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
Social Media Landscape 2014
Our friends at CMO.com have released their Social Media Landscape 2014 table, helpfully colour-coded.
A Defense of Kristin Stewart …
… and of the poem she recently published, surrounded by snark, in Marie Claire magazine. The poem is called “My Heart is a Wiffle Ball / Freedom Pole.” Writes poet and UCLA professor Brian Kim Stefans: This [post] is partly to address … Continue reading
Bryan Garner’s LawProse.org
Bryan Garner is a lawyer whose range of work on the topics of writing and rhetoric is humbling – to me as it should be to you, too. His blog is a gas. Here he is, just the other day, … Continue reading
Teaching on the Cheap
This figure is staggering: Adjunct professors and other “contingent employees” make up 70% of the faculty in American universities. These people have no hope for tenure at their schools. Writes James Hoff in The Guardian, “All but the most elite … Continue reading
“Ladies Learning Code”
A brilliant former student of mine highly recommends this organization, “a women-run not-for-profit working to empower and inspire more women and girls to become passionate builders – not just consumers – of the web and technology.” Ladies Learning Code is … Continue reading
Goosebumps
This new ad, titled “Missing Work,” was created by Bell Canada for its “Let’s Talk Mental Health” initiative. It captures a moment – a short routine, really – very common among the chronically depressed. It is staggeringly understated and beautiful. … Continue reading
Quantifying the Costs of Workplace Conflict
Steve McGuire has an excellent, concise piece in Mediate.com showing how the “hidden” costs of workplace conflict can, in fact, be helpfully quantified. Various indirect factors go into calculating the real (hidden) costs of workplace conflict. In addition to wasted … Continue reading
New $ for Visual Artists?
The United States Copyright Office has recommended to the U.S. Congress that it reconsider its copyright laws so that visual artists can benefit from the resale of their work. Visual artists typically do not share in the long-term financial success … Continue reading
Again I agree with Clarissa, one of my favourite bloggers: It is shocking that this completely idiotic piece on LinkedIn [“All Linked Up with Nowhere to Go,” by Amy Friedman] has been declared one of the best pieces of business journalism in 2013. … Continue reading
“Undermining Infrastructure at the Core”
Our friends at Sophos have issued their Security Threat Report 2014. The entire report is necessary, sometimes grim reading. Here are two “trends to watch”: Attacks on corporate and personal data in the cloud: As businesses increasingly rely on various cloud services for … Continue reading