@WritingPartners

Writingpartners is a collaborative blog project shaped by the members of a rhetoric practicum course at the University of Winnipeg (Winnipeg, MB, Canada).

 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Joined October 2011
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Student Blog Post: Protest, Activism and NIMBYism writingpartners.wordpress.co… in #winnipeg against MTS cell phone tower. #servicelearning

Part II: Protest, Activism, and NIMBYism

This is where I live… Most of the time, I live in a house. But, I spend a lot of time walking through the parks and down by the river. In the winter when Orion is high in the night sky and the golf…

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Student Blog Post: Publicity Stunts vs. Awareness Campaigns writingpartners.wordpress.co… #winnipeg Looking at DT Biz "CEO Sleepout" #servicelearning

‘Publicity Stunts’ vs. ‘Awareness Campaigns’: The Thick Green Line

“Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.” – Benjamin Disraeli “Awareness without action is worthless.” &#…

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Student Blog Post: Our Rotting Core writingpartners.wordpress.co… #winnipeg #servicelearning

Our Rotting Core

Our dear little Winnipeg recently made national headlines for Air Canada’s decision to move its employees from the downtown Radisson Hotel because of complaints about crime. While Air Canada blamed…

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Student Blog Post: Protest, Activism and NIMBYism writingpartners.wordpress.co… in #Winnipeg's Wildwood Park #wpgcouncil #mbpoli #servicelearning

Part I: Protest, Activism, and NIMBYism

This is where I live. I have lived here for over 20 years. I chose to live here for a variety of reasons, some of which were that it was quiet, well-treed, close to downtown, and a bit off the beat…

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Student Blog Post: For Better or for Worse: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights writingpartners.wordpress.co… #servicelearning #mbpoli #winnipeg

For Better or For Worse: The Canadian Museum For Human Rights

In 2003, Israel Asper (known by many as “Izzy” Asper) presented a new project he had been working on for some time: the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Asper insisted that the project be o…

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Our #servicelearning & rhetoric student blog on: #winnipeg urban sprawl, #occupywallstreet, #sustainability, and more! writingpartners.wordpress.co…
More than 225 hits to our @uwinnipeg #servicelearning & rhetoric student blog in just 3 days! Check it out: writingpartners.wordpress.co… #winnipeg
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Hey Tweeps, @WritingPartners Prof. Jennifer Clary-Lemon in Canadian Press on the use of Twitterspeak: winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a… #servicelearning
Great posts! @vpiercy Check out our @uwinnipeg writing practicum class blog, rhetoric & #servicelearning writingpartners.wordpress.co…
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@comPOSITIONblog Great article on "Green Writing"! Check out our class blog: writingpartners.wordpress.co… A bit of an experiment in #servicelearning
Student Blog Post: Self-Reflection and Other Fears wp.me/p1CHd3-1t #servicelearning #globaledu
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Student Blog Post: Occupy the Classroom wp.me/p1CHd3-1C #servicelearning #ows #occupywallstreet #sustainability
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Student Blog Post: My Practicum, My Activism wp.me/p1CHd3-1x #servicelearning #literacy #Manitoba

My Practicum, My Activism

In recent classes we’ve been talking about our contributions to communities in different forms, levels, and action; then linking these experiences with education and how it has played a role in for…

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Student Blog Post: Suburbia Talks Back wp.me/p1CHd3-1m #Winnipeg #wpgcouncil #servicelearning
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Student Blog Post: The work starts here wp.me/p1CHd3-1h #servicelearning #consumerassociation #canada
Student Blog Post: Is #Winnipeg Really One Great City? wp.me/p1CHd3-1a #servicelearning
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Student Blog Post: To Praxis, or not to Praxis? wp.me/p1CHd3-14 #servicelearning #sustainability #wildlife
Student Blog Post: A Rhetoric Course and Environmental Sustainability? wp.me/p1CHd3-C #servicelearning #sustainability #350
Student Blog Post: Going Green & Democracy wp.me/p1CHd3-w #sustainability #servicelearning

Going Green & Democracy

In Tuesday’s class we were discussing what makes a “good” citizen in the structure of democracy.  Is it someone who recycles and takes care of their garbage; someone who is organizing community str…

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Student Blog Post: Before the Practicum wp.me/p1CHd3-o #servicelearning

Before the Practicum

This is the first official blog post of the Writing Partners Practicum course atUniversityofWinnipegin the department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications. My name is Matthew Rygiel and my part…

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