University Canada West- Victim of growing tuition scam knew exactly where her $37K went — but no one would help her get it back - CBC March 9, 2026
- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW hosts Startup Grind Pitch Battle Royale - Education News Canada March 6, 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 - vancouversun.com 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
- Communications Strategy
- Dawn S. Smith Appointed VP of Marketing & Communications for Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council - Clarksville Online April 10, 2026
- Deep Dive: The 2026 State of Internal Communications - Ragan Communications April 10, 2026
- Resolve Strategic Communications Launches - New Jersey Business Magazine April 9, 2026
- Ignite X Brings Strategic Communications Expertise to Machine Relations: the Emerging Discipline of AI Search Visibility - The Manila Times April 9, 2026
- Daniel Bryan and Eric Shuffler Launch Resolve Strategic Communications - Insider NJ April 9, 2026
- Bryan, Shuffler join forces for new public affairs, communications firm - RE-NJ April 9, 2026
- Cardio Diagnostics Holdings (NASDAQ: CDIO) Engages IBN to Support Corporate Communications Strategy - Barchart.com April 8, 2026
- Versus Systems (NASDAQ: VS) Engages IBN for Corporate Communications Strategy - The Globe and Mail April 8, 2026
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
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
Community College
I teach at a regional, commuter university, near Vancouver, BC: It has superb programs in traditional academic disciplines as well as in the trades. It enrols both the unusual and the usual suspects as students. Teaching them is a challenge … Continue reading
Keep your promises, keep your confidences, and keep your appointments.
The prefix para means “beside” or “beyond.” Paralinguistic or paraverbal communication usually refers to *how* one’s words are conveyed: through tone, body language, speaking speed, or even through one’s wardrobe. In both workplace and social environments, though, beside and beyond … Continue reading