How to get a job in higher ed marketing
For people wanting to get a job in higher ed marketing, “breaking through” can be a bit daunting. Now that I’ve learned a few things, I figured I’d share. So,…
2017
Meanwhile, In the Delusional States of America
I suppose if you locked your doors, disconnected the power and drew your shutters you might manage to get through a day without being exposed to some head-shaking example of…
Politics as a Displacement Activity
“Displacement activity” is how the Financial Times columnist, Simon Kuper, describes the infuriating fondness of our political leadership to become absorbed in secondary matters, even trivialities, while they ignore the…
Alberta Approves Suncor Tailings Plan Despite Reliance on ‘Unproven Technology’
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved a tailings management plan from oilsands giant Suncor, despite the plan relying on “newly patented, unproven technology” that will require decades of monitoring.…
Canada Has Second-Worst Mining Record in World: UN
Canada has more mine tailings spills than most other countries in the world, according to a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which urges governments and the mining…
The CBC’s War On The Liberals (Continued)
Yesterday I wrote a post about the CBC's frenzied attempts to try to bring down the Trudeau government, and make the sinister religious fanatic Andrew Scheer Prime Minister.And how in…
Cats and Beasts #15
🙂 Yes, there is a cat in this scribble. Filed under: art
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rupert Neate reports on a new study showing that the world’s 1,500-odd billionaires between them control over $6 trillion in wealth. – Stuart…
Perhaps He’s Right
I wrote yesterday that companies should be made fully liable for their employee pension plans. Tom Walkom writes that, essentially, pensions are deferred wages: Pensions are, in effect, the fruit…
Is Trudeau losing B.C.?
I don’t think so, and I said so to Mr. Nuttall at The Tyee: Political consultant and former North Vancouver Liberal candidate Warren Kinsella rejects that idea. Kinsella told The…
There’s more to life than apples.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s main man Finance Minister Bill Morneau is still playing the role of Johnny Appleseed. He seems to have the sole role of a single program like…
It will get worse for BC Hydro ratepayers
If you are paying attention to the affairs of BC Hydro, you know the utility is in financial trouble. However, it is electricity consumers that are feeling the pain. Unfortunately,…
Guest Post: Tales from the annals of inevitable right-wing political victories in Western Canada
PHOTOS: Parliament Hill in Ottawa, whence he came to save his province from socialism … Below: Guest post author John Ashton, Jason Kenney (Photo: Creative Commons, Michał Józefaciuk, Senat Rzeczypospolitej…
CUPE Blasts Help For Autistic Kids And Puts Its Members First
(CUPE Says Money Should Go To Its Members Rather Than Autistic Kids) CUPE who is the union representing educational assistants (EA) in the province of Ontario released a press release…
Will China Topple the Petro-Dollar?
The United States has reaped enormous benefits from the global consensus that treats the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. No country, it seems, is as aware of this…
Some Antifascist Events in Montreal October 26-Nov 12
Lancement du livre: Antifa – The Anti-Fascist Handbook, de Mark Bray / Book Launch: Antifa – The Antifascist Handbook, by Mark Bray vendredi 27 octobre, 19 h 30 / Friday…
I Missed This Last April. It Seems Justin Did Too.
This comes directly from the business page of Canada’s most oil-friendly newspaper, The Calgary Herald. It’s from April 24, 2017 to be exact. China’s ambassador to Canada tried to allay…
What Worries Billionaires? You and Me, Us.
Not since the time of the Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts at the turn of the 20th century was so much owned by so few I’m pretty sure I’ve never spent…
Enrollment Marketing Automation Case Study
Here’s the enrollment marketing automation case study I wrote for CASE. Here it online (paywall). Let me know what you think. Filed under: Digital Marketing
Even as Bitumen Pimps, We’re a Fiscal Failure
Are Canadian governments giving away the country’s fossil energy resources? It seems our energy producers, always ready with political cash to throw around (remember Christy Clark?), are getting something of…