Attendees at RhetCanada’s 2019 annual meeting in Vancouver heard papers from senior scholars and emerging graduate students for the RhetCanada Graduate Student Prize. Judging the grad student prize was challenging once again. Judges David Beard, incoming RhetCanada President Bruce Dadey, and outgoing RhetCanada President Tania Smith awarded this year’s prize to Nicolas Noble for his paper “Myths of Community: Legal Fictions and Rhetoric in Canadian Religious Freedom.” Noble focused on the provincial and federal hearings related to Trinity Western University’s recent legal bid to open a law school. The presentation explored the rhetorical strategies formulated by Trinity Western’s leadership in advancing their legal case.
Congratulations Nicolas.
RhetCanada looks forward to next year’s grad student presentations in London, Ontario!