Speaker: Farhan Ahmed
Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET
Language: English
Format: Online, via Zoom
Have you ever noticed how a good paper or article can “sing” to you as you read it? As a writer, awareness of the musical aspects of a text may help you “compose” writing that flows well. This interactive workshop will demonstrate how to use melodic and rhythmic tools so as to enhance the clarity and reading experience of academic writing.
Who should attend?
This workshop is designed for current holders of the CanNRT Fellowship and Trainee Members only.
Why attend?
Participants will:
- Identify the use of musical elements in language and writing
- Use sentence variety to establish flow
- See how melody, rhythm, and silence can affect punctuation to create emphasis
About the speaker: Farhan Ahmed, MPP, is a writer, musician and well-being coach, with a Master’s in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore. Prior to moving to Montreal, Farhan was a foreign policy journalist in Bangladesh and a Market Experience Lead at Google in Singapore. As a freelance editor, he has worked on several books published internationally, including by Oxford University Press. Since 2020, Farhan has also presented workshops for Graphos/McGill Writing Centre, drawing upon his diverse experience across different fields, to present novel ways of approaching their writing.
About the organizer: Yvonne Hung, PhD, is the Director of the McGill Writing Centre, McGill University’s central resource in written communication. In this capacity, she oversees its suite of undergraduate and graduate courses, the Graphos program focused on graduate students and postdocs, a Tutorial Service that offers individual writing consults to students, and various special projects, including a “Writing for Publication” collaboration with the Ingram School of Nursing. She was a member of the QART Advisory group, where she took great satisfaction in working with others to support QART’s training mandate. With the launch of the CanNRT platform, Dr. Hung continues to be involved by developing curriculum as a Priority Area Lead in the area of scientific writing and communication.
