University Canada West- 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
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- Scenes From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Los Alamos Daily Post August 7, 2025
- 9 Best Online Universities in Canada - True Scoop July 23, 2025
- University Canada West - Understanding Indigenous History series takes to the skies with Air Canada - Education News Canada June 26, 2025
- University Canada West - University Canada West Announces New Interim Chairs for its Departments for 2025 - Education News Canada May 7, 2025
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- Grimes Exposes Elon Musk's 'Silly' Social Media Move During Ongoing Co-Parenting Drama - CafeMom.com December 18, 2025
- Three-year-old German motocross rider goes viral on social media - Yahoo News UK December 18, 2025
- Pa. man sentenced after using social media to sexually exploit, threaten girls - NBC10 Philadelphia December 18, 2025
- Emily Compagno: Nicki Minaj may have lost followers on social media, but she has gained the respect of many - Fox News December 18, 2025
- Teens discover books on social media. What will the under-16s ban do to their reading? - Phys.org December 18, 2025
- 'Why is he screaming?' Social media delivers brutal takedown of Trump's speech - alternet.org December 18, 2025
- Social media post claiming Dulce Maria Alavez was found is false, prosecutor says - NJ.com December 18, 2025
- Excuses for the ball? Copa do Brasil final sparks outrage on social media 🤣 - Yahoo Sports Canada December 18, 2025
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
Getting it over on Google
As someone who has taught digital and social media to super-smart marketing students, this cracked me up: Why would Rudy Giuliani associate and indicted dealmaker Lev Parnas name his company “Fraud Guarantee”? Is there a worse name for a company … Continue reading
Discussing parapsychology in the classroom
A few days ago I had the good fortune to chat (via Skype) with advanced undergraduate students at Brooklyn College. Our topic was “parapsychology.” The gifted and nimble instructor of Psych 3585 was LeAnne Flaherty, who was a student in … Continue reading
Better research posters
I often give up in frustration when faced with “research posters,” especially as I get older and my eyesight declines. They are hard to read – too much text, not enough appropriate visual organization telling my eyes where to look. … Continue reading
Enders
There are two claims your antagonist will typically corroborate right away: “You’re being defensive!” “You always need to have the last word!” A friend in network news told me that the proper response to the first claim is “You’re changing … Continue reading
Olympia, Washington downtown community a few summers ago. (Un-fiddled-with photo.)
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To judge others
I teach my students that, by and large, the purpose of social and workplace communications is to “foster and maintain relationships” (and “to not screw up”). A few years back blogger @rsocialskills noted that this rule does *not* carry the day … Continue reading
Hunger in the classroom
When I used to teach writing in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Special Education Teacher Assistant (SETA) program*, on our first day of classes I would tell my students that I possessed nearly none of their ability to infer the emotional or … Continue reading
The Arch Obit
Obituaries must be charming. When a writer conveys the deceased subject’s wicked faults yet still elicits empathy from the reader, the reader has been charmed into a kind of forgiveness for the dead. When the writer seeks to elicit no … Continue reading