Critical Collaborative Communities

Nicola Simmons, Ph.D., Brock University, focuses on postsecondary pedagogy. She is co-editor of the Brill | Sense Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching series, a 3M National Teaching Fellow, and holds a Brock Chancellor’s Chair for Teaching Excellence.Ann Singh, M.Ed., Brock University, is a Project Management Professional (PMP) who is interested in adult education, lifelong learning, and mentorship. Ann teaches courses on project development and management and believes in extending learning beyond the classroom.

• ForewordPam DenicoloList of Figures and TablesIntroductionNicola SimmonsPart 1: Writing Partnerships1 Cheaper Than Therapy: The Unexpected Benefits and Challenges of an Academic Writing PartnershipKaren Julien and Jacqueline L. Beres2 “We’ll Do Whate’er We List”: Growing, Creating, and Writing Together as Faculty of DifferenceM. Soledad Caballero and Aimee Knupsky3 Collaboration at a Distance: Exploring History, Communication, Trust and SocializationErik Blair and Georgette Briggs4 Just Show Up: Reflections from a Motley Writing GroupJanel Seeley, Tia Frahm and Elizabeth LynchPart 2: Onsite Writing Retreats5 Advancing the Writing of Academics: Stories from the Writing GroupJennifer Lock, Yvonne Kjorlien, M. Gregory Tweedie, Roswita Dressler and Sarah Elaine Eaton6 Faculty Writing Studio: A Place to WriteRemica Bingham-Risher and Joyce Armstrong7 Campus-Wide, Non-Residential, Five-Day Faculty Writing Retreat: Partnerships Lead to a Sustainable Writing ProgramDannelle D. Stevens and Janelle Voegele8 The Benefits of Writing Retreats RevisitedGenevieve Maheux-Pelletier, Heidi Marsh and Mandy Frake-MistakPart 3: Offsite Writing Retreats9 Something Wicked This Way Comes: Wyrd Sisters, Collaborating In-the-RoundLisa Dickson, Shannon Murray and Jessica Riddell10 Writing Wild: Writing Partnerships That FlyCecile Badenhorst, Sarah Pickett and John Hoben11 Creating and Sustaining a Community of Academic Writing Practice: The Multi-University Residential Academic Writing Retreat ModelMichelle K. McGinn, Sne.ana Ratkovi., Dragana Martinovic and Ruth McQuirter Scott12 Writing about Writing: Collaborative Writing and Photographic Analyses from an Academic Writing RetreatKari-Lynn Winters, Natasha Wiebe and Mary Gene SaudelliPart 4: Collaborative Writing Groups13 Writing within an Academic Microculture: Making Our Practice VisibleCheryl Jeffs, Carol Berenson, Patti Dyjur, Kimberley A. Grant, Frances Kalu, Natasha Kenny, Kiara Mikita, Robin Mueller and Lorelli Nowell14 Supporting Writing Collaborations through Synchronous Technologies: Singing Our ssong about Working Together at a DistanceMichelle J. Eady, Corinne Green, Ashley B. Akenson, Briony Supple, Marian McCarthy, James Cronin and Jacinta McKeon15 Growing the Canadian SoTL Community through a Collaborative Writing InitiativeElizabeth Marquis and Nicola Simmons16 Collaborative Writing: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Partnerships as a Means of Identity FormationPhillip Motley, Aysha Divan, Valerie Lopes, Lynn O. Ludwig, Kelly E. Matthews and Ana M. Tomljenovic-Berube17 An International Interdisciplinary Writing Group: Perspectives on Building Partnerships and Developing CommunityBarbara Kensington-Miller, Carolyn Oliver, Sue Morón-García, Karen Manarin, Earle Abrahamson, Nicola Simmons and Jessica Deshler18 Creation, Critique, ConsolidationNicola SimmonsNotes on Contributors