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 28, 2026
- Judge blocks Virginia law limiting kids' social media time - The Progress Index February 28, 2026
- Activist group Pride in Protest banned from Mardi Gras parade over social media posts - The Guardian February 28, 2026
- Social media reacts to Texas A&M's 10-0 run-rule victory over VT - Aggies Wire February 28, 2026
- Plaintiff Testifies in Social Media Trial - NTD News February 28, 2026
- Man arrested for social media threats linked to UC - WKRC February 28, 2026
- Professor: Many Correlations Between Addiction and Social Media Overuse - NTD News February 28, 2026
- Balancing kids' social media use - KXLY.com February 28, 2026
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Yik Yak and Meerkat
When Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for USA president at Liberty University yesterday, many students in the audience used the Smartphone app Yik Yak to mock the junior senator from Texas (and to complain that they were coerced to attend the event … Continue reading
Marketing in the Digital World: Student Blogs
Posts and up-to-the-minute news from my Kwantlen Polytechnic University digital-marketing class. The learning in this course is truly crowd-sourced.
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Funny sign
Glover Road, Langley, BC, near Kwantlen Polytechnic University. (cross-posted at basil.CA)
The unending report card
In a development that would have stricken terror in me in my elementary-school days, a Langley, BC school district is employing a new software platform that allows parents to monitor their children’s work – and grades – on a daily … Continue reading
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