English 482 is a capstone course for University of Victoria English majors. This iteration of English 482, Crafting Literacies, was taught in fall 2024 by Mary Elizabeth Leighton with assistance from Kalea Furmanek-Raposo.

We are grateful for the generous support of the following wonderful academic and community experts who made this course possible: Judy Bishop, Bill Blair, Martha Burd, Allison Fulton, Lynda Gammon, Matt Huculak, Andrea Korda, Virginia MacLeod, Jacob Maddison, Samantha MacFarlane, Rich McCue, Lisa Surridge, Christine Walde, and Vanessa Warne. Huge thanks, too, to the amazing staff of UVic Special Collections—Heather Dean, John Frederick, Michaela Morrow, and Lara Wilson—and to UVic’s Community-Engaged Learning Office for an Experiential Learning Fund Grant that supported this course’s development and our learning.