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Is Kwantlen Student Association trying to kill student newspaper?

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Robert Basil

Seems bad. I trust these machinations, no matter who is behind them, will not be successful. My life is already too full of dismay (thank you very much). The editor of The Runner, the student newspaper, is interviewed here. Many … Continue reading →

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Looking for new colleagues

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Robert Basil

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is a vibrant and splendid place to work. My own department – Applied Communications (in the Melville School of Business) – is looking for two new instructors. We’re a good crowd. Apply here.

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The Melville School of Business

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Robert Basil

My academic neighbourhood at Kwantlen Polytechnic University has a new name, after philanthropists George and Sylvia Melville gifted $8 million to the school. I am so pleased, particularly with the initiatives this gift will fund. George Melville, cofounder of Boston … Continue reading →

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design + ways

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Robert Basil

My Kwantlen colleague Arley Cruther‘s essay “An Incomplete History of My Teaching Body” is breathtaking, beautiful and profound. Just published in a collection called “Voices of Practice: Narrative Scholarship from the Margin,” Arley’s piece starts this way: My summer pandemic … Continue reading →

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It will be so good to get back in the classroom.

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Robert Basil

I will not be able to hide my tears.

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Business Communications course ‘in a box’ – terrific resource

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Robert Basil

My colleagues at Kwantlen Polytechnic University have been really rising to the occasion during the pandemic, in all ways. I’m especially impressed, as an editor, by how prolific and intelligent their publishing ventures have been. Here’s another super-helpful one. My … Continue reading →

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“Business Writing for Everyone”

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Robert Basil

My summer 2020 first-year students will be getting their textbook for free – Business Writing for Everyone, put together by my colleague Arley Cruther’s. It’s a wonderful resource that will make my teaching better without a doubt. Arley’s “Adaptation Statement” … Continue reading →

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Learning hungry

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Robert Basil

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 →

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More on Open Learning

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Robert Basil

These short and very well-written videos given by Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University‘s Associate Vice Provost of Open Education, and produced by Cobb House Studio vividly describe new ways to create a class. What are Open Educational Resources? What are Open Textbooks? … Continue reading →

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