University Canada West- 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 - 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 - vancouversun.com August 22, 2025
- Scenes From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - ladailypost.com August 7, 2025
- The Best 8 Reasons to Study at University Canada West - vocal.media April 28, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- ‘Outrage’ is driving rapid social media law changes – Baroness Kidron - irishnews.com January 25, 2026
- AI-generated British schoolgirl becomes far-right social media meme - The Guardian January 25, 2026
- Why social media is falling back in love with 2016? - Storyboard18 January 25, 2026
- Social Media Reacts to Arizona State's Rebound Victory Over Cincinnati - Sports Illustrated January 25, 2026
- Andrew McCutchen takes to social media to share Pirates free agency frustrations - post-gazette.com January 25, 2026
- Minneapolis Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a 37-Year Old Man - The New York Times January 25, 2026
- Pakistani human rights lawyers jailed for 17 years over social media posts - The Washington Post January 25, 2026
- “We’re not trying to recreate social media”: How Minnesota’s Star Tribune navigates a local crisis - Semafor January 25, 2026
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Acting Together
For its first two and a half years I was the “knowledge dissemination adviser” for the Acting Together research project. Based at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and funded by a federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research grant, the project’s goal was … Continue reading
Really good, free online technical communications text
A couple years ago Dave McMurrey’s online technical-writing textbook vanished from the Internet – not sure why. But *it is back*, and I suggest you bookmark it. A wonderful resource.
When judging others is necessary
I teach my students that, by and large, the purpose of social and workplace communications is to “foster and maintain relationships” (and “to not screw up”). Blogger realsocialskills (Twitter handle: @rsocialskills) notes that this rule does *not* carry the day … Continue reading