Author Archives: Robert Basil

Detail

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Robert Basil

I seem to have come to the point where I no longer recall the exact word but I do recall exactly why only that exact word will do.

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Road to improvement

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Robert Basil

Published in 1903. Found near Haro and Bidwell, Vancouver.

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Continued enchantment

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Robert Basil

I’ve lived in Vancouver for almost 25 years and I’ve never, not for one moment, gotten over my luck. Recently, finally, I found an easy way to convey my continued enchantment to people:

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Communicators identifying threats

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Robert Basil

These are the “ideal changes” we should be looking for in American political journalism going forward, according to No Contest favourite Jay Rosen: * Defense of democracy seen as basic to the job * Symmetrical accounts of asymmetrical realities seen … Continue reading →

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Scholar Strike Canada

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Robert Basil

Here’s the schedule of events to be broadcast live and then video-archived. And here are some very illuminating resources. My university’s president and my dean both support the scholar strike, as do my teaching colleagues, of course. Scholar Strike originated … Continue reading →

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Another form of school caution during the pandemic

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Robert Basil

This semester almost all of my university’s classes are online. Because of that, students can participate in Kwantlen courses – indeed, courses at any British Columbia university – from anywhere in the world. This distressing caution comes from The Tyee: Some … Continue reading →

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The School Year

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Robert Basil

The day after Labour Day is always a wonderful day. My students rescue the best in me.

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To slough and to slither

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Robert Basil

The xkcd webcomic is very entertaining. (h/t language log)

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Business Communications course ‘in a box’ – terrific resource

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Robert Basil

My colleagues at Kwantlen Polytechnic University have been really rising to the occasion during the pandemic, in all ways. I’m especially impressed, as an editor, by how prolific and intelligent their publishing ventures have been. Here’s another super-helpful one. My … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 18, 2020 by Robert Basil
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