Reg Johanson
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Reg Johanson is a composition and literature instructor, poet and essayist. His critical writing focuses on the critique of Standard English
as a classist and racializing disciplinary practice, the political economy of cheating and plagiarism
, the problem of radicalism within a national literary culture and the use of representations in the process of political decomposition. A former member of The Kootenay School of Writing
and a founding director of The Pacific Institute for Language and Literacy Studies, he teaches at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory, and is Advisory Editor of Parser (magazine)
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Standard English
Standard English refers to whatever form of the English language is accepted as a national norm in an Anglophone country...
as a classist and racializing disciplinary practice, the political economy of cheating and plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
, the problem of radicalism within a national literary culture and the use of representations in the process of political decomposition. A former member of The Kootenay School of Writing
The Kootenay School of Writing
The Kootenay School of Writing is a Vancouver-based writers' collective.Founded in 1984 after the forced closure of David Thompson University Centre in Nelson, British Columbia KSW relocated to Vancouver to offer inexpensive courses , to sponsor colloquia and critical talks on writing, visual art,...
and a founding director of The Pacific Institute for Language and Literacy Studies, he teaches at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory, and is Advisory Editor of Parser (magazine)
Parser (magazine)
Parser: New Poetry & Poetics is an annual journal of anarchist poetry and poetics from Vancouver, BC, edited by Roger Farr and Reg Johanson. The first issue was published in May 2007, featuring writing by Alice Becker-Ho, Alfredo M. Bonanno, P. Inman, Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Aaron Vidaver, and Rita...
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