The Prince Albert Campus Writing Centre provides free tools and support to help you write effective essays, reports and reviews. Workshops and individual tutoring are available at the PA Usask Campus on Mondays and Fridays.

Hours and Locations

Workshops are Mondays and Fridays 12:00 to 12:50 pm

  • Mondays in Student Commons
  • Fridays in Room 246.

Individual Tutoring is available Mondays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the Student Commons and via zoom by appointment.

Dr. Kai McKenzie (they/iel) teaches Literature for Children and Literature and Composition courses at the University of Saskatchewan’s Prince Albert Campus and coordinates the Prince Albert Writing Centre. Contact them at kai.orca@usask.ca.

Writing help workshops

January 2026 Workshops

9 & 12: Essay Structure (AI Responsibilities/Grammar Review)
16 & 19: Structuring Paragraphs (Plagiarism/Avoiding Sentence Fragments)
23 & 26: Building Your Argument (Avoiding Comma Splices)
30 & Feb. 2: Close Reading (Finding Evidence/Unclear Pronoun References)

February 2026 Workshops

6 & 9: Exam Strategies (Verb Tense Agreement & Noun-Verb Agreement)
13 & 23: Research & Citation Styles (Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers)
27 & March 2: How to Talk With Your Instructor (Possessives & Plurals)

March 2026 Workshops

6 & 9: Integrating Evidence (Avoiding Passive Voice)
13 & 16: Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing (Avoiding Wordiness)
20 & 23: Transitions (Parallel Structures)
27 & 30: Editing

April 2026 Workshops

3: Wellness & Final Exam Prep

Writing support topics

Work on Communication and Presentation

How to present, structure, and organize your ideas—orally, visually, and in writing.

Come and get help organizing your essays:

  1. How to organize an essay.
  2. How to use citation styles.
  3. How to make claims.
  4. How to quote, paraphrase, and summarize to bring evidence from the text.
  5. How to integrate your evidence smoothly (and grammatically) into your discussion.
  6. How to explain how your evidence supports the claim (analysis).
  7. How to work your transitions from paragraph to paragraph.
  8. How to write a conclusion that touches lightly on all your key argumentative points.

Get help with grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and style:

  1. How to avoid comma splices and sentence fragments.
  2. How to use commas appropriately.
  3. How to understand clauses and phrases.
  4. How to avoid dangling modifiers.
  5. How to simplify and streamline your argumentative points.

Learn how to read effectively for meaning, review, and organize your thinking:

  1. How to understand the main idea or theme.
  2. How to read for both direct and indirect meaning.
  3. How to review and synthesize.

Get help with your research paper:

  1. Look for material and resources.
  2. Understand the assignment and expectations.
  3. Organize and plan.
  4. Write and rewrite.
  5. Edit for meaning, style, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.

Need help preparing for and taking exams?

  1. Prepare
  2. Plan
  3. Practise
  4. Pace