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 - 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
- Parul University Hosts 30+ Global Universities for International Week 2025 - Careers360 September 4, 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 - The Globe and Mail April 8, 2026
- Versus Systems (NASDAQ: VS) Engages IBN for Corporate Communications Strategy - The Globe and Mail April 8, 2026
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From my point of view as a prof and as a writer/editor, Ethan Mollick has been the best and most sensible guide through the world of AI since the dawn of ChatGPT. His article “An Opinionated Guide to Using AI: … Continue reading
Jay Rosen
NoContest Communications readers know all about Jay Rosen, the marvellous analyst of media and journalism who recently retired from his position as Professor at NYU. His new gig is working to promote News Creators Corps. He writes: For the last … Continue reading
Small changes here
I’ve replaced the feed for “Kwantlen Polytechnic University” with one for “University Canada West” to reflect my new academic home. Gone is the feed for “Education and AI” because it’s already impossible to avoid utter immersion in this topic. And … Continue reading
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Devotion
Zach Helfand’s article describing the history and sensibility of The New Yorker‘s famous fact-checking department is hilarious – and, to me, enthralling – from top to bottom. “I find that often a fact checker forces you to tie a knot … Continue reading
Avoid unnecessary fates
Our website’s founding friend Chet Wisniewski has a new podcast: “Security. Take. Two. Real. Serious. Security.” Chet with his colleague Ben Verschaeren revisit notable IT security calamities with profound and lively stories – “once the truth is known, discovering lessons … Continue reading
Sure Why Not
God. The agency said that if a house of worship endorsed a candidate to its congregants, the I.R.S. would view that not as campaigning but as a private matter, like “a family discussion concerning candidates.” (The title is a fine … Continue reading
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Almost time to go
Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been at or near the centre of my life for more than two decades. We’ll keep the newsfeed here up into my retirement years, though.
Bryan Garner’s “Tip of the Day”
You really must subscribe. Today’s was delightfully humbling: racket; racquet. For the implement used in net games, racket is standard in American English and British English alike. The variant racquet appears in some proper names (e.g., the Palm Springs Racquet Club) seemingly because the “fancy” … Continue reading
Welcome them in.
In a piece for The Conversation Canada, my Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Jeffrey Meyers writes about Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder, two eminent American scholars who fled Yale University and the United States, taking positions at the University of Toronto, … Continue reading
Pope Francis
“When people ask for a blessing, an exhaustive moral analysis should not be placed as a precondition for conferring it. For those seeking a blessing should not be required to have prior moral perfection.” “A little bit of mercy makes the … Continue reading