AdWords Video Certification
I recently took the time to put my skills and knowledge to the test and passed the AdWords Video Advertising exam. The test, in combination with AdWords Fundamentals, leads to…
June 2017
Lessons I Learned About Happiness as a Disability Parent
My husband and I were alone with the doctor in the hospital playroom when she gave us the news about our six month-old baby son. “Never be normal” are the…
Mr and Ms Soapbox are in Quebec City
They’ve learned two important things so far: people expect you to keep the promises you made over 100 years ago and there’s no such thing as too much Maple Syrup…
Alt-Right Japanese-made SUV spotted on return to TO
Alt-Right wants to fire Kathleen Wynne. Vehicle driven, shockingly, by porcine old white guy. Oh, and snap election? Who does that benefit, exactly?
Advanced AdWords Knowledge + Experience (LunaMetrics AdWords 201)
Information sharing as a general rule As you may have noticed, I’ve started blogging again. I think it’s crucially important in a relatively collaborative field like higher ed. Nearly six…
Trump, Trudeau and Notley: North America’s Carbon Triumvirate
Green economy is booming. The price of renewable energy is falling. While climate changing fossil fuels remain an essential component in our current energy mix, all signs point to a…
Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing
Even before I became responsible for overseeing a unit-wide content strategy I was involved in extensive copywriting and editing. I had taken one traditional and one web writing course as…
HubSpot Email Marketing Certification
In addition to working hands on with HubSpot’s marketing automation platform in the past and demonstrating a clear return on investment of using the platform effectively, I’ve also begun adopting…
Web and Social Media Writing for Higher Ed
Similar to my need to take the Advanced Web Analytics for Higher Ed course, I also took the Web and Social Media Writing for Higher Ed course offered by Higher…
How to piss off The Block
There’s an easy three-step process anyone can follow to piss off the seven-member Block on council (as well as the town’s administration): Do something good for a change; Accomplish something…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 20: RIP, USA
Donald Trump, the Leader of the Free World crown, officially relinquished the title on Thursday when he announced that the U.S. – the second-biggest polluter in the world –would withdraw…
Terror: three things
My first book was about terrorism. What I learned: Don’t give what them what they most want Don’t turn more people into terrorists Don’t hesitate to find terrorists and terminate…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Armine Yalnizyan writes that a $15 minimum wage is ultimately good for businesses as well as for people: When higher income households…
Donald Trump and the Man Who Would Poison the World
I could barely watch the coverage of this latest terrorist attack. It was all so insane and so cowardly, and I felt I'd seen it all before. And what made…
Keeping B.C. on edge.
It looks like friends and family in British Columbia could be kept on edge politically for much of the next four years. A one-seat majority in the Legislature holds no…
Around For Centuries
Russian journalist Masha Gessen is something of authority on dictators. Having covered Vladimir Putin for years — including personally interviewing him — she’s very familiar with the species. She writes…
The Harper Regime’s Inhuman Legacy Takes Another Blow
It was just another dull government statement of the kind they churn out all the time. But it really made my day.Because what it means is that in another Canadian…
Events of June 3: Anti-Muslim Protests
Well seems to have been an interesting day across the country. Sign from the protest in Calgary I’ll be posting more on the anti-government/anti-Muslim protests that occurred in various cities…
If failure to appear at Pride goeth before a fall, what will Jason Kenney do?
PHOTOS: Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, back in 2010 when he was a Calgary MP, taking part in the Calgary Stampede Parade. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.) Will he show up for…
Dying Tree With Storm
Don’t look back.