friday, October 3, 4:30pm in SJ2 1002. tinyurl.com/ysn53mb7

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.

The Canadian Communication Association is holding its 2026 annual conference from June 2-4 at the University of Windsor. CFP: tinyurl.com/2s4bsxfs.

UWaterloo English PhD alumnus Giuseppe Femia recently published an article in the International Journal of Role-Playing titled "Uninformed Consent in TTRPGs: Communicating Expectations to Avoid Nightmare Game Master Horror Stories." tinyurl.com/epp34ejt

Congratulations to our newest UWaterloo English PhD graduate, Dr. Carolyn Eckert, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Punctuated Ethos: Addressing Trust, Credibility and Expertise in Times of Crisis." tinyurl.com/4ua9sc6v

Congratulations to UWaterloo English's Dr. Vinh Nguyen, whose bestselling memoir The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse is a finalist for both the Toronto Book Award and the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. tinyurl.com/3njjn7hd

CFP: Ethical Tech for a Global Future symposium, to be held at University of Waterloo on Oct. 2, 2025. Inviting student presentations and posters. Submission deadline Sept. 17. tinyurl.com/4xdye4wh

UWaterloo English alumna Carolyn Huizinga Mills will be launching her newest picture book, I Drove My Bed to Grandma’s House, at the Eastside Branch of the Waterloo Public Library on Sat., Oct. 18, 10:30am-noon. tinyurl.com/ycp6fju2

Join UWaterloo English alumnus Antonio Michael Downing for the launch of his debut novel, Black Cherokee. Sept. 10, 7pm, at the John M. Harper branch of the Waterloo Public Library. tinyurl.com/2uhbwe77

JOB: Assistant Professor, Media Studies, with a focus on emerging technologies. University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia. tinyurl.com/23vny3c9

JOB: Assistant Professor (Enlightenment-Era Rhetorics and/or Eighteenth-Century Literature). Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. tinyurl.com/23kh3c8p

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Giuseppe Femia, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Failure in Disability Game Studies." tinyurl.com/mrsy3kuk

The 2025 UWaterloo English Graduate Orientation is coming up, featuring grad info sessions and teaching orientation workshops on Sept. 2 and 5, Critical Media Lab and Games Institute welcomes on Sept. 12, and a department reception on Sept. 25. Complete schedule: tinyurl.com/ymewbmwa

This summer five accomplished Ontario high school students participated in UWaterloo English's Writing in Colour Colloquium, selected out of seventy students who submitted essays written on the theme of self-discovery. tinyurl.com/mrs82dhr

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

Congratulations to UWaterloo English's Dr. Heather Love, whose book Cybernetic Aesthetics: Modernist Networks of Information and Data received the the 2025 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize from the Canadian Communication Association. tinyurl.com/mwmc7rkk

EVENT: UWaterloo English presents a Creative Writing Showcase and Open Mic. Thurs. July 31, 1-3pm, St. Jerome's University, Sweeney Hall 1104 (Fireside Lounge). Info and sign-up details: tinyurl.com/mtseewxr

Critical Tech Talk: "Vibe Coding with AI for Cancer Detection - Building Mini Medical Machines in the Shadow of 'Big Tech.'" Thursday, July 24, 4:30-6:00pm, DC 1350. tinyurl.com/ms7hfhrr

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Mahnoor Bano, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Patriarchy, Power and Protest: Women’s Agency in South Asian and African Literature." tinyurl.com/cxe9dk8r

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

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Chitra Karki, who successfully defended his dissertation, "A Decentering Other of the Academy." tinyurl.com/bdh9de4c

Harry Millard Logan, associate professor at @uw_english from 1966-2000 and early pioneer of computer-based textual analysis, passed away on July 5. Condolences to his family and friends. tinyurl.com/45x6tcxw

Congratulations to UWaterloo English faculty members George Lamont, Jennifer Clary-Lemon, and Stacy Denton on their Outstanding Performance Awards!

The UWaterloo English Society presents Reading by Firelight, a bonfire/picnic. Wednesday, July 16, 6:30-9pm. tinyurl.com/yvupnrzk

EVENT: UWaterloo English presents a Creative Writing Showcase and Open Mic. Thurs. July 31, 1-3pm, St. Jerome's University, Sweeney Hall 1104 (Fireside Lounge). Info and sign-up details: tinyurl.com/mtseewxr

The UWaterloo Critical Media Lab presents a trio of solar-power themed community building events to mark the lightest days of the year. Events take place from June 24-26. For times and locations: tinyurl.com/32sccdf2.

We're proud to announce the names of the UWaterloo English students who will be receiving their degrees at the spring 2025 convocation this week. Congratulations to all! tinyurl.com/cf7z58ae

Congratulations to the recipients of @uw_english's Outstanding Course Performance Awards for winter 2025! tinyurl.com/mrn672yp

The English Society is hosting their first Writers' Room of the term: Roots and Reflection! Held in honour of Asian Heritage Month, this workshop is designed to help people express their cultural identity through writing. Monday, May 26, 5-7pm, HH 334. tinyurl.com/yab79vy5

UWaterloo English PhD candidate Kem-Laurin Lubin has released a new book, Design Heuristics for Emerging Technologies, which explores the intersection between artificial intelligence, systemic bias, and the urgent need for equity in digital design. tinyurl.com/3jk5824u

UWaterloo English Creative Writing faculty and instructors were key contributors to the University of Waterloo 2025 Teaching and Learning Conference with their panel “Positive Disruptions: Sessionals and Creative Writing Teaching.”

UWaterloo English faculty and students are busy participating in Congress 2025 and a variety of other conferences this summer! See a list of their presentations: tinyurl.com/acss9k99

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

UWaterloo English profs Jennifer Clary-Lemon and Marcel O'Gorman are curating an exhibit called Nestcraft at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery from May 13-June 12. Mara Silver of Swallow Conservation will give a talk at Square Peg (May 15, 6-7pm). tinyurl.com/48zfw7am

Congratulations to uw-english's Chad Wriglesworth, who has received a 2025 Distinguished Teacher Award! tinyurl.com/6henweda

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Chris Giannakopoulos, who successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Knowing Language: The Poetics of Epistemology in Jan Zwicky, Paul Muldoon, and Geoffrey Hill." tinyurl.com/4e39nns5

.@uw-english prof Vinh Nguyen has written an opinion piece in today's @theglobeandmail.com: "The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the Vietnamese community’s gratitude toward Canada has never stopped." tinyurl.com/2cteyjm4

A reminder about the @uw-english Creative Writing Showcase on Tuesday, Apr. 29, 12-2pm, Fireside Lounge, St. Jerome's University. Schedule a reading of your work, read at the open mic, or just enjoy the readings. Register by noon, Friday, Apr. 25: tinyurl.com/2s4pnpk6

UWaterloo English is excited to announce the winter 2025 Creative Writing Showcase to celebrate the end of winter term! Tuesday, April 29, 12-2 p.m., Fireside Lounge, St. Jerome's University. Register to read your work or attend: tinyurl.com/2s4pnpk6

The UWaterloo English Society is accepting applications for a variety of positions. Deadline: April 19. Information: tinyurl.com/2s8c5c95 Apply: tinyurl.com/3ceuk6jy

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Stephanie Samboo, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Changing Education One Story at a Time." tinyurl.com/ynb723j2

CFP: @uw-english alumnus Houman Mehrabian is presiding officer for the Digital Studies session at the PAMLA annual conference in San Francisco Nov. 20-23, and has issued a CFP for the session. Session info: tinyurl.com/5n77x9c8 Submit proposal: tinyurl.com/2p8eprn

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Michael Domonchuk, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Confronting the Entity: The Implied Presence and Transcending the Role of Voyeur in Horror Cinema." tinyurl.com/bvkh9yp9

POSTDOC: Aydelotte Foundation Technology and Social Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. apply.interfolio.com/165877

Are you an undergraduate looking for community at @UWaterloo ? The UWaterloo Undergraduate English Society oversees a number of events and initiatives. They run a publication, Compass, a newsletter via Substack, and an Instagram account. More info: tinyurl.com/2y5r9chs