It’s funny, I thought that our reading week this year would be a really productive time for me, but I found myself spending an awful lot of time sleeping! In fact, I hardly got anything done. This has been quite the term. I am lucky to have a family that supports me so completely. Without …
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Disappointment in an emaiI
There are days in life when you feel you are on an emotional rollercoaster. Sparkling high hopes, as you glide toward the clouds slowly, the cart clicking as it cross rail after rail, the world slowing down as the sky get closer and you see less and less coaster until there’s nothing but sky. But …
Guest lecture from Don Smith, Dir. of Operations, Public Affairs Branch, CRA
Yesterday and today were a lot of fun for me. My good friend and Master of Communication Management thesis student, Don Smith came to visit. He arrived rather late and I got home to see him wheeling in to my driveway. We went out to the Outback Steakhouse in Ancaster and had sirloin steaks. It …
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Sometimes you meet someone amazing
I had dinner with the most amazing person today. Sometimes you meet someone who makes you dream, excites you and inspires you all at once. That’s the experience I had at dinner tonight. I am still light-headed from the experience. Wow. A wonderful date with a kindred spirit, I think. What a beautiful soul.
COMM-Lab: Communication Metrics Laboratory is LAUNCHED!
Today, we launched the COMM-Lab: Communication Metrics Laboratory, of which I am the founder and co-director with my colleague, Dr. Philip Savage. COMM-Lab was created because of a dearth of empirical and evidence-based research on communication studies in Canada. Many scholars, practitioners and MPs have told Philip and me that more data is needed to …
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