University Canada West- 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
- 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
- Foreign student cuts hit Vancouver office leasing market - RENX July 11, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Rapper Freddie Gibbs Gets Humbled By Rams’ Social Media Team After OT Win vs. Bears - The SportsRush January 19, 2026
- Trump’s latest ‘temper tantrum’ sparks calls for removal from office: ‘Insane’ - NJ.com January 19, 2026
- Ex-Lions QB Goes Viral After Responding to Major Diss on Social Media - Heavy Sports January 19, 2026
- Kenyan Government Adopts Influencer-Led Strategy to Navigate the Social Media Era - Dawan Africa January 19, 2026
- Reactions to Bills firing HC Sean McDermott after divisional round loss to Broncos - Yahoo Sports January 19, 2026
- Bills fans react on social media to Sean McDermott's firing - Buffalo News January 19, 2026
- Mother of murdered teenager backs social media ban for under-16s - The Independent January 19, 2026
- Social media addiction’s surprising challenger? Anti-doomscrolling influencers - Los Angeles Times January 19, 2026
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Our friendly tour guide
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
ChatGPT and email
As a university prof, I both teach and, to some extent, accommodate AI platforms in the classroom. This has been a daunting, trying, and humbling experience that requires continual adjustment and correction. But there is no way around it. The … Continue reading
The work international students must do in B.C.
Several years ago my late Kwantlen colleague Arley McNeney organized a class project in which her students presented research on the challenges international students at our school face. I was embarrassed when I read their report; I had been so … Continue reading
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Ethan Mollick on Using Artificial Intelligence in Student Writing
I have added Ethan Mollick’s substack blog, “One Useful Thing,” to our Resources list (above). A professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mollick writes that he’s “trying to understand what our new AI-haunted era means for … Continue reading
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Rethinking is thinking.
That’s my motto as the summer semester starts (orientations today). There will be a million more of these articles:
“Prompt Engineering”
Even before my friend Chet fully explained to me what this term meant, I was on board with it. From Forbes the other day: The democratization of Artificial Intelligence and, specifically, the generative models boom seems to have changed everything. … Continue reading
Merry Xmas!
From the great Bryan Garner: You can buy the new, 5th edition of Garner’s Modern English Usage here.
This can go a long way
This semester I asked a student of mine who’s in my university’s HR program whether human resources professionals needed to actually like people. (I wish I remember why I asked!) She told me nobody had ever asked her that question … Continue reading
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Silly professor
It is puzzling, perhaps, when the paper of record publishes a piece arguing that it’s a waste of money and time providing and receiving education in schools.