University Canada West- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW takes second place at 2026 National MBA Games - Education News Canada February 10, 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 - Vancouver Sun November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver 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
- 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 - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Undersheriff Warns of Puppy Scam on Social Media Market Place - Sheridan Media February 27, 2026
- Truth Social parent explores spinning off social media platform - 1470 & 100.3 WMBD February 27, 2026
- Trump Media considers spinning off Truth Social into public company - The Detroit News February 27, 2026
- Sheriff’s office warns of scam involving rental homes on social media - WHIO TV February 27, 2026
- The Social Media Trap - The Business of Fashion February 27, 2026
- Man faces charges in Carteret and Pamlico counties tied to remodeling, custom orders - WCTI February 27, 2026
- #CreditHacks: How social media and AI fuel auto finance fraud in 2026 - Automotive News February 27, 2026
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus is starring in a new show with Cecily Strong on Apple that looks promising - LaineyGossip February 27, 2026
Author Archives: Robert Basil
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
Editors are there for you.
This note appears in Seymour Hersh’s Reporter: A Memoir. The last seven words are utterly splendid. Here is a congenial interview with Hersh by Christian Lorentzen.
Love deserves …
In a marvellous Tukwila, Washington used bookstore the other week I picked up a copy of Yvor Winters’ Uncollected Essays and Reviews for $2.99. I am glad I did because it sure was worth it. I would have been happy … Continue reading
News Literacy 2018
Jay Rosen’s NYU School of Journalism’s News Literacy Project is an amazing service to all of us. The links and their analyses give us environmental scans and some helpful dives. As advertising revenue continues to decline, newsrooms are aggressively developing different … Continue reading
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