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The Founding College of the University of Toronto

Vikki Visvis

Sessional Lecturer
Writing Centre
Writing Instructor, UC Writing Centre

Vikki Visvis received her PhD in English language and literature from the University of Toronto in 2004. Vikki has been an instructor at the UC Writing Centre since 2005. She is also currently a lecturer at U of T for the Department of English, where she teaches Canadian literature. Vikki has additionally taught intensive academic writing courses (such as ENG100H1 Effective Writing, ENGB02H3 Critical Writing about Narrative, WRR103H1 Writing Essays, and WRR203H1 Foundations of Written Discourse) both for the Department of English and for the Writing and Rhetoric Program at Innis College. She also has experience as an ELL (English Language Learner) tutor and has worked at other writing centres on campus. She has published scholarly articles on Canadian and American fiction by Frances Itani, Elizabeth Hay, David Bergen, Dionne Brand, Joseph Boyden, Michael Ondaatje, Kerri Sakamoto, Eden Robinson, and Toni Morrison. In 2013, Vikki was the recipient of Arts and Science Student Union's Ranjini (Rini) Ghosh Excellence in Teaching Award, and in 2022, she was co-winner of the Margaret Procter Award for Excellence in Writing Instruction.