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Venue: Virtual / Livestream (Zoom)
Virtual / Livestream (Zoom)
Science Research Writing Workshop – Alan Klass Program in Health and Humanities – November 16, 2022 (Webinar)
This workshop will focus on writing clear, structured journal articles, thesis chapters, and other scientific genres.
*Sponsored by the Alan Klass Program in Health and Humanities
There will be tips on and discussion of:
• Sentence and paragraph structure
• How to revise for clarity and concision
• Typical components of a scientific paper
• Cover letters
• Hand-out with further resources
Facilitator: Maurice Mierau
Zoom link and any handouts will be sent to attendees prior to the workshop.
Maurice Mierau’s last book was a monograph on the poetry of Patrick Friesen, How Mind and Body Move. His memoir, Detachment, won the Kobzar Literary Award, as well as the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction. His poetry collections include Autobiographical Fictions, Fear Not, winner of the ReLit Award for Poetry, and Ending with Music. Mierau was founding editor of the Canadian fiction imprint Enfield & Wizenty, and of the online magazine Winnipeg Review. Born in Indiana, he grew up in Nigeria, Manitoba, Jamaica, Kansas, and Saskatchewan. He holds an MA in English literature and in 2019 attended a Columbia University seminar on Narrative Medicine. Mierau has worked extensively in the College of Medicine with a variety of learner groups
Program Coordinator
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Ashley LaRosa
Ashley LaRosa Faculty Development Coordinator Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education S204, Medical Services Building, Bannatyne Campus Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Ashley.LaRosa@umanitoba.ca 204-272-3102 phone 204-272-3169 fax