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 - 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
- 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
- Foreign student cuts hit Vancouver office leasing market - renx.ca July 11, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- How Tourism, a Booming Wellness Culture and Social Media Are Transforming the Age-Old Japanese Tea Ceremony - The Good Men Project January 23, 2026
- Dear Abby | Husband’s social media seems to serve one purpose - inquirer.com January 23, 2026
- DEAR ABBY: Husband's social media seems to serve one purpose - indianagazette.com January 23, 2026
- Social media floods with ‘Lisa’ Red Lotus Sea memes; TAT says image is real, not AI - Asia News Network January 23, 2026
- Abby: Husband's social media seems to serve one purpose - unionleader.com January 23, 2026
- "Exploding trees" in extreme cold? Truth behind social media posts - fox6now.com January 23, 2026
- Bill aims to expand protections for vulnerable people online - wcax.com January 23, 2026
- Phoenix influencer missing in Mexico after apparent kidnapping - azfamily.com January 23, 2026
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Vantransient
Tweets from folks using the Lower Mainland’s mass transit system, retweeted for *you* by the creators of No Contest.
Simplicity is Beautiful
I take the train from Vancouver to Olympia, and then back again, all the time. (The love of my life lives south of the border.) Olympia’s Centennial Station is staffed by (usually) elderly volunteers who love trains and who love helping … Continue reading
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Popular bar in Olympia, Washington:
Bringing Children in
From an excellent article in Mediate.com called “Best Interests and Little Voices: Child Participation in the Family Mediation Dialogue” by Jennifer Winestone: Children were historically excluded from post-separation decision-making, because of the assumption that children lacked the “legal and psychological … Continue reading
Audience Analysis
This mash-up of recent country music hits demonstrates aesthetic ossification. Via Language Log.
Communicate for Free
I had always found eHarmony Inc.‘s advertisements vaguely disconcerting: too optimistic about romance, and too confident about its vaunted heuristic (the “Relationship Questionnaire”!). An advertisement currently in frequent rotation on television promises viewers that “You can start communicating for free today” – … Continue reading
Ginormous
Bryan Garner, lawyer and English language usage scholar, on one of my favourite words: A portmanteau is a type of luggage with two separate sections. A portmanteau word is formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words. Linguists … Continue reading