Meet the Writing Centre Tutors

Meet the Tutors
Become a Tutor

Become a Tutor

Being a tutor helps you to:

support and help other students
develop your writing skills
enhance your tutoring and teaching skills
reflect about writing, learning, and teaching
improve your leadership and communication skills
obtain experience that can be put on a resumé.

There are several types of opportunities for students in the Writing Centre: work study, honorarium, and volunteering. To apply for the work study, you need to be eligible and register for the Work Study Program.

To become a tutor, you need to:

have achieved at least a 3.33 GPA in your writing courses
provide a sample of your writing and a resumé
be committed to show up on time for your shifts with a positive attitude
show an eagerness to learn and develop your tutoring and writing skills
attend tutor training sessions and reflect on your tutoring practice
have good interpersonal and critical thinking skills.

If you are interested in becoming a peer tutor, please contact the Writing Centre by emailing jegoddard@tru.ca, calling 250-371-5748 or dropping by OM 1411.

Meet the Tutors

Most of our writing tutors are students. The responsibility of the tutor is to offer feedback and advice on writing, with the goal of developing students' writing skills. The responsibility of the writing tutor is not to fix or simply edit the paper or be an expert on the content. Tutors attend up to 10 hours of training on the following topics: writing, grammar, collaboration, interpersonal skills, intercultural competencies, and tutoring and writing centre theories, practices, and strategies. The interaction between the writing tutor and the writer is one of cooperation, respect, and focused learning.

Writing Centre Tutors and Staff

Ian, Mehdi, Michael, Matineh, Joan, Farzaneh, Luke, Jenna

Peer Mentor Lunch 2022

Peer tutors (Bachelor's or Master's degree in progress)

Lachhman D.

Human Resources Management
Specialties: MLA, APA, Research, Poetry, Music
Abhishek

Finance
Specialties: English, Philosophy, Sociology, Business/Formal Writing, Chicago, MLA, Creative Writing, ESL, Group Projects
Azmaeen A.

Bachelor of Business Administration
Specialties: APA, Creative Writing, Business Writing, Formal Writing
Julye-Anne M.

English Major, History Minor
Specialties: Scientific Writing, Creative Writing, Essay Writing, Brainstorming
Mike H.

Law, Business
Specialties: Grammar, Style, Word, Excel, McGill APA
Jacob B.

English, Philosophy
Specialties: MLA and APA, Essay Structure, Grammar, Composition, English Literature, Metaphysics, Ethics, and Argumentation
Sydney J.

English
Specialties: Formal Writing, Research, MLA, Organization, Thesis, Creative Writing
Luke L.

BA in Science
Specialties: English, History, Essay Planning, Organization, and Structure
Anneka S.

English
Specialties: English, Sociology, MLA, APA, French, Essay Writing, Essay Planning, Paragraph Transitions and Flow, Thesis Development
Matin Y.

Master of Education
Specialties: APA, Essay writing, Academic writing, Presentations, and Research Skills
Mehdi H.

Master of Education
Specialties: Academic Writing, Poetry, Creative Writing
Alana B.

English, Philosophy
Specialties: Formal and Creative Writing, Philosophical Essays and Literature, Plants, and Kayaking
Malike B.

Psychology
Specialties: Essay Structure and Organization, Paragraph Transitions and Flow, Research Skills (Undergraduate level), Creative Writing
Sanaz S.

Master of Education
Specialties: English as a Second/Additional Language, Grammar, Essay Planning, Paragraph Transitions and Flow, APA, Research Skills

Community, faculty, and staff volunteers

Maggie

Marketing & Supply Chain Management
Specialties: Essay Planning & Organizing, APA, Grammar
Maninder K.

Public Administration, Fine Arts
Specialties: Essay planning, Organization, Structure, Formatting and Essay Writing
Ishka R.

MEd
Specialties: APA, Graduate Studies, Research, Presentations
Eden L.

MEd
Specialties: APA, Essay Writing, Thesis Development, Research Skills, Presentations
Ritchie L.

MEd
Specialties: ESL, Presentations, Graduate Students
Tara D.

BSW
Specialties: APA, Essay Writing, Business & Technical Writing
Farzaneh O.

Master of Education
Specialties: APA, Research Skills, Essay Writing, Essay Planning, Presentations and Group Project
Gawa K.

MEd, BA in English
Specialties: Thesis Development, Essay Structure, Critical Thinking
Garima Y.

BA in English, MEd
Specialties: Graduate, APA, ESL, Presentations, Academic/Essay Writing, Thesis Development, Research
Vera W.

Master of Education, TESL
Specialties: Brainstorming, Planning and Organization, APA, Test Strategies and Exam Preparation (IELTS, Accuplacer), Visualizing Information, PowerPoint
Matthew S.

BA in English, MEd
Specialties: Essay Writing, ESL, Presentations, Technical Writing