University Canada West- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
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- Scenes From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Los Alamos Daily Post August 7, 2025
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- The Best 8 Reasons to Study at University Canada West - vocal.media April 28, 2025
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- How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a deep and wide ‘uncivil war’ - The Conversation March 18, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Social Media React to UCLA Basketball Season Opener - Sports Illustrated November 4, 2025
- SB 707 changes teleconferencing, social media and notice rules; counsel urges caution for small districts - Citizen Portal AI November 4, 2025
- Australia Bans Social Media for Under-16s Starting Dec 10 - Editorji November 4, 2025
- Cowboys vs Cardinals: Social media reaction to the Arizona ambush - Blogging The Boys November 4, 2025
- Social Media Reacts to Illinois Basketball's Blowout Win Over Jackson State - Sports Illustrated November 4, 2025
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- Man accused of threatening to kill President Trump on social media - UA.NEWS November 4, 2025
- Social Media Doesn't Hold Back In Response To BALCO Founder's Death - OutKick November 4, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
10% and “the crisis in knowledge”
Writes Jonathan Mayhew: Knowledge is under attack from several fronts at once. In science itself, it is due to corporate corruption and the inherent bias toward interesting but possibly false results. There was that paper about how most scientific findings are false. … Continue reading
“Pedagogy of Delinquency”
From my friend Clarissa: There are several foundational principles to the pedagogy of delinquency. Respect. These are kids who value respect like nothing else in the world because it’s so rare in their world. Respect yourself, respect them, and accept … Continue reading
Hello, business communicators!
My fall semester starts tomorrow. I have two online sections of Advanced Professional Communications. These are fun classes. Teaching at Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been such a blessing.
“We Agree …”
“We agree much more than you think.” This was Niels Bohr‘s kind way of indicating profound disagreement with a colleague’s point of view. The genial physicist knew that the literal truth of that statement – after all, all scientists would … Continue reading
And VPL has a lovely twitter feed
https://www.nocontest.ca/2013/12/19/vancouvers-commonweal/
Independent Creativity: Making Yourself Successful
The wonderful Molly Crabapple explains what she has learned, in fifteen paragraphs. Here are a half dozen: Companies are not loyal to you. Please never believe a company has your back. They are amoral by design and will discard you at a … Continue reading
Saudi Students and “Veblen Goods”
I’ve had a number of superb students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University from that country. This is awful news. From Inside Higher Ed this morning: Saudi Arabian students in Canada are caught in diplomatic crossfire. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education is … Continue reading
Over and over is the way it is
Colossal’s feature on Tracey J Lee‘s narrative gifs, “Vanishing Thoughts Explored,” is beguiling. (The above gif is called “In that Briefest Moment.”)
Protecting yourself from the CRA phone scams
Just last week I received a voicemail from someone pretending to be a Canada Revenue Agency official. This person told me that liens were going to be placed on my bank accounts because I hadn’t “paid penalties for tax evasion.” … Continue reading