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Also known as The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, an international, bilingual scholarly society based in Canada, dedicated to the study of rhetoric—its theory, practice, criticism, history, and pedagogy.

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RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The editors of Rhetor, the peer-reviewed online journal published by RhetCanada, invite submissions for a special issue based on presentations from this year’s RWDT conference. See below for details:

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RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

That's a wrap, folks -- what an incredible and unique event RWDT 2026 has been. Special thanks to Rency Luan for her exceptional conference organization; CASDW's Sarah Banting, Sreemali Herath, and Sara Humphreys; and RhetCan's Jon Doering and Shannon Lodoen. And, of course, to all our participants!

RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The final event of the conference was a joint CASDW/RhetCanada panel featuring Monique Kampherm, Zoya Randhawa, and Sarah Casey. In the words of Randy Harris: "What a lineup!"

Sarah Casey stands at the front of the room, delivering her presentation on “Apathy by Design: The Rhetoric of Risk Communication Stacking.” Zoya Randhawa stands at the front of the room, delivering her presentation on “Not All, But Always: The Role of Figurative Constructions in Epitomizing Arguments."Monique Kampherm stands at the front of the room delivering her presentation (co-authored with Randy Harris) on "Crafting Political Ethos through Social Media Videos."The presenters sit at the front of the room for Q&A (L-R Zoya, Monique, and Sarah), moderated by incoming CASDW VP Sara Humphreys.
RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The final day of "Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today" featured a full slate of presentations by Maab Al-Rashdan, Wafa Ben Yedder, Romina Hashemi, Q.E. Drummond, Katja Thieme and Arnav Agarval, Rawia Azzahrawi, Deepa Silwal, Philippa Spoel, Carolyn Eckert, Amanda Friz, and M. Remi Yergeau.

Panelists (L-R) Romina Hashemi, Maab Al-Rashdan, and Wafa Ben Yedder sit for questions. Fiona Thompson, standing at the lectern, moderates the discussion.Q.E. Drummond stands at the front of the classroom delivering her presentation entitled "Imminent Re-Imaginings: Rhetorics of Transgender Survival Under Emergent Authoritarianism."Amanda Friz and M. Remi Yergeau sit at the front of the classroom for Q&A. Rency Luan, standing at the lectern, facilitates the discussion.Presenters Rawia Azzahrawi and Deepa Silwal attend remotely for Q&A, cast onto the projector screen.
RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A bird's eye view of (some of) our conference-goers! CASDW's conference officially wrapped up on May 28th, though joint featured panels and RhetCanada events continue through the weekend.

A group of ~40 conference goers smile for the picture being taken from the second floor of the St Jerome's Atrium.
RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Day 3 began with another exciting CASDW/RhetCanada joint featured panel centred around AI use/non-use in academic writing contexts. Presentations were delivered by Bong-gi Sohn, Erin Vearncombe, Tammy Byrne and Donnie Calabrese, and Loren Gaudet.

Erin Vearncombe delivers her presentation to the CASDW/RhetCanada audience, standing beside a projector screen with the title slide "Pedagogies of Writing and the Relational Challenge of Generative AI."Donnie Calabrese delivers part of his co-presentation on "Perspectives on Writing, Generative AI, and the Writing Centre" (Tammy Byrne co-presenter) to the CASDW/RhetCanada audience.Loren Gaudet's virtual presentation, "Who do you work for? Conflicting responsibilities and LLMs in writing classrooms" is projected to the CASDW/RhetCanada audience.Bong-gi Sohn delivers her presentation on "Rewriting the Narrative: Plurilingualism, AI, and Collaborative Writing Tutor Pedagogies" to the CASDW audience, standing beside a projected slide.
RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Day 2 opened with a CASDW/RhetCanada feature panel, with presentations by Jay Dolmage, Kate Maddalena, Jennifer Clary-Lemon and Amanda Armstrong, and Jane Freeman.

Jane Freeman stands in front of the projector, which features her title slide on "Disagreeing Effectively is a Research Skill," delivering her presentation to the conference audience. Jennifer Clary-Lemon (at podium) and Amanda Armstrong (seated) deliver their presentation, "From AI to IK: Seeing beyond Looking with the Field Note," to the conference audience.Kate Maddalena stands in front of the audience, delivering her presentation on "Writing Media to Refuse AI."Jay Dolmage stands in front of the audience, delivering his presentation on "Dropping Out: Institutional Critique After Universities."
RhetCanada@rhetcan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yesterday marked the beginning of our 2026 annual conference, "Rhetoric, Writing & Discourse Today," in partnership with CASDW and supported by SSHRC. The event was opened by elder Jean Becker, followed by remarks from the association presidents, Jonathan Doering (RhetCan) and Sarah Banting (CASDW).

Elder Jean Becker gives opening remarks to the conference audience in front of two projector screens with Waterloo's land acknowledgement displayed.Jonathan Doering gives RhetCan's opening remarks to the conference audience.Sarah Banting gives CASDW opening remarks to the conference audience.