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The following courses are offered by the Faculty of Arts.

ENG 1100 Workshop in Essay Writing (3 units)

Intensive practice in academic essay writing. Emphasis on grammatical and well-reasoned expository writing, essay organization, preparation of research papers, and proper acknowledgment of sources. Frequent written exercises and development of composition skills. Use of Writing Centre resources required outside regular class hours.

Course Component: Lecture

ENG 1112 Technical Report Writing (3 units)

Practice in the writing of technical reports. Topics include exposition, argumentation, presentation of technical data, and effective communication. Frequent written exercises and development of composition skills. Use of Writing Centre resources required outside regular class hours.

Course Component: Discussion Group, Lecture

ENG 1120 Selected Topics in Literature and Composition (3 units)

Development of critical reading skills and coherent discourse. Study of the proper use and acknowledgement of sources. Topics-based readings in multiple genres provide matter for discussion and frequent written assignments. Not repeatable for credit. Not intended for English Majors or Honours students.

ENG 1124 Engaging with Literature (3 units)

Engagement with a specific literary topic in order to develop skills of thought and writing that will be employed throughout the rest of the degree, including analysis and evaluation of evidence, critical and speculative thinking, formulating and solving problems, forms of argumentation, written communication, and presentation. Emphasis is placed on engagement with philosophical, ethical, social, historical, and cultural problems in the process of talking, thinking, and writing about literature. Topics will vary.

ENG 1131 Effective Business English (3 units)

Development of skills in written communication. Review of grammatical usage and basic principles of composition. Analysis of samples of effective business prose.

Reserved for students enrolled in a baccalaureate program of the School of Management.

ENG 1140 Introduction to Indigenous Literatures (3 units)

Introduction to traditional and contemporary Indigenous Literatures. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

ENG 1141 Reading the Contemporary World (3 units)

Designed for students new to our English programs, this introductory course focuses on contemporary literatures, including forms and genres popular in the twenty-first century, such as genre fiction, digital poetry, memoir, and graphic literature. Texts will be studied according to new creative ideas that have influenced writing in this century so far and their related social and cultural contexts.

ENG 1320 English Grammar for Professional Writers and Editors (3 units)

Practical and theoretical instruction in English grammar including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and punctuation. Students will learn to analyze sentence structure and correct common grammatical, syntactical, and stylistic errors.

ENG 2105 Introduction to British Literature Before 1700 (3 units)

An introduction to authors, works, and movements in British literature before 1700 in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. An emphasis will be placed on helping students understand the language and worldview of the authors, readers, and audiences of these earlier period texts. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

ENG 2106 Introduction to British Literature After 1700 (3 units)

An introduction to authors, works, and movements in British literature written after 1700 in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

ENG 2107 Introduction to Canadian Literature (3 units)

An introduction to authors, works, and movements in Canadian Literature in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

Previously ENG 2101 or ENG 2102.

ENG 2108 Introduction to American Literature (3 units)

An introduction to authors, works, and movements in American literature in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

Previously ENG 2103 or ENG 2104.

ENG 2110 Children's Literature (3 units)

Introduction to children's literature, from classics like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Charlotte's Web to modern works like Where the Wild Things Are and Harry Potter.

ENG 2111 Canadian Children's Literature (3 units)

Introduction to Canadian children's literature, through a wide variety of forms (novels, chapter books, rhymes, picture books) and genres (realism, science fiction, fantasy, time-travel, aboriginal legend, and nonsense verse).

ENG 2112 Classical Backgrounds of English Literature (3 units)

Study of major works of classical antiquity– such as Homer's Odyssey, Ovid's Metamorphoses, or Virgil's Aeneid - and their various influences on English literary traditions.

ENG 2113 The Bible and the History of English Literature (3 units)

Introduction to the ways in which engagement with the Bible - as a subject of translation and adaptation; a repository of characters, stories, images, and themes; a touchstone of aesthetic and cultural authority - has shaped English literature.

ENG 2114 Women and Literature to 1900 (3 units)

Study of literary works, ranging from antiquity and the Middle Ages up to 1900, by and about women, addressing questions of gender, sexuality, power, and representation.

ENG 2115 Women and Literature 1900 to the Present (3 units)

Study of literary works, produced between 1900 and the present, by and about women, addressing questions of gender, sexuality, power, and representation.

ENG 2116 Writing Out: Literature and Sexual Identity (3 units)

A study of the literary representation and cultural construction of gender and sexual identities, in part through the works of important lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writers.

ENG 2117 Multicultural Literatures (3 units)

A study of literature reflecting the cultural diversity of the contemporary world: themes of identity, community, and difference are examined in the context of colonialism, immigration, and globalization.

ENG 2118 Comic Books and Graphic Novels (3 units)

An introduction to the history of comic books and graphic novels, as they have evolved to mix pop-cultural media with serious artistic ambitions, text and image, the narrative and the visual, individual authorship and collaboration.

ENG 2120 Tales of Mystery and Detection (3 units)

An introduction to the detective story and mystery tale, from 19th-century innovators like Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle to modern expressions in literature and film.

ENG 2124 Second-Year Seminar (3 units)

An introduction to key concepts, established methodologies, and theoretical approaches to literary study through concentrated, practical work on a specific topic or problem. While fostering the kinds of independent research and presentation that will characterize seminar and special topics courses at the 4000-level, this course emphasizes the ability to develop and address conceptually informed questions about literary texts in the form of class discussion, presentations, and papers. Topics will vary.

Course Component: Seminar

Prerequisite: ENG 1124 .

ENG 2130 Traditions of King Arthur (3 units)

A study of the evolution of the story-world of King Arthur's court, from the Middle Ages to the present, in literature, visual representation, and film

ENG 2131 Fantasy Literature (3 units)

Introduction to fantasy as a genre in literature and other media, investigating its thematic concern with the environment, technology, nostalgia, loss, and modernity.

ENG 2132 Utopian Fiction (3 units)

Study of the representation of the ideal society (utopia) and its nightmarish inversion (dystopia), from classics like Plato's Republic and Thomas More's Utopia to modern literary and film masterpieces.

ENG 2133 Literature, Madness, and Desire (3 units)

Study of the literary representation of mental illness, trauma, sex, and desire through a psychological perspective, exploring the history of literature's imagined effects on what we have variously called the psyche, soul, or self.

ENG 2135 Science Fiction (3 units)

Study of the distinctive forms, styles, and themes of science fiction, from its origins in utopian and apocalyptic literatures to its contemporary concern with the technological, ecological, biological, and temporal transformation of human life.

ENG 2136 Fiction of Horror (3 units)

A study of the fiction of horror and the supernatural, from classics of the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Dracula and Frankenstein, to contemporary novels, graphic novels, comics, and film.

ENG 2137 The Politics of Literature (3 units)

A study of the engagements between politics and literature, which may include both the political ends of literature for writers and readers (liberation, protest, radicalism, polemic, persuasion, propaganda) and the influence of politics on literary practices (patronage, censorship, copyright and libel laws, interest, ideology).

ENG 2140 Literature and Film (3 units)

Analysis of the relationships between literature, film, and television, with a view to illuminating the distinctive strategies and formal properties that both connect and separate these art forms.

ENG 2141 Literature and the Environment (3 units)

A study of literature from an ecological or environmental perspective, asking how literary culture both shapes and is shaped by the natural environment and our relationships with it.

ENG 2142 World Literatures in English (3 units)

Study of global literatures in English, including those of India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean

ENG 2151 Literature and the Sciences (3 units)

Study of the relationship between literature and the sciences, including literary texts' representation of the sciences, and literary aspects of scientific writing.

ENG 2175 Introduction to the Literatures of Asia and the Asian Diaspora (3 units)

An introduction to authors, works, and movements in the literatures of Asia and the Asian Diaspora in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. The focus will be on English-language texts, but some texts in translation may be included. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

ENG 2176 Introduction to the Literatures of Africa and the African Diaspora (3 units)

An introduction to authors, works, and movements in the literatures of Africa and the African Diaspora in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. The focus will be on English-language texts, but some texts in translation may be included. Genres, forms, topics, and regions of focus may vary.

ENG 2180 Critical Conversations: Sex and Gender Identities (3 units)

This course considers representations of gender and sex identities within literary texts as well as how sex and gender have shaped the ways that literature is produced, read, and talked about. Topics may include feminist literary experimentation; 2SLGBTQIA+ visibility in historical and contemporary writing; intersections among sex, gender, race, and class identities in literary texts; and the history of women’s authorship and publishing.

ENG 2181 Critical Conversations: Race and Decolonization (3 units)

This course explores literary texts as important resources for learning about race and colonialism, with an emphasis on authors who advocate for racial justice and decolonization. Topics may include race and belonging; slavery and its afterlives; the politics of education, language, and publication; Indigenous knowledge systems; land, property, and stewardship; and critical analysis of settler colonialism.

ENG 2182 Critical Conversations: Environmental Humanities (3 units)

This course considers how nature, the environment, and human/nonhuman relations are represented within literary texts and how literary texts have contributed to public debates about environmental issues. Topics may include space, place, and embodiment; animal studies and posthumanism; ecopoetics; the Anthropocene and the climate crisis; and environmental and climate justice.

ENG 2183 Critical Conversations: Class, Capitalism, and Culture (3 units)

This course will explore some of the key concepts and approaches to literary study related to socioeconomic class and capitalism. Topics may include labour conditions and workers’ rights; poverty; social and economic hierarchies; the history of collective organizing; and the relationships between social activism and literary representation.

ENG 2184 Critical Conversations: Form and Style (3 units)

This course will examine how the formal and stylistic aspects of literature have shaped conversations in literary studies. Topics may include the interrelation of form and social movements; experimental writing; constraint and creative games; avant-garde traditions; problems of genre; form and popular culture; the rise of the novel; definitions of “the literary”; and style and identity.

ENG 2185 Critical Conversations: Special Topics (3 units)

The course will examine how a selected topic has led to exciting conversations and debates within literary and scholarly communities. Interested students should consult the Department of English to learn which topic will be offered in a particular semester.

ENG 2301 Introduction to Creative Writing (3 units)

The gateway for all other Creative Writing offerings, this course provides students with an introductory grounding and practical experience in several genres of writing including fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.

ENG 2303 Introduction to Writing Prose Fiction (3 units)

Introduction to prose forms and fictional story-telling techniques. Students will read exemplary works and relevant criticism and will compose their own works of short fiction.

Prerequisite or corequisite: ENG 2301 .

ENG 2304 Introduction to Writing Poetry (3 units)

Introduction to poetic forms and expressive techniques in verse; coordinating form and content. Students will read exemplary works of poetry and relevant criticism and will compose their own poems.

ENG 2301 is prerequisite or corequisite to ENG 2304 .

ENG 2305 Introduction to Writing Creative Non-fiction (3 units)

Introduction to creative non-fictional genres such as memoir, personal essay, nature writing, and cultural commentary. Students will read exemplary works and useful criticism and will compose their own works in one or several genres.

ENG 2301 is prerequisite or corequisite to ENG 2305 .

ENG 2306 Introduction to Writing for Stage and Screen (3 units)

Introduction to various dramatic forms and the writing of scripts for performance. Students will read exemplary works and relevant criticism and will compose their own short works.

ENG 2307 Writing with Visuals: An Introduction (3 units)

Introduction to forms of creative writing such as graphic fiction, concrete poetry, collage, artists' books and illustrated texts that combine written texts and visual materials. Students will read exemplary works and relevant criticism and will create their own short works.

ENG 2313 European Contexts of English Literature (3 units)

Study of major European literary works - such as Dante's Inferno, Cervantes' Don Quixote, or Kafka's Metamorphosis - that have influenced the development of English literature.

ENG 2370 Writing for Digital Media I: Fundamentals of Digital Literacy (3 units)

Fundamental techniques for evaluating, organizing and presenting information across contemporary media, including interactive hypertext, social media, microblogging, instant messaging, and other platforms.

Prerequisite: 3 course units from ( ENG 1100 , ENG 1112 , ENG 1120 , ENG 1124 , ENG 1131 ).

ENG 2380 Introduction to Technical Writing (3 units)

Fundamental techniques and best-practices for technical writers. Emphasis on clear communication of complex technical information to specific audiences and the creation of efficient end-user documents.

ENG 2381 Writing about the Arts (3 units)

Introduction to non-academic writing about literary and cultural objects, events, and practices. Subjects covered include arts journalism, reviewing books, films and plays, opinion editorials, and artist’s statements.

ENG 2382 Techniques of Composition (3 units)

Practical and theoretical instruction in techniques of sentence and paragraph writing, with a focus on plain language and on connections of coherence within and between sentences, and within the thought unit of the paragraph. Students will learn how to analyze sentences for rhythm and focal stress, and for techniques of re-structuring that optimize coherence. Students will also learn a variety of techniques for mapping and constructing coherent paragraphs.

Prerequisite: ENG 1320 .

ENG 3105 Book History: Theories and Methods (3 units)

Study of the central topics and classic texts of the field of Book History. Topics may include the materiality of books; the history and intersections of orality, writing, and print; and digital forms and methods of book production and reading.

Prerequisite: 6 course units in English (ENG).

ENG 3106 Topics in Film Studies (3 units)

A study of film both as an art form with its own histories, genres, and interpretive languages, and as one medium in a broader field of literary and cultural production. Specific topics whether focusing on specific filmmakers, movements, genres, or periods will vary.

ENG 3107 Literature and Visual Culture: Theories and Approaches (3 units)

Formal, aesthetic, and material connections between literary and visual cultures. Theories and approaches to the relationship between text and image in connection to various forms (e.g. illuminated manuscripts, concrete and shaped poetry, graphic fiction, and film.)

ENG 3108 Transatlantic Literature 1700-1900 (3 units)

A study of the circulation of culture around the Atlantic in the period between 1700 and 1900, which linked literary communities in Britain, North America, the Caribbean, and Africa.

ENG 3109 Transnational Literatures 1900-Present (3 units)

A study of transnational literary networks and the movement of texts and traditions across or outside of the boundaries (political, cultural, linguistic) of the modern nation since 1900.

ENG 3110 Canadian Drama (3 units)

A study of dramatic literature produced in Canada, with an emphasis on the period since 1950. The course may include attendance of theatre performances in the Ottawa area.

ENG 3111 Poetics (3 units)

Major theoretical concepts pertaining to poetry and its criticism. Theoretical contributions to understanding the meaning of poetry and function in society. Poetry as distinct literary art. Figurative language and poetic form. Relationship between types of poetry and politics. Impact of various schools, movements and aesthetic approaches on Western poetic tradition.

ENG 3112 Narrative Genres: Theories and Approaches (3 units)

Narrative as a meaning-making system. Functions of narrative. Different narrative genres and theoretical debates that have shaped our understanding of the story-telling mode. Relationship between fictional narrative and "truth-telling discourses".

ENG 3133 Elizabethan Shakespeare (3 units)

Survey of Shakespeare's work to c. 1603.

ENG 3134 Jacobean Shakespeare (3 units)

Survey of Shakespeare's work after c. 1603.

ENG 3135 Early Modern Drama (3 units)

Study of the major dramatic authors and works of Early Modern period, excluding Shakespeare, between 1485 and the closing of the English theatres in 1642.

ENG 3170 Writing for Digital Media II (3 units)

Writing techniques and strategies appropriate to new media such as the web (including interactive hypertexts), social media, microblogging, instant messaging, and other platforms. Applications for journalism, communication, activism, government, marketing, and the arts will be considered.

Prerequisite: ENG 2370 or permission from the instructor.

ENG 3171 Communication in the Information Age (3 units)

Practice and analysis of information management in the digital era. Appropriate techniques for gathering, organizing, and presenting information about current events across the various platforms today.

ENG 3180 Editing Documents for Business, Science, and Technology (3 units)

Overview of editorial processes in business, science, and technology contexts. Students will learn how to edit for organization, clarity, and style; create and follow “in-house” style sheets; use copy editing marks and symbols; and employ the editing functions of various word-processing and document-sharing applications and platforms.

ENG 3181 Editing in Arts and Humanities Publishing (3 units)

Overview of standard editorial processes in academic and literary publishing. Students will learn techniques and best practices for developmental and copy editing, including how to edit for clarity and style, create and follow “in-house” style sheets, use copy editing marks and symbols, and employ the editing functions of various word-processing and document-sharing applications and platforms.

ENG 3182 Policy Writing and Writing for Government (3 units)

Theory and practice of writing in various governmental contexts, including the development of policy documents. Students will learn about written communications within government, and between government and the public, study the discourses in common use, and get experience writing in different forms and media.

ENG 3183 Stylistics (3 units)

Practical and theoretical instruction in text style as it is defined in both classical and modern rhetoric. Students will learn how to discern the voice of a writer or narrator by examining their diction and their use of figures, from the structurally oriented schemes that help with plain language (parallelism, parenthesis, apposition, etc.) to the meaning-oriented tropes (metaphor, metonymy, irony, etc.) that create language art.

ENG 3190 Speculative Genres (3 units)

Speculative writing (including science fiction, fantasy, horror, futurisms, dystopian fiction, and other such modes) has become prominent in recent years across a variety of literary venues and global regions. This course will examine speculative writing and the significant role it plays in literary and cultural studies today. Texts studied may include works of fiction, drama, graphic literature, and poetry, and in some cases related artistic media, such as film, television, podcasts, and online video.

ENG 3191 Gender, Sexuality, and Literature (3 units)

This course considers representations of gender and sexuality within literature as well as cultural ideas about gender and sexuality that shape literary texts. Works studied may include contemporary writing and/or literature from past centuries. Topics may include feminist movements; gendered plot forms; 2SLGBTQIA+ orientations and literary representation; queer literary history; literary critiques of gender binaries; and intersections between gender, sexuality, race, and ableism.

ENG 3192 African American Literature (3 units)

This course will trace the development of a distinctive tradition of African American literature from the colonial period through the present. Readings will showcase periods of exceptional creative output, such as the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement, as well as the work of selected major figures, such as James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Octavia Butler.

ENG 3193 Advanced Study in Children's Literature (3 units)

A study of literature written for and/or enjoyed by children. This literature, often marginalized in the traditional academy and curricula, provides students with a unique window into competing narratives of literary history and literary merit. Because of the broad age range of the target audience for these books, the topics, genres, and forms studied will vary. Students may also have the opportunity to work on a digital humanities project.

ENG 3194 Young Adult Literature (3 units)

A study of literary works written for or marketed to teenagers. YA literature offers a sophisticated barometer on the social world and creates opportunities for energetic explorations of form and genre. Course texts may include fiction, poetry, graphic novels, and non-fiction. Students may also have the opportunity to work on a digital humanities project.

ENG 3195 Critical Race Theory (3 units)

Critical Race Theory, initially developed in legal studies, has become highly influential in analyses of literary texts in recent decades. This course is an introduction to the work of key thinkers, such as Christina Sharpe, Stuart Hall, Gloria Anzaldúa, Patricia Williams, Cathy Park Hong, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Topics may include race as a social construct; social and legal structures that promote racial hierarchies; liberal modes of identification; racial justice initiatives; race, land, and property; slavery and its aftermaths; racial capital; and the intersections of racism, sexism, ableism, and homophobia.

ENG 3303 Advanced Workshop in Prose Fiction (3 units)

Advanced Workshop in the writing of fiction. The focus will be on writing exercises, peer review, and the development of the student's portfolio. Recommended only for students who earned a grade of B or higher in the course prerequisite.

Prerequisite: ENG 2303 .

ENG 3304 Advanced Workshop in Poetry (3 units)

Advanced Workshop in the writing of poetry. The focus will be on writing exercises, peer review, and the development of the student's portfolio. Recommended only for students who earned a grade of B or higher in the course prerequisite.

Prerequisite: ENG 2304 .

ENG 3305 Advanced Workshop in Creative Non-fiction (3 units)

Advanced Workshop in the writing of creative non-fiction. The focus will be on writing exercises, peer review, and the development of the student's portfolio. Recommended only for students who earned a grade of B or higher in the course prerequisite.

Prerequisite: ENG 2305 .

ENG 3306 Advanced Workshop in Scriptwriting (3 units)

Advanced Workshop in the writing of scripts for various performance genres. The focus will be on writing exercises, peer review, and the development of the student's portfolio. Recommended only for students who earned a grade of B or higher in the course prerequisite.

Prerequisite: ENG 2306 .

ENG 3307 Advanced Workshop in Comics and Graphic Fiction (3 units)

Advanced workshop in graphic fiction and comic book writing. Students will work on both the textual and visual dimensions of this popular art form. The focus will be on creative exercises, peer review, and the development of the student's portfolio. Recommended only for students who earned a grade of B or higher in the course prerequisite.

Prerequisite: ENG 2307 .

ENG 3318 Romantic Literature (3 units)

Study of major poets and prose writers of the Romantic period.

ENG 3320 Modern British Literature (3 units)

Selected prose and poetry of the 20th century.

ENG 3321 Canadian Short Story (3 units)

Short story in Canada from the 19th century to the present.

ENG 3323 Medieval Literature I (3 units)

Study of major works of the period, including Chaucer.

ENG 3324 Medieval Literature II (3 units)

A study of medieval British literature in the period between 1000 and 1500, bridging the gaps between Old English, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English, and emphasizing diversities, disruptions, and innovations in language, culture, and literary form.

ENG 3339 Sixteenth-Century Literature (3 units)

Study of major works of the period.

ENG 3340 Seventeenth-Century Literature (3 units)

ENG 3341 Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 units)

ENG 3349 Restoration and 18th-Century Drama (3 units)

Development of English drama from 1660 to 1800.

ENG 3356 18th-Century and Romantic Fiction (3 units)

Readings in the 18th- and early 19th-century novel.

ENG 3362 Victorian Literature (3 units)

Study of major poets and prose writers of the Victorian period.

ENG 3364 Victorian Fiction (3 units)

Study of major Victorian novelists.

ENG 3370 Modern British Poetry (3 units)

Study of major poets of the 20th century.

ENG 3371 Modern Drama (3 units)

Development of modern drama from the late 19th century to the present, with some attention to important continental influences.

ENG 3372 Modern Short Story (3 units)

Study of modern short story writers.

ENG 3373 Modern British Novelists (3 units)

Major British novelists from 1900 to 1950.

ENG 3374 Topics in the Environmental Humanities (3 units)

Study of the interrelations between literature, culture, and environmental practice. Topics may include human/animal relations; the Anthropocene; mindfulness and climate change; or literatures of social and environmental justice.

ENG 3375 Critical Theory (3 units)

Advanced study and practice of contemporary critical methodologies.

ENG 3376 Contemporary Novel (3 units)

Study of major English, American and Commonwealth novels since 1950.

ENG 3377 American Fiction of the 19th Century (3 units)

Study of selected novelists, including Hawthorne, Melville, James, and Twain.

ENG 3378 American Fiction 1900 to the Present (3 units)

Study of significant novelists and their works.

ENG 3379 American Poetry 1900 to the Present (3 units)

Study of selected poets.

ENG 3381 Indigenous Literatures (3 units)

Study of different forms of Indigenous literature in English.

ENG 3383 Jewish Canadian Writers (3 units)

A study of the works of Jewish Canadian writers in English. Also offered as JCS 3383 .

ENG 3384 Literatures of Exploration and Settlement in Canada (3 units)

Study of settler colonial texts, works by Indigenous authors, narratives of Black freedom-seekers, and writings by other diasporic authors in early Canada.

ENG 3385 Canadian Literature of the Confederation Period (1867-1912) (3 units)

Study of selected writers and works.

ENG 3386 Canadian Fiction 1900 to 1950 (3 units)

Study of selected fiction writers.

ENG 3387 Canadian Fiction 1950 to the Present (3 units)

ENG 3388 Canadian Poetry 1900 to the Present (3 units)

A study of major poets from Pratt and F.R. Scott to Layton, Cohen, and Atwood.

ENG 3389 Writing Resistance in the English Literatures (3 units)

Study of literary works in English that analyze and critique empire, colonialism, and globalization.

ENG 3390 Special Topic (3 units)

See Department brochure.

Prerequisite: 6 course units in English (ENG) and permission of the Department.

ENG 4115 Medieval Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Medieval literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

Prerequisite: 81 university units including ENG 2124 . Reserved for students registered in the Honours B.A. in English, with Major in English, or Medieval and Renaissance Studies programs.

ENG 4120 Literary Theory: Seminar (3 units)

New developments in literary criticism and theory from the mid-twentieth century to the present. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4130 Medieval Literature: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Medieval literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4131 Literary Theory: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study in literary criticism and/or theory. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4133 Shakespeare: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Shakespeare. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4134 Renaissance: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Renaissance literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

Prerequisite: 81 university units including ENG 2124 . Reserved for students registered in the Honours B.A. in English, with Major in English, or Medieval and Renaissance Studies programs

ENG 4135 Eighteenth Century: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of eighteenth-century literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

Prerequisite: 81 university units including ENG 2124 . Reserved for students registered in the Honours B.A. in English, with Major in English programs.

ENG 4136 Romantics: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Romantic-era literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4137 Victorian Literature: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Victorian literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4138 Modern British Literature: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Modern British literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4139 American Literature: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of American literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4142 Shakespeare: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Shakespeare. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4148 Renaissance: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Renaissance literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4151 Eighteenth Century: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of eighteenth-century literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4152 Romantics: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Romantic-era literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4165 Victorian Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Victorian literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4175 Modern British Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Modern British literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

Prerequisite: 81 university units. Reserved for students registered in the Honours B.A. in English, or with Major in English, or the Latin and English Studies programs.

ENG 4180 American Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of American literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4182 Canadian Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of Canadian literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4184 American and Canadian Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advance, small-group study of cross-border relations between Canadian and American literature. Seminar content varies from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4185 Contemporary Literature: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of one or more aspects of contemporary literature. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

Prerequisite: 81 university units including ENG 2124 . Reserved for students registered in the Honours B.A. in English, or with Major in English programs.

ENG 4186 Literature and Culture: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of literature according to particular cultural contexts, forms, ideas, practices and/or media. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4188 World Literatures in English: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced, small-group study of literatures in English originating outside the British, American and Canadian national traditions. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4189 Postcolonial Literatures: Seminar (3 units)

Advanced small-group study of postcolonial, indigenous, diasporic and/or transnational Anglophone literatures. Focus of investigation will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4330 Canadian Literature: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of Canadian literature. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4331 World Literatures in English: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of literatures in English originating outside the British, American and Canadian national traditions. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4332 Postcolonial Literatures: Special Topic (3 units)

Intensive study of postcolonial, indigenous, diasporic and/or transnational Anglophone literatures. Topic and methodology will vary from year to year. See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4394 Unassigned Special Topic (3 units)

See Department brochure and/or website.

ENG 4395 Senior Honours Essay (3 units)

Permission of the Department is required.

ENG 4396 Professional Re-Writing (3 units)

Practical and theoretical instruction in re-formulating texts originally written by others. Students will learn theories and techniques of imitative and reported discourse, and gain practice with types of re-formulation ranging from the compressive, pragmatic, and plain-language oriented (such as brief or summary writing) to the more expansive and creative (text adaptation).

Prerequisites: ENG 1320 , ( ENG 2370 or ENG 2380 or ENG 2382 ).

ENG 4397 Creative Writing Seminar: Selected Genres (3 units)

A capstone course for the Creative Writing minor and certificate programs, this seminar focuses on a particular genre selected by the professor. Students will work on their writing with a view to eventual publication and/or graduate study.

Prerequisite: 3 course units from (ENG 3164, ENG 3303 , ENG 3305 , ENG 3306 , ENG 3307 ).

ENG 4398 Creative Writing Seminar: Special Topics in Poetry (3 units)

A capstone course for the Creative Writing minor and certificate programs, this seminar focuses on a special topic in poetry. Students will work on their writing with a view to eventual publication and/or graduate study.

ENG 4399 Creative Writing Seminar: Special Topics in Fiction (3 units)

A capstone course the Creative Writing minor and certificate programs, this seminar focuses on a special topic in fiction. Students will work on their writing with a view to eventual publication and/or graduate study.

ENG 6111 Directed Readings I (3 units)

Course Component: Research

ENG 6112 Directed Readings II (3 units)

ENG 6300 Old English I (3 units)

ENG 6301 Old English II (3 units)

ENG 6302 Research Methodology (1.5 unit)

Preparation of students for the professional study of English and for the application of graduate level research skills to non-academic careers. Review and analysis of electronic and print research tools and methods. Internet database searches, both in the discipline of English as well as in related fields (such as history, philosophy, and sociology), and evaluation of Internet sites. Short assignments developing skills in academic and non-academic research. Preparation of grant applications and of the thesis proposal (for students in the MA with thesis program). Graded S (Satisfactory) / NS (Not satisfactory). Offered in the fall session.

ENG 6303 Professional Development (1.5 unit)

Preparation of students for careers involving graduate level research and communication skills, including teaching, university research, and non-academic careers. Introduction to academic and non-academic professional activities: writing and publishing scholarly articles, and research reports, disseminating research results through academic and non-academic presentations, networking, participation in conferences and professional associations, and career planning for both academic and non-academic career paths for holders of graduate degrees. Sessions to be devoted to the practice of teaching, covering such topics as syllabus construction, teaching 'styles,' classroom management, teaching dossiers, student evaluation, and the application of teaching skills to non-academic goals such as presentations and team-building. Graded S (Satisfactory) / NS (Not satisfactory). Offered in the winter session.

ENG 6304 Doctoral Research Methods (3 units)

Overview of theoretical, methodological, and critical approaches to literary studies to enable students to situate their own research within the discipline.

ENG 6310 Middle English Literature I (3 units)

ENG 6313 Directed Reading (3 units)

ENG 6320 Middle English Literature (3 units)

ENG 6321 Middle English Literature III (3 units)

ENG 6322 Middle English Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 6330 Renaissance Literature I (3 units)

ENG 6341 Shakespeare I (3 units)

ENG 6342 Shakespeare II (3 units)

ENG 6343 Shakespeare III (3 units)

ENG 6344 Shakespeare IV (3 units)

ENG 6350 Renaissance Literature II (3 units)

ENG 6351 Renaissance Literature III (3 units)

ENG 6352 Renaissance Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 6355 Restoration Literature (3 units)

ENG 6356 Restoration Literature II (3 units)

ENG 6357 Restoration Literature III (3 units)

ENG 6360 Eighteenth Century Literature I (3 units)

ENG 6361 Eighteenth Century Literature II (3 units)

ENG 6362 Eighteenth-Century Literature III (3 units)

ENG 6363 Eighteenth-Century Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 6370 Romantic Literature I (3 units)

ENG 6371 Romantic Literature II (3 units)

ENG 6372 Romantic Literature III (3 units)

ENG 6373 Romantic Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 6380 Victorian Literature I (3 units)

ENG 6381 Victorian Literature II (3 units)

ENG 6382 Victorian Literature III (3 units)

ENG 6383 Victorian Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 6999 Major Research Paper

The research paper is prepared under the direction of the research paper supervisor and is approved by the graduate committee. The research paper must be successfully completed by the end of the third session of full-time registration in the master's program. In the event of failure, the student must register for an additional session. A second failure leads to a grade of NS (Not satisfactory) on the transcript and to withdrawal from the program.

Volet / Course Component: Recherche / Research

Prerequisites: 15 units at the 5000, 6000, 7000 or 8000 level

ENG 7300 Modern Literature I (3 units)

ENG 7301 Modern Literature II (3 units)

ENG 7302 Modern Literature III (3 units)

ENG 7303 Literature and History of the Disciplines (3 units)

Various topics related to the history of the study of literature and how it has intersected with other fields. Specific topics will be announced each year.

ENG 7310 American Literature I (3 units)

ENG 7311 American Literature II (3 units)

ENG 7312 American Literature III (3 units)

ENG 7313 American Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 7320 Canadian Literature I (3 units)

ENG 7321 Canadian Literature II (3 units)

ENG 7322 Canadian Literature III (3 units)

ENG 7323 Canadian Literature IV (3 units)

ENG 7330 Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature I (3 units)

Various topics related to twentieth-century and contemporary literature up to the present day. Specific topics will be announced each year.

ENG 7331 Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature II (3 units)

Various topics related to twentieth-century and contemporary literature up to the present moment. Specific topics will be announced each year.

ENG 7332 Cultural Studies I (3 units)

Various topics in cultural studies. Specific topics will be announced each year.

ENG 7370 History of the English Language (3 units)

ENG 7375 Cultural Studies II (3 units)

ENG 7376 Book History I (3 units)

Various topics in book history. Specific topics will be announced each year.

ENG 7377 Book History II (3 units)

ENG 7380 History of Criticism (3 units)

ENG 7381 Theory of Criticism (3 units)

ENG 7382 Digital Humanities I (3 units)

Various topics in digital humanities. Specific topics will be announced each year.

ENG 7383 Digital Humanities II (3 units)

ENG 7384 Theory of Criticism II (3 units)

ENG 7385 Theory of Criticism III (3 units)

ENG 7386 Special Project (3 units)

Series of open-ended project workshops, including readings exemplifying the art of research in different genres and media (memoir, podcast, lyric essay, video essay, oral history, collage, participant observation, gallery exhibition, etc.). Students will do the reading, debate their findings, and give presentations, but will also develop their own projects over the course of the semester.

ENG 7900 Second Language Requirement

In keeping with the bilingual character of the University, the PhD program has a French language requirement. Students may satisfy this requirement by passing FLS 1000 , the test administered by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, or the departmental language test. The departmental tests are one-hour examinations which require the candidate to translate, with the aid of a dictionary, a passage of literary criticism or another appropriate selection of similar difficulty approximately one page in length. Language testing of languages other than French is normally administered by the Department. Students may also satisfy the language requirement by passing six units of second-year university-level language course(s). These courses are additional to the 18 units required for the degree. In all cases, the minimum passing grade is 66% and leads to an S (Satisfactory) on the transcript for ENG 7900 . NOTE: Students who achieve 65% or higher at the MA level will not be required to retake the test if they continue on to the PhD.

ENG 7997 M. Thesis Proposal

The thesis proposal is prepared under the direction of the thesis supervisor and is approved by the graduate committee. The proposal must normally be successfully completed by the end of the third session. In the event of failure, the proposal can be resubmitted the following session at the latest. A second failure leads to a grade of NS on the transcript and to withdrawal from the program. Graded S (Satisfactory) / NS (Not satisfactory).

Prerequisites: 7.5 units.

ENG 9997 Ph.D. Thesis Proposal

The thesis proposal is prepared under the direction of the thesis supervisor and is approved by the graduate committee after consultation with area experts. The proposal must normally be successfully completed by the end of the seventh session. In the event of failure, the proposal can be resubmitted the following session at the latest. A second failure leads to a grade of NS on the transcript and to withdrawal from the program. Graded S (Satisfactory) / NS (Not satisfactory).

Préalable : 15 crédits. / Prerequisites: 15 units.

ENG 9998 Comprehensive Exam (Ph.D.)

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Peer Help Centre

We are now open for in-person and online services starting November 2022. Our hours are 10am-4pm Monday to Friday. Services offered include Active Listening sessions, Tutor Help website and online chat (10:30-4pm).

Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed, lonely or just want someone to vent to?

• Active Listening session booking:   entraide-peerhelp.youcanbook.me    
• This is different from the PHC reception/general inquiry line which is 613-783-1380 ext. 151
• Peer Support Chat:  Click on the purple icon on the bottom left corner to chat with a trained volunteer.  

Peer Help Tutor - the Tutor Web App

Looking for a tutor to help you with  a specific uOttawa course  or would you like to register as a Peer Help Tutor? Click the button below to sign-up for an account today.  

Visit the link below for more information about the Peer Help Tutor service.  

*note: this is a paid service

We are here for you if you need support.  

The Peer Help Centre is a judgment-free, confidential, and empathetic environment!  

All Active Listening sessions are confidential within the Centre. Please note for safety reasons, the Peer Support Chat is NOT anonymous, however 100% confidential within the Centre.

Is someone you know facing a mental health crisis? Here’s what you can do to support them.   www.seuo-uosu.com/peer-help-mental-health-support/

The Peer Help Centre operates as a peer support service and resource centre. The Centre’s mandate is to provide the student community with academic, personal, and social support through resource distribution and short-term peer consultation. The Peer Help Centre services include: tutoring services, Active Listening sessions that occur in person or via the Peer Support Phone Line and Support Chat, the Mentoring for Youth Program, Peer Editing, and Presentation Critiques. The Centre’s primary goal has always been to offer students at the University of Ottawa a  judgment-free, confidential, and empathetic environment .

The Seven Services Offered by the Peer Help Centre

• Appointments or Walk-in Active Listening Sessions 
• Peer Support Phone Line
• Peer Support Chat
• Peer Help Tutor – Tutor Web App
• Peer Editing – Essay Corrections
• Presentation Critiques

The Mentoring for Youth Program is a program where a University of Ottawa student is matched with a high school student in a mentorship. During this mentorship the Peer Mentor volunteers provide academic, emotional and social support.

Eyala Manga Peer Help Coordinator [email protected]

Shaeta Ahmed Peer Support Supervisor [email protected]

Nazeeha Jafri Mentoring for Youth Supervisor [email protected]

Massika Djarmouni Marketing and Events Supervisor [email protected]

Mental Health Support

The Peer Help Centre offers students Active Listening sessions during office hours that are confidential, where a Peer Helper volunteer can listen empathetically and without judgment, to validate the person’s thoughts and feelings. Every Peer Helper volunteer is trained in Active Listening and Communication, Empathic Assertiveness, and safeTALK by the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region, and/or LivingWorks Education.

The Peer Support Phone Line is an Active Listening information line and resource/referral service run for students by trained Peer Support Coach volunteers. Whether a student is feeling lonely, stressed, or simply wants someone to talk to, the Peer Support Coach volunteers offer a confidential, accessible form of immediate short-term support. The Phone Line is available during office hours. You can call the Peer Support Phone Line at  613-783-1380 ext. 155 .

The Peer Support Chat is a new initiative to the Peer Help Centre launched in February 2020. The Peer Help Centre implemented an Active Listening Peer Support Chat for the University of Ottawa community so that students who sought help could immediately reach someone through a more accessible form of communication. The Peer Support Chat is available during office hours and all the Peer Support Coach volunteers are trained in Active Listening and Communication, Empathic Assertiveness, and ASIST by the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region, and/or LivingWorks Education.  Click on the purple icon on the bottom left corner to chat with a trained volunteer.

If someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, here’s what you can do to support them.

The first step is to determine if they are having a crisis or non-immediate crisis situation.

How can I know if someone is having a crisis or a non-crisis situation?

Crisis Situations Examples

• Actively suicidal students (who claim they have a plan to commit immediately);
• Actively self-harming students; and
• Students who are distressed, need immediate attention (were sexually harassed, assaulted, raped, are actively being abused, intimate partner violence or violence of any kind).

Non-Crisis Situations Examples

• Students with suicidal ideation (have been thinking about suicide, have no plans to commit);
• Students who are thinking of self-harming;
• Students who disclose they want to seek mental health support (depression, anxiety, situational); and
• Students who have been harassed, assaulted, or abused in the past who are not in immediate danger, but would like to disclose their experiences to a professional and seek help.

Now that you know the difference between crisis and non-immediate crisis situations. The following are the necessary procedures to take:

Crisis Situation When there’s a crisis situation there are different procedures depending on the situation and/or the location of the person in crisis.

• The student should be offered to be taken to the uOttawa walk-in clinic located in 100 Marie-Curie on the 1st floor; and
• If the student does not want to go to the uOttawa walk-in clinic. The Protection Services could be contacted for emergencies at 613-562-5411. (Please note that the University has 20 panic buttons around the campus that could be used for emergencies).
• Dial 9-1-1; and
• The mental health Crisis Line could also be reached at 613-722-6914 (1-866-996-0991 outside of Ottawa).

Non-Crisis Situation When there’s a non-crisis situation there are different procedures depending on the situation and/or the location of the person.

• The Peer Help Centre’s Active Listening Services;
• SASS Counselling and Coaching (100 Marie-Curie on the 4th floor);
• Good2Talk Line or Chat (bilingual): 1-866-925-5454 or text ‘’GOOD2TALKON’’ to 686868;
• Distress Centre Line (Bilingual): 613-238-3311;
• Tel-Aide Outaouais (French only):
• Gatineau Helpline: 819-775-3223
• Ottawa Helpline: 613-741-6433
• Outside Outaouais Helpline: 1-800-567-9699; and
• Any other resources that’s related to their situation.

What is Active Listening, Why is it Important and How is it Different from Counselling?

Active Listening helps the person feel listened, understood and cared about in a non-judgmental environment. It aids in self-acceptance and aims through warmth, validation and encouragement. Lack of mental health support, such as Active Listening services, can cause a person’s mental health concerns to escalate to worse and make it harder to speak or share their feelings. When it comes to mental health support, listening is helping because the listener can identify and pick up on non-verbal cues or signs early on a person’s mental health.

Active listening sessions at the Peer Help Centre differ from counselling services. It is offered by peers who may seem easier to approach and who can better adapt to the situation of another peer. As students, volunteers are not certified as counsellors; they are trained not to advise what actions to take, but to listen, and to validate a peer that seeks help and wishes to confide in someone.

The Peer Help Centre offers Active Listening sessions through various platforms: Appointments or Walk-in (In-Person), Peer Support Chat, and Peer Support Phone Line.

Crisis Line (Bilingual)

• Website:  crisisline.ca
• Within Ottawa 24/7 Crisis Line: 613-722-6914
• Outside of Ottawa 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-866-996-0991

Good2Talk (Bilingual)

• Website:  good2talk.ca
• 24/7 Helpline: 1-866-925-5454
• Crisis Text Line: GOOD2TALKON (or ALLOJECOUTEON in French) to 686868

Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region (Bilingual)

• Website:  dcottawa.on.ca
• Tel: 613-238-1089
• 24/7 Distress Line: 613-238-3311
• 24/7 Crisis Line: 613-722-6914 or 1-866-996-0991

Tel-Aide Outaouais (French Only)

• Website:  telaideoutaouais.ca
• Outside Outaouais Helpline: 1-800-567-9699

TAO (Therapy Assistance Online) (Bilingual)

An online platform of tools and interactive modules that can help you manage the many stressors that come with university life and can help you bounce back from challenging times. This service is available for free to anyone with a uOttawa email account, whether you’re a student or not. Programs available: Calming Your Worry, Let Go and Be Well, Interpersonal, Relationships and Communication, Leave Your Blues Behind, and Improving your Mood. You can anonymously complete a self-screening assessment that will ask you a few questions about common problems and then provide you with some feedback for the next steps you can take.

• Self-Screening Assessment

Wellness Resources (Bilingual)

Counselling Services provides you with informational resources and online tools (books, videos, phone applications, worksheets, etc.) to help you develop good mental health literacy and support you in your academic and personal journey. Resources include; academic life, mental health, social life, and self-care.

Student Statistics

Statistics of most common issues’ students came in for at the Peer Help Centre in the academic year of 2019-2020.

Peer Help Tutor

Need a tutor for a specific uOttawa course or want to become a Peer Help tutor? Click here to access the Tutor Web App or visit www.peerhelptutor.com .

The Peer Help Tutor service is an initiative created by 2019 uOttawa alumni student, Mira Ghossein. Launched in November 2020, the tutoring service allows students to match with registered tutors for specific University of Ottawa courses at an affordable price.   

All tutors must have at least  a B+ as a final mark  in the course(s) they are intending to tutor. Furthermore, in order to maintain affordability of tutorship services, Masters and PhD students are to charge no more than  $30/hour.  All other tutors are not permitted to charge more than  $ 20/hour.  

Self-Help Tools

A table displaying a helpful tool to better understand the 11 undergraduate academic paths at the University of Ottawa.  

Website:  www.uottawa.ca/understanding-your-undergraduate-program/    

They have various documents, tools and instructions for academic integrity, writing process, structure of paper, types of paper and grammar.   

Website:  sass.uottawa.ca/en/writing/resources

Study Skills Hub is designed to help students master the skills needed to succeed in university. They’ve put together a series of instructional articles online, to help develop students’ skills whenever and wherever they find most convenient. This allows them to improve their effectiveness, and to address study issues such as procrastination, perfectionism, stress management, motivation, exam preparation, memorizing, time management, teamwork and taking notes.  

Website:  sass.uottawa.ca/en/mentoring/resources 

Email:  [email protected]  

Tel:  613-562-5800 ext. 3820  

Get Involved

Volunteer Descriptions

Peer Helpers, known as office volunteers, are the core of the Peer Help Centre’s services during regular office hours. They offer students a confidential in-person Active Listening session where they listen empathically and without judgement, to validate the person’s thoughts and feelings. Among other tasks, Peer Helpers assist students by providing information and support, oriented in resources for on and off-campus services, and volunteer at the reception. They also provide students with Peer Editing and Presentation Critiques.

• Training Involved : Peer Helpers are trained in Active Listening and Communication, Empathic Assertiveness, and safeTALK provided by the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region, and/or LivingWorks Education. As well, they are trained in resources for on and off-campus services, and reception.
• Time Commitment : Peer Helpers have two 1.5 hour shifts a week at the Centre.

Peer Help Assistants are responsible for supporting staff members with their mandates regarding undergraduates’ volunteers and to complete tasks for the Centre assigned by the Coordinator. They will consult volunteers after each Active Listening sessions to evaluate their performance, act as a liaison to partners of the Centre, and help with the operation of the Mentoring for Youth Program.

• Training Involved : Peer Assistants are trained in Active Listening and Communication, Empathic Assertiveness and ASIST provided by the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region, and/or LivingWorks Education. As well, they are trained in resources for on and off-campus services, and the Peer Support Chat platform.
• Time Commitment : Hours per week: 10-15 hours
• Reporting to : Peer Help Coordinator

Peer Support Coaches volunteer during regular office hours for the Peer Support Phone Line and the Peer Support Chat services. They offer students confidential Active Listening sessions where they listen empathically and without judgement, to validate the person’s thoughts and feelings. Among other tasks, Peer Support Coaches assist students by providing information and support, and oriented in resources for on and off-campus services.

• Training Involved : Peer Support Coaches are trained in Active Listening and Communication, Empathic Assertiveness and ASIST provided by the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region, and/or LivingWorks Education. As well, they are trained in resources for on and off-campus services, and the Peer Support Chat platform.
• Time Commitment : Peer Support Coaches have one 3 hours shift a week at the Centre.

Peer Mentors are responsible for dedicating their time to establishing a supportive mentoring relationship with a high school student and meeting all program requirements. A Peer Mentor serves as a role model for their student and provides friendly guidance and support. Some of the mentoring goals include strategizing for academic success, promoting postsecondary education, and assisting with social and emotional development.

• Training Involved : Peer Mentors are trained in Active Listening and Communication, and Empathic Assertiveness by the Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region. They are also trained in safeTALK and two mentoring training workshops provided by SASS Mentoring Centre. As well, they are trained in resources. A Vulnerable Sector Check must be done in order to be a Peer Mentor.
• Time Commitment : The Peer Mentor will be responsible for meeting with their mentee 3 times a month for a duration of 1.5-2 hours per meeting. A social event will happen once a month where a Peer Mentor and a mentee will be expected to attend, these events can be up to 2-3 hours long. A bi-weekly meeting with the Mentoring for Youth Supervisor will be 30 minutes long.

Peer Help Ambassadors are responsible for dedicating their time to: promoting all the services provided by the Peer Help Centre. The Peer Help Ambassador will be trained to develop the necessary soft skills to communicate efficiently with students on a friendly, respectful and social way in order to approach students on campus to distribute flyers and explain what are the services we offer.

• Training Involved : The Peer Help Ambassador will undergo training provided by the Centre to fully understand all the different services and resources provided by the centre and to develop necessary soft skills.

The Peer Help Ambassador will be responsible for doing rounds in campus 3 times a month for a duration of 1.5-2 hours per round. A social event will happen once a month where Peer Help Ambassadors are expected to attend, these events can be up to 2-3 hours long. A bi-weekly meeting will be held with the Marketing and Event supervisor that takes about 30 minutes long.

The Marketing Assistant is responsible for dedicating their time to assist the events supervisor with ongoing events and marketing campaigns by collecting audience feedback, creating content, update spreadsheets.

• Training Involved : The Marketing Assistant will undergo training provided by the Centre to fully understand all the different services and resources provided.
• Time Commitment : The Marketing Assistant will have to work 2 shifts of 2-3 Hours each every week. As well as a bi-weekly meeting will be held with the Marketing and Event supervisor that takes around 30 minutes long.

Peer Help Centre – For general information Email : [email protected] Reception : 613-783-1380 ext. 151

Eyala Manga – Peer Help Coordinator Email : [email protected] Tel : 613-783-1380 ext. 718

Shaeta Ahme – Peer Support Supervisor Email : [email protected]

Nazeeha Jafr – Mentoring for Youth Supervisor Email : [email protected]

Massika Djarmouni – Marketing and Events Supervisor Email : [email protected]

Office Hours​

Monday : 10:00 – 16:00 Tuesday : 10:00 – 16:00 Wednesday : 10:00 – 16:00 Thursday: 10:00 – 16:00 Friday : 10:00 – 16:00 Saturday : Closed Sunday : Closed

Office Location​

UCU 211D, 85 University Private, Ottawa, Ontario

Frequently Asked Questions

Opportunities.

We are looking for volunteers and students can find all the information under the “ Get involved ” section. 

Visit UOSU’s  job opportunities  for future opportunities at the Peer Help Centre or any other positions available within UOSU.

The Peer Help Centre does not offer any kind of training outside the Centre.

Visit  www.peerhelptutor.com  to register as a tutor.

All services are free of charge aside from the tutoring services.  

No, the tutoring services are not free of charge.

In order to maintain affordability of tutorship services, Masters and PhD students are to charge no more than $30/hour. All other tutors are not permitted to charge more than $20/hour. 

No, the Peer Help Centre does not provide counselling services. However, Active Listening sessions are available to students.  

General Inquiry

Yes, all the services are offered to any student registered at the University of Ottawa.

Active listening sessions at the Peer Help Centre differ from counselling services. It is offered by fellow peers who may seem less intimidating to approach and who may relate better to a fellow student’s situation than professionals. As students, volunteers  are not certified as counsellors;  they are trained not to advise what actions to take, but to listen, and to validate a peer that seeks help and wishes to confide in someone.   

Registered students at the University of Ottawa and/or alumni students.  

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Reception Hours

Monday:  10:00 – 18:00 Tuesday:  10:00 – 18:00 Wednesday:  10:00 – 18:00 Thursday:  10:00 – 18:00 Friday:  10:00 – 17:00 Saturday:  Closed Sunday:  Closed

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• University of Ottawa Department of History: History Essay Guide The authoritative guide to writing your history paper from the department itself. Contains a citation guide as well.
• A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper (Harvard University) Explains how to understand your assignments and develop your arguments.Provides suggestions for sources and how to use them.
• A Short Guide to Writing History Essays (University of Calgary) Covers the pre-writing process, the writing, the various components of the paper, and referencing.
• Writing About History (University of Toronto_ A helpful guide that provides information on how to interpret primary and secondary sources. It also offers advice on historical argumentation and writing.
• Citing archival material in Library and Archives Canada (LAC) If you use Library and Archives Canada (LAC) material in your research, you must include information about this material in your work using citations and credit lines. The information you give depends on the type of material.

Historical Thinking and Historical Literacy

To think historically, students need to be able to:

Establish  historical significance

Use  primary source evidence

Identify  continuity and change

Analyze  cause and consequence

Take  historical perspectives , and

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Mr. Walsh is a freelance journalist in Chicago.

I owe the last 25 years of life to my father, who dozed under general anesthesia as a surgeon cut eight inches from stomach to spine, removed one of his kidneys, placed it on ice and sent it to a nearby operating room where it was fitted into my abdomen. My brother had a kidney transplant that same week, six days before I did. His new kidney came from a man we never knew who died in a car accident in the mountains.

We were teenagers, afflicted with a congenital kidney disease. But we were lucky.

There are 100,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney. More than half a million are on dialysis, which from my own experience I know to be more of a means of survival than a form of living. About 4,000 people die each year while waiting for a kidney. Another 4,000 become too sick to undergo surgery — a gentler way of saying that they, too, die. The National Kidney Foundation estimates that, without more investment in preventing diabetes and other ailments, more than one million people will be suffering from kidney failure by 2030, up from over 800,000 now .

These numbers illuminate a story of largely preventable suffering. Hundreds of millions of healthy people walk the streets quietly carrying two kidneys. They need only one. The head-scratcher is how to get kidneys from the people who have one to spare into the people who need one. Getting them from genetically modified pigs , as was recently found possible, won’t be a widespread solution for a very long time.

There’s a simpler and long overdue answer: Pay people for their kidneys.

Creating a market for kidneys is not a new concept, but it’s historically been met with disgust: Sell what ? To be fair, some of the ways to structure such a market would be irresponsible, coercive and deserving of that disgust.

But others are more thoughtful and prudent. One approach is to make the federal government the sole purchaser of kidneys. Donor and recipient would never meet. Compensation would be fixed, haggling impossible. After the kidney is acquired, the transplant process would unfold in the typical manner.

This idea fits nicely within today’s health economics. Through a quirk of a 50-year-old law , Medicare is the primary insurer for anyone of any age in need of dialysis or a transplant. This has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. It has also been costly, with end-stage renal disease patients accounting for about 7 percent of Medicare’s spending despite constituting 1 percent of its population of users. Because transplants are ultimately cheaper than dialysis, if Medicare started paying people to donate kidneys, fewer people would need to survive on dialysis and Medicare would need less taxpayer money to cover it.

Federal law presents the first and most significant hurdle to a market for kidneys. The 1984 National Organ Transplant Act, NOTA for short, makes it unlawful “to knowingly acquire, receive or otherwise transfer any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation.” Though markets exist for human tissue, bone and amniotic stem cells, for blood plasma, for the use of a woman’s womb and her eggs, organs cannot legally be bought and sold.

For several decades, efforts to persuade people to become kidney donors haven’t increased the number of volunteers. There were roughly 6,000 living kidney donors in 2000; there were roughly 6,000 in 2023. The only way to get more donors is to change the law.

One organization called the Coalition to Modify NOTA hopes to legalize compensation and then pass a federal law it has titled the End Kidney Deaths Act . As it’s written, it would award living donors $50,000 over five years — $10,000 per year — through refundable tax credits. The coalition says it has held meetings with nearly 100 legislators from both parties and has been encouraged by the level of support for its idea (though the bill still has not been brought to the floor of Congress).

Other proposals meant to solve kidney donation shortages abound. Several bills have recently been introduced to Congress, including one that would prohibit life and disability insurance companies from denying coverage to or increasing premiums for donors, and another that would reimburse donors for expenses they incur during donation. Two Colorado state representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, have drafted their own proposal for a statewide tax credit of up to $40,000 for organ donors; a representative in New Hampshire is trying to create an open market for organs in his state.

Some people who are opposed to the idea of selling organs argue that we should instead improve the process of capturing organs from people who have died. But even a flawlessly functioning system that recovered and transplanted 100 percent of available organs would not meet demand. And deceased-donor kidneys don’t last as long as those from living donors.

One of the most consistent and vociferous objections to a kidney market centers on the fear of coercion or exploitation: If you pay people to do something, particularly if you pay them a lot, then you will drive those who are most desperate and socially precarious to take steps they later will regret.

Ned Brooks, a co-founder of the Coalition to Modify NOTA, told me there are ways to mitigate “the concern that someone is going to donate a kidney because they have a gambling debt or they are losing their house to foreclosure or you name it.” His organization’s proposal, for example, would split the $50,000 payment into installments arriving only around tax season to weaken donation as a get-rich-quick scheme. Even now, donation requires a weeks- to monthslong process of physical and psychological evaluation .

Compensating donors could also go a long way to reducing current inequities. Black patients are more than three times as likely to develop kidney failure as white patients. And under today’s system, white patients are about four times as likely as Black patients (and approximately two times as likely as Asian and Hispanic patients) to receive a living kidney donation within two years of needing one . While there are many reasons for this imbalance, one critical factor is that white people generally possess social networks saturated with volunteers who are able to make the kinds of accommodations needed for major surgery. Compensation would broaden the pool of available kidneys for those who lack these social networks.

Alongside the flurry of political activity surrounding organ donation, a shift in attitudes among the public seems to be underway, making this moment particularly ripe for legislative change. A 2019 study found that roughly 60 percent of Americans would favor compensation through a public agency — and this number, depending on the form of compensation, would increase to 70 percent to 80 percent if such a system eliminated kidney shortages. This is a rare nonpartisan idea at a highly polarized moment, and could save the dozen people who die every day waiting for a kidney.

My own kidney has been ticking along since August 1998, far longer than the average transplantation. It will give out sometime, maybe before my children graduate from high school. It will almost certainly fail before any children they may have are born. Still, I’ve lived 25 years I would not have otherwise. I hope for a world in which others — many others — are given such an exquisite gift.

Dylan Walsh is a freelance journalist who focuses on science and the criminal justice system.

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