What is the Writing Centre at Concordia?

The Writing Centre is a free service that provides individual writing consultations and group writing presentations with the aim of helping students develop their capacities to plan, structure, write, and edit their academic writing.

Objectives of the Writing Centre 


To assist students with the following:

• Understanding assignments and essay questions
• Developing and clarifying ideas
• Research skills
• Organization, structure, and coherence of writing
• Developing thesis statements and arguments
• Improving grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and addressing common challenges
• Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism
• Proofreading your work
• Collecting writing-related resources such as books, websites, sample papers, and handouts for student reference

The Writing Centre will not provide ideas, edit a student's work, or comment on the accuracy of information, but will instead help students develop the skills to do these things themselves. Staff at the Writing Centre will address whatever challenge you present, be it a tricky essay prompt, questions about research or format, or a case of writer's block. Book an appointment today!