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
- Social Media Policy
- Tributes flood social media after Greg Biffle’s death - wfmynews2.com December 19, 2025
- From search to scroll: how buying decisions quietly moved to social media - AnyMind Group December 19, 2025
- Why Trump’s social media company is merging with a fusion power firm - The Washington Post December 19, 2025
- Garfield County warns of fake development plan circulating on social media - ABC4 Utah December 19, 2025
- Xbox Denies Kick Partnership After Streaming Service's Social Media Posts | TechRaptor - OpenCritic December 19, 2025
- TikTok Reportedly Sold to US Investor Group - Social Media Today December 19, 2025
- Protecting Children Online Requires More Than Social Media Restrictions - Jakarta Globe December 19, 2025
- TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake - WBBJ TV December 19, 2025
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
10% and “the crisis in knowledge”
Writes Jonathan Mayhew: Knowledge is under attack from several fronts at once. In science itself, it is due to corporate corruption and the inherent bias toward interesting but possibly false results. There was that paper about how most scientific findings are false. … Continue reading
“Pedagogy of Delinquency”
From my friend Clarissa: There are several foundational principles to the pedagogy of delinquency. Respect. These are kids who value respect like nothing else in the world because it’s so rare in their world. Respect yourself, respect them, and accept … Continue reading
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