@rhetcan.bsky.social
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.
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
19.01.2026 11:10 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The 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
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Image of person with a split face, part woman, part Aristotle, holding a phone, with the conference name: Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today.
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
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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.
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Kyle Gerber and Randy Harris.
Bruce Dadey and Kyle Gerber
Congratulations to RhetCanada's Dr. Kyle Gerber on his graduation!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
03.09.2025 21:44 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0JOB: Assistant Professor, Media Studies, with a focus on emerging technologies. University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia. tinyurl.com/23vny3c9
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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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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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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
15.07.2025 21:06 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Still 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!
George Brown College St. James Campus.
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
13.05.2025 15:52 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Job: Lecturer or Assistant Professor, 10-month term (Writing Studies/Creative Writing), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/18322
11.03.2025 20:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The proposal submission deadline for @RhetCan's 2025 annual conference has been extended from Feb. 1 to Friday, Feb. 7! To submit: tinyurl.com/bde8xya7
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Reminder (and date correction): The proposal deadline for RhetCanada's 2025 annual conference (online May 31 and at George Brown College in Toronto June 4-6) is Saturday, Feb. 1. We look forward to receiving your proposals! CFP: event.fourwaves.com/cssr2025/pages
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The CFP for @RhetCan's 2025 annual conference is now available! The conference will take place online on May 31 and in person from June 4-6 at George Brown College (Toronto) in association with FHSS's Congress 2025. To register and submit proposals: tinyurl.com/mrx7hctv.
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Cover of Rhetor 9, showing an image of the Greek goddess of persuasion, Peitho.
Volume 9 of Rhetor, the Journal of the Canadian Association for the Study of Rhetoric, is now available online. The issue features rhetoric-focused articles on a broad range of topics, from Construction Grammar to stand-up
comedy, from pop music to optical weapons systems. rhetcanada.org/rhetor-9/
Collage of images related to rhetoric.
Welcome to RhetCanada's new Bluesky feed! Posts on our X account, @RhetCan, will be mirrored here. For more information on our scholarly association, visit our website: rhetcanada.org.
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