Writing Resources

Assistance for improving your writing at university

General UofT Writing Resources

More specifics about writing support

Supplied by Professor Derek Allen, Dean of Arts, Trinity College:

The Writing Centre at your college is your main resource for obtaining direct instruction on the types of writing expected at university (from the pamphlet Writing at University 2007-08, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science; this pamphlet may be obtained in campus libraries and writing centres).

Trinity College has a Writing Centre located in Room 302 of the Gerald Larkin Building. Trinity students are entitled to use the Trinity College Writing Centre and so are students at other colleges who are taking a TRN course or a 199Y seminar sponsored by Trinity or by Trinity and a department.

To make an appointment with the Trinity College Writing Centre, use this Trinity College Writing Centre link at www.writing.utoronto.ca/news/writing-plus.

For information about resources at the University of Toronto for improving your writing if English is not your first language, visit www.writing.utoronto.ca/faqs/english-as-second-language.

From Margaret Proctor, Coordinator, Writing Support, University of Toronto:

1. The website Writing at the University of Toronto (www.writing.utoronto.ca) provides information about writing courses and writing centres and also contains a very popular set of advice files answering common questions about university writing. Start from the Advice page (www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice) when you need to look up ways to write a good introduction or be sure you’re reading critically, when you’re wondering how to fix a comma splice or when you need help on issues of learning English as a new language.

2. Find out what your college Writing Centre does at www.writing.utoronto.ca/writing-centres/centres/arts-and-science, and go to https://awc2.wdw.utoronto.ca/awc-login/ to book an appointment.

3. Everybody needs to know How Not to Plagiarize, or really how to get credit for having done your reading and thought about it. Start from www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources. and pick up ways to follow the standard systems of giving references.

4. Make the most of short group workshops early in Fall term. Writing Plus (www.writing.utoronto.ca/news/writing-plus) demonstrates university expectations for various kinds of written assignments, gives you tips on managing your time efficiently, and helps you prepare for tests and exams. If you’re learning English along with your subjects, you’ll enjoy what English Language Learning offers — a Communication Cafe to practice oral skills on the first five Tuesdays and Thursdays of term, and an ongoing online activity called Reading eWriting. Check them out at www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/ell.