University Canada West- University Canada West lays off 240 staff and faculty, citing crippling international student enrolment caps - Vancouver Sun April 17, 2026
- 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
- Communications Strategy
- ScanSource Advances Converged Communications Strategy With Dedicated CX Team and Arrow McLaren Partnership - Telecom Reseller / Technology Reseller News April 17, 2026
- ScanSource Advances Converged Communications Strategy with Dedicated CX Team and Arrow Mclaren Partnership - marketscreener.com April 16, 2026
- Anomaly Names Kira Montgomery Executive Strategy Director, Head of Communications Strategy - Little Black Book | LBBOnline April 14, 2026
- 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
- 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 April 8, 2026
- Versus Systems (NASDAQ: VS) Engages IBN for Corporate Communications Strategy - Barchart April 8, 2026
Tag Archives: for students
“Whatever you think you can write.”
So says the wonderful Bryan Garner in today’s LawProse Lesson. Anything that can be thought can be written. That dictum is both challenge and liberation for the legal writer. If a concept can take shape in your mind—even faintly, even clumsily—it can be … Continue reading
Communications Strategy
I’ve been given a communications strategy “capstone” class for the upcoming term. My students and I will be scanning for examples from around the world starting day one. Expect more frequent posting from me going ahead!
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.