On Beginnings, again

Kate Cayley. Credit: Livia Ambrose

I struggle with beginnings, especially of short stories. I think everyone does. They are the most exciting part, the moment when everything seems possible. But they are terrifying because so much depends on them. They must set the… Read More

Suggestion Boxes and Beginnings Part #2

Kate Cayley. Credit: Livia Ambrose

Part of my business here is to be on hand to answer questions. Sometimes questions are hard to ask. Because it’s tricky to find the time, or formulate (on your feet, in your words) what you want to… Read More

Beginnings

Hello all. I’ll be your writer in residence from now through to the end of April. You’ll see me skulking around the campus a couple of times a week. At Sheridan, I’ll be here to read your work,… Read More

From the Dean’s Office

Fellow Alchemists, March is nearly behind us and most of us cannot wait for spring to be in full bloom. This ‘winter’ issue is truly a celebration of everything FHASS. To get the party started, we marked new… Read More

Sheridan’s ESL and TESOL Plus Programs Reach New Milestones!

FHASS’s School of Communication and Literary Studies (SCLS) has big news in Winter 2023, as the ESL and TESOL Plus Programs each reach important milestones. ESL Program Surpasses 1000 Students This semester, the ESL program has set a… Read More

Sheridan Reads Welcomes Waubgeshig Rice!

On March 9th, members of the Creative Writing & Publishing program staged an unforgettable evening of literary conversation and community. Hundreds of people gathered in the HMC Creativity Commons to listen to Waubgeshig Rice speak about his celebrated… Read More

Naben Ruthnum’s Video Blog Now Available!

The CW&P 2022-23 Writer-in-Residence, Naben Ruthnum, has been hard at work, meeting with students and staff for consultations, visiting classes, and running events like the 2023 Sheridan Reads visit with Waubgeshig Rice and the Food, Writing, and Identity… Read More

Professor Laura Trethewey Publishes Second Book

This coming July, creative nonfiction professor Laura Trethewey will publish her second book, The Deepest Map: The Amazing Global Race to Chart the World’s Oceans with Goose Lane Editions.  This dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—documents the… Read More

wererabbit: Professor Paul Vermeersch’s new musical alter ego

Creative Writing & Publishing professor Paul Vermeersch is already well-known in literary circles as a poet and literary editor, but the author of seven poetry collections doesn’t limit his creative output to the written word.   In addition… Read More

FHASS Faculty Deliver Creativity and Innovation to Local High School Teachers

As part of a new bilateral partnership between the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHASS) and the Halton District School Board (HDSB), the FHASS creativity team has recently collaborated with T.A. Blakelock High School for a pair… Read More