University Canada West- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - The Tyee November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- University Canada West - Understanding Indigenous History series takes to the skies with Air Canada - Education News Canada June 26, 2025
- University Canada West - University Canada West Announces New Interim Chairs for its Departments for 2025 - Education News Canada May 7, 2025
- The Best 8 Reasons to Study at University Canada West - vocal.media April 28, 2025
- University Canada West - Macleans.ca April 17, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- New EU law to hold social media sites liable for financial scams - Silicon Republic November 28, 2025
- Delhi woman claims she was assaulted by Uber driver, says 'he twisted my arm' - Storyboard18 November 28, 2025
- A social media channel used to attack Yermak foes has some interesting posts. “Channel offline. Our admin is being searched by NABU.” Then a while later statement from Yermak about full cooperation. “You didn’t see this in Poroshenko’s times,” comments t - x.com November 28, 2025
- Australia’s social media experiment will be watched around the world - The Observer November 28, 2025
- Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways - Help Net Security November 28, 2025
- AI-Generated Thanksgiving Photos Flood Social Media - 조선일보 November 28, 2025
- Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in social media screed - NPR November 28, 2025
- Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in anti-immigrant social media screed - AccessWdun November 28, 2025
Monthly Archives: March 2013
To thank or not to thank on Twitter?
Nick Bilton’s suggestion that e-mail thank-yous are a time waster has sparked debate on whether or not it’s appropriate to thank people in digital communications. Some have gone so far to suggest that this new social ethic of efficiency is creating … Continue reading
“Scholarly Writing and How to Get It Done”
That’s the subtitle of my favourite blog on academic writing, “Stupid Motivational Tricks,” authored (primarily) by Jonathan Mayhew, a Professor of Spanish at the University of Kansas, who is a friend of mine and has been since our days in … Continue reading
Getting in a communication state of mind: 3 tips
Over the past few days, I’ve come across three great articles about mentally setting the stage for successful communications. Heidi Grant Halvorson’s “The 2 Epiphanies That Made Me a Better Negotiator” points out that viewing negotiation as a challenge rather … Continue reading
CMO.com: A very useful resource
Last week I gave a presentation to the Vancouver chapter of Construction Specifications Canada. It was called “Twitter? LinkedIn? How to Use Social Media Professionally.” The room was filled with architects, engineers, landscapers, contractors, and one or two marketers: an … Continue reading
Stopping the Page from Being Blank
In the mid-1990s, shortly after I moved to Vancouver, I got a job doing Investor Relations for a public company drafting news releases, presentations, brochures, and the like. I would put drafts of these items together and present them to … Continue reading
Ethics of Persuasion: The Reciprocity Rule
I was walking down Granville Street the other day on my way to London Drugs when I spotted two Chinese monks ahead of me speaking to passersby. Ordinarily cautious of sidewalk solicitors, I let one of them engage me precisely … Continue reading
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On National Grammar Day: A love letter to language
It’s fitting that I should write this post on National Grammar Day. Choosing and arranging the right words with the right endings in the right order with the right punctuation isn’t even close to the most interesting thing I could … Continue reading