Journal publications

Bell, S., Hotson, B., & Prescott-Brown, M. (2024). Decolonizing writing centre internationalization, a thought experiment. SKIRB. (accepted; submitted for 2nd review)

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2023). Writing Centers and Neocolonialism: How Writing Centers Are Being Commodified and Exported as U.S. Neocolonial Tools. The Writing Center Journal, 41(3), 107–132.

Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2022) ‘A podcast would be fun!’: The fetishization of digital writing projects. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 32, 4–31.

Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2021). Where is the support? Learning support for multimodal digital writing assignments by writing centres in Canadian higher education. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2020). Three foundational concepts for tutoring digital writing. Writing Lab Newsletter, 45(1–2), 18–25.

Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2020). Tooling up the multi: Paying attention to digital writing projects at the writing centre. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 30.

Dansereau, D., Carmichael, L. E., & Hotson, B. (2020). Building First-Year Science Writing Skills With an Embedded Writing Instruction Program. Journal of College Science Teaching, 49(3), 36–45.

Book chapters

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2023). Forward. In A. Rambiritch, & L. Drennan (Eds.), Reimagining writing centre practices: A South African perspective (pp. xi-xiii). ESI Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378856755_Reimagining_Writing_Centre_Practices_A_South_African_Perspective

Speaking engagement

Invited speaker, Changing your relationship with your writing, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (2024)

Invited speaker, Reading and writing in the digital age: Research on university students’ evolving competencies, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, with Dr. Stevie Bell, York University (2020)

Invited speaker: Exploring Digital Frontiers of Scholarly (Classroom) Writing with Students. Southwestern Ontario Writing Centre Symposium 2018. York University (2018)

Keynote speaker, Plurilingualism can do some work, TESL NS Fall Conference 2018, Halifax, NS (2018).

Conferences

Paper: Grand Narratives of Writing Centre Internationalization, European Writing Centers Association conference, with Dr. Stevie Bell (York University), Dr. Marci Prescott-Brown (University of Toronto). University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. (June 2024).

Paper: Writing centre colonialism: Acting, reacting, and lessons learned, CWCA/ACCR Conference, with Dr. Stevie Bell (York University). (Virtual, 2024)

Paper: Digital writing tools and sociodigital justice: Implications of corporations’ use of student data, Ashoka University conference, 2023, Dr. Stevie Bell (York University). Sonipat, India. (accepted, 2023)

Panel: Crossing Borders with Integrity, International Writing Centers Association, 2022, with Dr. Stevie Bell (York University), Avasha Rambiritch (University of Pretoria), and Violeta Molina-Natera (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Cali). Vancouver. (2022)

Panel: Writing centres and global coloniality, CWCA/ACCR Conference 2022, with Dr. Stevie Bell, York University. (Virtual, 2022)

Paper & workshop: Writing Centres and global coloniality International Writing Centers Association conference, with Dr. Stevie Bell, York University (2021)

Workshop: Digital media and writing centres: Where are we now? Where are we going? International Writing Centers Association-National Conference on Peer Tutoring and Writing Conference, With Jackie Grutsch-McKinney, Ball State University and Dr. Stephanie Bell, York University, Columbus, OH (2019)

Panel: Where have all the essays gone? Print-based conventions of classroom writing vs. digital writing tools: A debate! With Dr. Boba Samuels, University of Toronto and Dr. Stevie Bell, York University. Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing Conference. University of British Columbia (2019)

Paper: Report Support Program: A two-year study of the effects of writing tutoring on GPA on first-year Biology students. CWCA/ACCR Conference, Emily Carr University, Vancouver (2019)

Workshop: Tooling up the multi: Thinking in, with, and through digital writing tools. CWCA/ACCR Conference 2019, with Dr. Stephanie Bell, York University. Emily Carr University, Vancouver (2019)

Paper: Writing tutor-digital technician hybriding: Combining software support and writing tutoring through multiliteracies. IWCA Collaborative 2019, with Dr. Stephanie Bell, York University, Pittsburgh (2019)

Paper: Developing a writing centre in China, National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, University of Puget Sound, Washington (2018)

Panel: Centres on the Periphery: The Funding and Location of Writing Centres in Atlantic Canada. CWCA/ACCR Conference, University of Ottawa (2015)

Paper: Raising Revenues in Writing Centres: Tension Between Ethics and Revenue. CWCA/ACCR Conference, University of Ottawa (2015)

Panel: Writing centres and the curriculum: Image and involvement. CWCA/ACCR Conference, University of Victoria (2013)

Blog posts

Hotson, B. (2024, November 15). Fooling the detector: Using Grammarly’s AI Detector. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 6(3 Fall 2024).

Hotson, B. (2023, September 13). Is ChatGPT responsible for a student’s failing grade?: A hallucinogenic conversation. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 5(4 Fall 2023).

Hotson, B. (2023, September 7). Academic writing has completely changed: Turnitin forges ahead. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 5(3 Fall 2023).

Hotson, B. (2023, September 3). Hello! I am your AI academic writing tutor: A quick guide to creating discipline-specific tutors using ChatGPT. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 5(2 Fall 2023).

Hotson, B. (2023, May 25). Why broadband access is an essential learning tool. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(8 Summer 2023).

Hotson, B. (2023). Drafting a position statement for ChatGPT and LLM writing tools for higher education. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(6 Spring 2023).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2023). Writing a conference proposal: A step-by-step guide. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(4 Spring 2023).

Hotson, B. (2023). Academic vigilantes and superheroes. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(3 Spring 2023).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2023). Academic writing and ChatGPT: Step back to step forward. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(2 Spring 2023).

Hotson, B. (2023). Writing centres and ChatGPT: And then all at once. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(1 Spring 2023).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2022). Friends don’t let friends Studiosity (without reading the fine print), Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 4(1 Fall 2022).

Hotson, B. (2022). Safe space to brave space: Avasha Rambiritch on space & safety in the writing centre, Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 3(3 Spring 2022).

Hotson, B. (2022). Colonial outposts in the 36th chamber: Hip hop pedagogies and writing centres, Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 3(4 Spring 2022).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2022). Writing a conference proposal: A guide. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 3(3 Winter 2022).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2021). Creating writing centres in neocolonialism. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 3(4 Fall 2021).

Hotson, B., & Bell, S. (2021). If you could say anything to faculty about academic integrity… Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 3(2 Fall 2021).

Hotson, B. (2021). Supporting students for interview assignments, Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 2(7 Winter). Retrieved from https://cwcaaccr.com/2021/04/15/supporting-stude…view-assignments/

Hotson, B. (2021). Free-falling into the digital divide: Reading on smartphone in writing centres. Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 2(6 Winter). Retrieved from https://cwcaaccr.com/2021/03/22/free-falling-int…-writing-centres/

Hotson, B. (2021). Is it really worth it to write for a blog? Canadian Writing Centre Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction, 2(2 Winter). Retrieved from https://cwcaaccr.com/2021/01/25/is-it-really-wor…write-for-a-blog/

Hotson, B. (2018). Note from the editor: Rethinking academic writing again and again. Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders. Retrieved from http://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/2018/09/note-from-the-editor-rethinking-academic-writing-once-again/

Hotson, B. (2017). File cards of bravery: First-year writing anxiety. Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders. Retrieved from http://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/2017/06/file-cards-of-bravery-first-year-writing-anxiety/

Conferences organized

Co-Chair, Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA/ACCR) annual conference (2022)

Organizing committee, Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA/ACCR) annual conference (Vancouver, 2019)

Conference chair, Academic Writing and English Language Learners (AWELL) (Saint Mary’s University, 2019)

Steering committee; Media Chair, Society for Teach and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) annual conference (2017)

Conference chair, Academic Writing and English Language Learners (AWELL) (Saint Mary’s University, 2016)

Organizing committee, Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA/ACCR) annual conference (University of Ottawa, 2015)

Conference chair, Academic Writing and English Language Learners (AWELL) (Saint Mary’s University, 2014)

Organizing committee, Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA/ACCR) annual conference (Brock University, 2014)

Conference co-chair, Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA/ACCR) annual conference (University of Victoria, 2013)

Other achievements

Nominated by peers for the Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award (IWCA)

Founder of the undergraduate academic journal, Afficio

Co-founder and co-editor of the academic journal, SKRIB

Co-founder and editor the academic blog, Canadian Writing Centres Review / revue Canadienne des centres de rédaction (2019-)

Past-Editor, Writing Centers Across Borders

President, Canadian Writing Centres Association / association canadienne des centres de rédaction (2012-2013)

Board member, International Writing Centre Association (2015, 2020-2022)

Past-Editor, Conneting Writing Centers Across Borders (2017-2019)

Editorial board member, Inkshed publications (2014-2020)

Founding member, Atlantic Canadian Writing Centres Association

Digital resources

Writing a conference proposal: A guide - A step-by-step guide to writing a conference proposal.

Pro Tips for Essay Writers - A series of videos with resources designed to lead students through the writing process at an introductory level.

Reading in the digital age Research on university students’ evolving competencies - Resources and information on reading and writing in digital environments.

Molecules Making Magic - a science experiment video for Gr. 11 chemistry (Alberta).

Educational publishing titles

Nelson Education, Project manager
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Issues for Canadians (Alberta) (2008)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Taking Part in Our Democracy (Alberta) (2008)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: BC Science Probe 10 (2007-2008)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Our Land and People (Alberta) (2007)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Our Worldview (Alberta) (2007)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: The World of Business (2007)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Science Probe 9 (British Columbia) (2007)
Editorial team, Biology 20-30 (Alberta) (2007)
Editorial team, Chemistry 20-30 (Alberta) (2007)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Biology 20-30 (Alberta) (2007)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Chemistry 20-30 (Alberta) (2007)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: BC Science Probe 8 (British Columbia) (2006)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Geography Now (National) (2006)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Civics Now (National) (2006)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Social Studies Gr. 7 (Alberta) (2006)
Consultant, Computerized Assessment Bank: Social Studies Gr. 4 (Alberta) (2006)
Project Manager/Developmental Editor, Chemistry/Biology supplementals (Alberta) (2005-2006)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Gr. 7 Mathematics (Ontario) (2005)
Project Manager, BC Science Perspectives 8 Teacher Resource Guide (Ontario) (2005)
Project Manager Computerized Assessment Bank: Gr. 8 Mathematics (Ontario) (2005)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Gr. 6 Science (Ontario) (2005)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Gr. 7 Science (Ontario) (2005)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Gr. 7 Mathematics (Ontario) (2005)
Project Manager, Teacher Guide, Science Perspectives I: Gr. 11 (Ontario) (2004-5)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Science Perspectives I Gr. 11 (2004-2005)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: College Prep 11 Biology (Ontario) (2004)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Banks: College Prep 12 Chemistry (Ontario) (2004)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Banks: College Prep 12 Physics (Ontario) (2004)
Developmental Editor, 12 History Teacher’s Resource Guide (Ontario) (2002-2003)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: Fundamentals of Physics 12 (National) (2002)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: 12 Biology (Ontario) (2002)
Project Manager, Computerized Assessment Bank: 12 Chemistry (Ontario) (2002)

Pearson Education, Project manager

Developmental editor, Gr. 11 Physics: text, website and text supplementals (2001)
Writer, Gr. 8 Science and Technology video (Ontario) (2001)
Writer, Gr. 11 and 12 Physics, Biology, Chemistry texts (Ontario) (2001)

Television and media

Featherland (2009)
Co-producer
Short Documentary FIlm
Producer: Cinescribe Productions

• Golden Sheaf Award, Documentary Short Subject (nominated), Yorkton Film Festival (2009)

• Official Selection, 2009 Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival

League of Super Citizen Awards (2008)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Broadcaster: TVOntario

League of Super Citizen Awards (2007)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Broadcaster: TVOntario

Royal Manners (2006)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Broadcaster: TVOntario

PRIME (2006)
Writer
Educational/Industrial
Producer: Thomson Nelson

Video Labs (2006)
Writer
Educational/Industrial
Producer: Thomson Nelson 

Agents of Change (2006)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Broadcaster: TVOntario

Agents of Change (2005)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Broadcaster: TVOntario

BodTV (2003)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Children’s Series
Broadcaster: TVOntario

Open Your Ears (2003)
Producer/Director
Educational television
Children’s Series
Broadcaster: TVOntario

Fort William Diaries / Chronique du vieux Ft William (2000-1)
Producer/Director
History Series

V-Clips (1999)
Children’s Social Science Series
Broadcaster: TVOntario
Partner: TVOntario

The Secret Files of the Inquisition (2004)
Researcher
Documentary Series
Broadcaster: PBS and VisionTV
Producer: Fleetwood Films

Lilly, the Witch (2003)
Researcher
Animated Children’s Series
Broadcaster: NDR (Germany), BBC, TVOntario
Producer: Vivavision  

Heart and Stroke Foundation (2003)
Researcher
National Anti-Smoking PSA
Producer: Murray Battle Films

Heart and Stroke Foundation (2002)
Researcher
National Anti-Smoking PSA
Producer: Murray Battle Films 

Time Trackers (2002)
Researcher
Children’s Series
Broadcaster: TVOntario
Gemini Awards (nominated)

Saturday Night at the Movies (2000-2002)
Researcher
Arts Series
Broadcaster: TVOntario

C2 (1998-9)
Researcher/writer
Children’s Science Series
Broadcaster: TVOntario