University Canada West- University Canada West - UCW Professors Selected for EU Erasmus Funded Faculty Exchange - Education News Canada January 25, 2026
- 181 Conestoga College employees laid off ahead of the holidays - CBC December 18, 2025
- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - vancouversun.com November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - biv.com November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - thetyee.ca 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
- University Canada West - Dr. Stacie Chappell joins UCW as Dean, School of Management and Business - Education News Canada September 2, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - vancouversun.com August 22, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- GameStop Stock Soars As Burry Reveals Fresh Stake, Social Media Hype Returns - GameStop (NYSE:GME) - Benzinga January 26, 2026
- France's National Assembly Debates Banning Under-15s From Social Media - U.S. News & World Report January 26, 2026
- How to regulate social media for teens (and make it stick): Inman Grant, Allen weigh in - Biometric Update January 26, 2026
- France's National Assembly debates banning under-15s from social media - Reuters January 26, 2026
- What I said 11 years ago still holds: The social media addiction crisis in children is real - The American Bazaar January 26, 2026
- Social media users turn to AI in attempt to 'enhance' US shooting images - BBC January 26, 2026
- Seahawks are Super Bowl bound: What people are saying on social media - seattletimes.com January 26, 2026
- Parents say teens are addicted to social media. Now, a jury will decide. - The Washington Post January 26, 2026
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Making your own career rules
Radhika Nagpal, a computer science professor at Harvard, has written a wonderful piece called “The Awesomest 7 Year Post-Doc or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Tenure Track Faculty Life.” It’s about maintaining good emotional hygiene in the academic environment. … Continue reading
A couple of final notes on mentoring
My posts below summarize and respond to the superb presentation given by Erin Dick at the International Association of Business Communicators World Conference in Manhattan last month. To be honest, I had intended on *missing* this presentation, believing there was little for me … Continue reading
Mentorship without Friendship
The relationship between a mentor and a mentee need not be a friendly one. During the discussion portion of Erin Dick’s IABC presentation on mentorship, I stood up and briefly described my own experience being mentored, as a writer and … Continue reading
5 Myths about Mentorship
In her IABC presentation Erin Dyck described four myths regarding mentorship: Mentorship is top-down. One’s placement in an organizational hierarchy does not, in fact, determine the kind of wisdom and experience one can give another colleague. Mentors should be from … Continue reading