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November 20 - Ethics & Bias

McGraw – Hill Publishers - Communication Glossary
http://tinyurl.com/5dzms
 

November 13 - Writing Exercises

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model
** http://isb.wa.gov/policies/portfolio/tr25/tr25_o1.html
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/iso9000-14000/index.html
** http://www.iso.org/iso/en/iso9000-14000/understand/basics/general/basics_1.html
http://praxiom.com/iso-9001.htm
** http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/docs/3.2/
http://www.agco.on.ca/
 

And just for fun: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/hall/

November 6 - Genres and Characteristics

Genres notes (.doc)
Genre links:

Medical / Health

http://content.nejm.org/

http://216.122.230.12/pdf/tryptophan.pdf ** Warning – Beth’s bias here ***

And, interestingly enough: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8505.html

Supreme Court of Canada
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/Welcome/index_e.asp

http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/pub/1998/vol2/html/1998scr2_0129.html

http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/pub/1997/vol2/html/1997scr2_0657.html

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/bp428-e.htm

Judicial – US
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/2nd/029051p.pdf

Military
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/reports/index_e.asp

Legal
http://interz0ne.com/events/interz0ne_cease_order.html

Scientific
http://www.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/people/pubs_e.php?searchbox=1

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/gashydrates/index_e.php

Institutional Writing Problems in the news recently:

Baby Cooing Not Allowed (.pdf - right click and Save Target)
 

Other Documents:

Cargo Securement Final Rule
Plain Language
Corporate Jargon

Oct 30 - Dr. Hsu and OHIP

The farce and tragedy of medical audits (.doc) by Christie Blatchford
Gentle Dr. Hsu and the audit that haunted him (.doc) by Christie Blatchford
OHIP Schedule of Benefits - Right click link and Open in New Window
College Submits Recommendations for Change to Medical Audit System - Right click link and Open in New Window
 

Technology Transfer

The Fine Art of Baloney Detection (pdf)
How to Tell What is Science from What Isn’t (pdf)

Oct 9 - NO CLASS - Problem Set #1 Online

In preparation for this problem set, please have a look at:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/ohip/sob/physserv/physserv_mn.html

Oct 2 - Additional Writing Topics
These are additional documents for the Peer Edit exercises.

Translink.pdf
Metstrategy.pdf
Neoglacial Advance.pdf
Climate change.pdf
engineering.pdf

Sep 27 - In-Class Analysis of writing exercises

Sep 20 - Writing for Institutions and Organizations

We will be talking about the techniques of plain language, and writing for institutions and organizations in this class. Please be sure to bring your peer edit copies (4) with you for this class as well.

Peer edit writing exercises - bring to Sep 20 class, we'll discuss results on Sep 27. Choose ONE of these three documents, and write the requested plain language version.

Emergency Management Plan
EMP - ESF 11.pdf
Based on this document, write 2-3 paragraphs to help a local leader, say a church pastor, understand how people who gather at his location will obtain food and water during an emergency. Invent any details that are missing from the information given, but be sure to make note of what those are.

OR

Security Management Plan
SecMgtPlan.pdf
Based on this document, write 2-3 paragraphs to help a new hospital employee understand what security is in place for the emergency department in which s/he works.

OR

Employment Background Check
http://www.stedwards.edu/hr/handbook/policies&pro/background.htm
Based on this document, write 2-3 paragraphs to help a prospective employee understand what type of background checking the institution will conduct if s/he is considered for a job.

We will be reviewing these exercises collectively, in class, as well as including them in our Peer Edit for this week. Please make sure you have the usual 4 hard copies with you.

These exercises WILL be graded as our Peer Edit work for this week.

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PWR381 YA - Digesting Technical Information, for students in the Institutional stream of the Professional Writing Program, York University.

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