Services
How we help
A wide variety of services are offered to you at the AWHC. Choose a category and get on the right track to better writing:
- For first-year students
- For French immersion students
- For Co-op students
- For graduate students
- For professors
The following services are available to all students on campus in every faculty and at all levels of study, from first year to PhD.
Appointments
Meet one-on-one with one of our Writing Advisors. Each appointment is 45 minutes in length and is personalized to meet your needs.
The following is a partial list of the skills you can develop with your Writing Advisor:
- Understanding your assignment
- Completing an effective brainstorming session
- Creating a precise outline
- Identifying and correcting your grammatical mistakes
- Verifying the quality of your argumentation and the coherency of your text
- Understanding the mistakes from a corrected or marked assignment
- Accurately referencing your sources and avoiding plagiarism
Discussion Groups
Come and participate in an hour-long Discussion Group with a maximum of ten students.
Click here for upcoming Discussion Groups.
Writing Kit
Find useful step-by-step guides to the writing process, grammar, referencing and avoiding plagiarism here.
Get answers to your questions about academic writing by sending an email to cartu@uOttawa.ca. An AWHC Writing Advisor will respond within 24 hours.