The college’s Academic Success Centre is offering a seven-part online workshop series during the Winter 2024 term called Building Your Writing Foundation. It is open to ALL college students. The series includes seven sessions that will equip you with foundational writing skills for your college success! 

You are welcome to attend any or all of the seven sessions. No registration is required, just log on!  

Sessions will be held Wednesdays from 12:15-12:45pm on Webex. Log on for all workshops using this link.  Use your RRC Polytech credentials to join! 

Workshop Series Schedule:  

• Writing Professional Email // Wednesday, January 17, 12:15-12:45pm 
  • What does a professional email look like?  When should I send one? 

• Claim + Evidence // Wednesday, January 24, 12:15-12:45pm  
  • How do I support a claim? What even is a claim?    

•  Reflective Writing // Wednesday, January 31, 12:15-12:45pm  
  • What does it mean to reflect? How can I write about what I’ve learned?  

•  Paragraph Structure // Wednesday, February 7, 12:15-12:45pm  
  • How should I organize my ideas in a paragraph?    

•  Summarizing // Wednesday, February 14, 12:15-12:45pm  
  • How can I reduce a text to only the main idea?  

• Paraphrasing // Wednesday, February 28, 12:15-12:45pm  
  • How do I use other writers’ ideas in my writing?    

•  APA Citations and Formatting // Wednesday, March 6, 12:15-12:45pm  
  • What is APA citation style? Where can I find information to use APA accurately?    

Questions? Contact writing@rrc.ca  

Click here for more information on the ASC website.