Each term is twelve-weeks long.
Spaces are available in all terms and applications are currently being accepted.
This approach aligns the program with the range of semestered and term-based school calendars in Canada, and allows classes to focus their participation in a timeframe that best suits their needs. In turn, each salon is grouped with at least one other salon to form a conference. WIER employs one professional Canadian writer for every six classes that participate in the program. All writers in a given conference work with all salons in that conference. This method of grouping salons and writers maintains the multiplicity of writers' voices that is an integral part of the WIER experience.