University Canada West- 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
- 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
- University Canada West - University Canada West Announces New Interim Chairs for its Departments for 2025 - Education News Canada May 7, 2025
- The Best 8 Reasons to Study at University Canada West - vocal.media April 28, 2025
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- ‘I would marry that fridge’: the cult of social media kitchens - Financial Times January 5, 2026
- Iowa's basketball content creator: Des Moines local lighting up social media for hoopers - weareiowa.com January 5, 2026
- Greenland’s premier says ‘our country is not for sale’ after image spreads on social media showing it covered in US flag - Anadolu Ajansı January 5, 2026
- Iowa's basketball content creator: Des Moines local lighting up social media for hoopers - weareiowa.com January 5, 2026
- Instagram goes raw: AI slop takes over social media - digitimes January 5, 2026
- Chinese Officials Weigh US TikTok Proposal - Social Media Today January 5, 2026
- Venezuela live updates: Trump calls out Colombia's Petro, says Cuba's 'ready to fall' - ABC News January 5, 2026
- Scolding not the right way to curb children’s social media use - South China Morning Post January 5, 2026
Tag Archives: food
Raw Milk
Let’s not. The marvellous Talia Lavin discusses “the collapse of consensus reality.” I love how Lavin lets loose her scorn. Increased raw milk consumption has already led to a rise in foodborne illness—including stillbirths, miscarriages and deaths, albeit in very … Continue reading
Learning hungry
Earlier posts here have discussed how many university students come to class hungry. My university’s student newspaper, The Runner, notes today that almost two out of five “post-secondary students experienced some degree of food insecurity in the past year.” I … Continue reading
Open Learning
Some of my colleagues in the Applied Communications department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University have published an “open textbook” for people in our profession. Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications is a compilation resource for instructors of workplace writing and oral … Continue reading
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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
Ricotta / Ree-goat
In Fairport, New York, where I grew up, there were lots of Italian American families, and I had many Italian American friends (still do). I married an Italian American from Liverpool, New York, and have a son from this marriage … Continue reading