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Afternoon Rhetoricon events included presentations by Laura Michaelis, Ramona Kuhn, Kavi Duvvoori, and Adele Goldberg. The event concluded with a round-table discussion. Thanks to @randyallenharris.bsky.social and the entire Rhetoricon team for sharing your fascinating work on rhetorical figures!

All Rhetoricon presenters sit at the front of the auditorium for the round-table discussion.

Ramona Kuhn stands at the front of the auditorium, delivering her presentation to the Rhetoricon audience.

Laura Michaelis stands at the front of the auditorium, delivering her presentation to the Rhetoricon audience.

Adele Goldberg stands at the front of the auditorium, delivering her presentation to the Rhetoricon audience.

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RhetCanada crossed over with the Rhetoricon and @randyallenharris.bsky.social for Day 4! The morning featured several fascinating talks from Jeanne Fahnestock, Kyle Gerber, and co-presenters Ritika Puri, Rency Luan, and Keru Chen.

Randy Allen Harris stands at the front of the auditorium, delivering an opening address to the Rhetoricon audience.

Jeanne Fahnestock stands at the front of the auditorium, delivering her opening presentation to the Rhetoricon audience on "Persuasive Parallelism."

Kyle Gerber stands at the front of the auditorium, delivering his presentation to the Rhetoricon audience on "We Construct Language as Language Constructs Us."

Co-presenters Ritika Puri and Rency Luan (co-presenter Keru Chen is featured on the projector screen) stand at the front of the auditorium, delivering their presentation to the Rhetoricon audience.

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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.

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Conversations continued on Day 3 with panels on visual, scientific, religious, and AI rhetorics.

Kavi Duvvoori moderates the AI Rhetorics panel, with speakers seated at the front of the RhetCanada room (L-R) Andrew McMurry, Paula Nunez de Villavicencio, Shannon Lodoen, and Alexi Orchard.

Carolyn Eckert moderates the scientific rhetoric panel, with speakers seated at the front of the RhetCanada room (L-R) Nathieli Cervo, Fiona Thompson, and Jill Decrop Ernst.

Sarah Casey moderates a panel Q&A with speakers seated at the front of the RhetCanada room (L-R) Sigrid Streit and Michelle Wilk.

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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.

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Day 2 closed with our third featured joint panel, featuring Mark Blaauw-Hara, Nelesi Rodrigues, Xiangying Huo, Srividya (Vidya) Natarajan, and Jordana Garbati.

Nelesi Rodrigues delivers her presentation on "Studying Community: Riding/Writing with the Venezuelan Cycling Collective Bicimamis" to the CASDW/RhetCanada audience.

Srividya (Vidya) Natarajan performs a traditional dance to open her presentation on "Relationality, Rewilding, and Embodiment: Eco-rhetorical Pedagogy" for the CASDW/RhetCan audience.

Xiangying Huo delivers her presentation on "Antiracist and Anti-oppressive Approach for Equity and Diversity in Writing Classrooms: Translanguaging Pedagogy" to the CASDW/RhetCanada audience.

Jordana Garbati delivers her presentation on Emojiology to the CASDW/RhetCanada audience in front of a projector screen featuring the cable car, on-arrow, and red heart emojis.

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Sara Vecchiato @saravecchiato.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Day 2's RhetCan presentations fostered conversation on all things rhetoric, from classical to contemporary. Thank you to all who presented!

Tess Laidlaw stands in front of the projector screen, delivering her presentation on "Participatory Critical Rhetoric: A Framework for Choric Invention at Commemorative Sites."

Kavi Duvvoori moderates the discussion period for the panel featuring panelists (L-R) Bruce Dadey, Lauren Keeley, and Jonathan Doering, seated at the front of the conference room.

David Beard delivers his presentation on "Paul Bunyan and Bigfoot: Some
Meditations on Permanence, Change, and Symbols."

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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."

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RhetCan's range of Day 1 presenters (some of whom are featured below) offered a rhetorical treasure trove to open the conference. Thank you, all!

Kacie Timmerman delivers their presentation in front of a projector slide featuring the text "Fourteen Hearts: Procedural Rhetoric, Identification, and Marriage Ludology in Stardew Valley."

Blaze Welling presents to the RhetCan audience on "Voices in the Text: Paralanguage and Entextualization in Nineteenth-Century Canadian and Métis Political Discourse."

Amaya Kodituwakku delivers their presentation entitled "Diasporic
Feminist Politics in the Face of Sri Lankan Nationalist Gender-Based Violence" to the RhetCan audience.

Yan Qiu delivers her presentation to the RhetCan audience (The “Digital Umbilical Cord” and Its Discontents: Epistemic Friction and the Struggle for Civil Solidarity Among Chinese Newcomers in Ontario").

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The first SSHRC-sponsored panel featured three thought-provoking opening presentations from Kavi Duvvoori, Randy Harris, and Louis M. Maraj.

Lou Maraj's virtual presentation is displayed on projector.

Kavi delivers their presentation in front of a projected slide on "AI-Hype's Incredible Inversions"."

Randy opens his presentation in front of a projected title slide: "Sound arguments abound.""

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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.

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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

Rhetoricon poster with image of man with exposed brain in a sphere. Information available via the link.

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

CWCA/ACCR 2026 Conference: The Centre (Still) Holds: Writing Centre Work in Changing and Unchanging Times. Online, June 16-18. Register: tinyurl.com/mvyuakjw

Poster for CWCA/ACCR 2026 Conference. Complete information available from link in post.

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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.

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."

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

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....

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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

Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today 2026

Join Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today 2026, May 26-30, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

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

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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

Image of person with a split face, part woman, part Aristotle, holding a phone, with the conference name: Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today.

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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.

The RhetCanada 2026 Winter Showcase

Fourwaves - The RhetCanada 2026 Winter Showcase

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Congratulations to RhetCanada's Dr. Kyle Gerber on his graduation!

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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 RhetCanada 2026 Winter Showcase

Fourwaves - The RhetCanada 2026 Winter Showcase

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

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.

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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.

UWaterloo English @uw-english.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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

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UWaterloo English @uw-english.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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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UWaterloo English @uw-english.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

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

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

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!

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

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

RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

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