{"id":50,"date":"2016-07-12T16:04:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webtest.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:06:58","slug":"writing-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students may access assistance with a variety of writing topics including how to get started, essay structure, citations, grammar concerns, paraphrasing, organization&#8230;and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Both Joan Garbutt and Karen Skinner offer academic writing skills, while Karen offers an additional focus on English as a second (or additional) language.<strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Please complete and submit the New Intake form when you book your appointment <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/xCtAr3VBg0\" class=\"btn\"><strong>New Intake form<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book an appointment with <\/strong><a href=\"https:&#47;&#x2f;&#x6f;u&#116;&#x6c;&#x6f;o&#107;&#x2e;o&#102;&#x66;&#x69;c&#101;&#x33;6&#53;&#x2e;&#x63;o&#109;&#x2f;&#x6f;&#119;&#x61;&#x2f;c&#97;&#x6c;&#x65;n&#100;&#x61;r&#47;&#x57;&#x72;i&#116;&#x69;n&#103;&#x53;&#x6b;i&#108;&#x6c;&#x73;&#64;&#x42;&#x72;a&#110;&#x64;&#x6f;n&#85;&#x6e;i&#118;&#x65;&#x72;s&#105;&#x74;y&#46;&#x6f;&#x6e;m&#105;&#x63;&#x72;&#111;&#x73;&#x6f;f&#116;&#x2e;&#x63;o&#109;\/bookings\/s\/k-LUxMf3dUm0Ndynju1kBw2\" class=\"btn\"><strong>Joan G<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book an appointment with <a href=\"https:\/\/&#111;&#117;&#116;&#x6c;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x6b;&#46;o&#102;&#102;&#105;&#x63;&#x65;&#x33;&#x36;5&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;&#x2f;&#x6f;&#x77;&#x61;\/c&#97;&#108;&#101;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x61;&#x72;\/W&#114;&#105;&#116;&#x69;&#x6e;&#x67;&#x53;ki&#108;&#108;&#115;&#x40;&#x42;&#x72;&#x61;nd&#111;&#110;&#85;&#x6e;&#x69;&#x76;&#x65;rs&#105;&#116;&#121;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x6d;ic&#114;&#111;&#115;&#x6f;&#x66;&#x74;&#x2e;com\/bookings\/s\/1m2sUBvkYkWdvWjfc0G7pQ2\" class=\"btn\">Karen S<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Students are allowed one writing appointment per week, only.\u00a0 You cannot book an appointment with Joan and then another in the same week with Karen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\tServices for Students\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/writing-skills-walk-in-assistance\/\">Writing Skills Walk-in Assistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/writing-skills-workshops\/\">Workshop Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-students\/#email\">Email<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-students\/#online-resources\">Online Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"book-detail-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/tldr\">TL;DR &#8211; A Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in University<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t2\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\t Services for Faculty\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c2\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-faculty\/#we-can\">What We Can Do For You<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-faculty\/#you-can\">What You Can Do to Help Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/tldr\">TL;DR &#8211; A Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-faculty\/#email\">Email<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/files\/2017-Guiding-Principals-policy.pdf\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students may access assistance with a variety of writing topics including how to get started, essay structure, citations, grammar concerns, paraphrasing, organization&#8230;and much more! 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