Kathy Block

Kathy is a retired SJC Fellow and Senior Scholar with the Department of Religion. From 2008 to 2023, she was an Instructor with the Academic Learning Centre where she coordinated the Writing Tutor Program. Before that, Kathy was the Director of the English Language Program and the ESL Teacher Certificate Program at The University of Winnipeg (2001 to 2008). Her areas of interest are writing (personal and academic), writing pedagogy, assignment design, and program and curriculum development.

• Master of Education in Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Manitoba)
• Post-Baccalaureate in Education (University of Manitoba)
• Bachelor of Arts - Religion and English (University of Winnipeg)
• Interdisciplinary Studies: Emerging Technologies for Learning (Extended Education, University of Manitoba)
• Manitoba Diversity and Intercultural Training Program (Labour and Immigration Dept, Government of Manitoba)

Clark, S., & Block, K. (2022). Scaffolding in information literacy and writing: A collaborative approach to assignment design. LOEX Conference Proceedings, 2018. https://commons.emich.edu/loexconf2018/22

Block, K, Bermingham, C., & Garbati, J. (2018). Introduction: Selected Papers from the 2017 Canadian Writing Centres Association Conference. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 28. https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/view/725/671

MacKendrick, K., Redden, J., & Block, K. (2014). Facilitated writing groups in a high-enrolment

undergraduate course. Path to Pedagogy, 23(1), 25-28.

Friesen, H., & Block, K. (2012). Creating Meaning: Advanced Reading and Writing (2^nd ed.). Oxford University Press.

• American edition: 2008

• 1st edition: 2000

Block, K., & Hofer Friesen, H. (2010). Creating Meaning: Reading and Writing for the Canadian

Classroom (Upper Intermediate). Oxford University Press.