Despite nearly four decades of teaching and studying writing, including many years as a writing centre instructor and director, I really don’t know what will happen to Canadian writing centres, and I am also uncertain about what should happen. However, I have some reflections on our past, some concerns about how we got here, and some thoughts about how we might move forward. I should acknowledge that the criticisms I offer here began in self-reflection: looking back over my work in a writing centre, I recognize that I have been guilty of all that I describe in the following pages. But I haven’t been alone.

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• Paré, A., (2025), "The Once and Future Writing Centre: A Reflection and Critique", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.31468/cjsdwr.573)

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Original publication: Paré, Anthony. "The Once and Future Writing Centre: A Reflection and Critique." Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, vol. 27, 2017, pp. 1-8. DOI: 10.31468/cjsdwr.573. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in DW/R is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license