Today we launched the first call for papers for the Journal of Professional Communication. You may remember the first launch of the journal at the Canadian Public Relations Leadership Summit 2010. We warmly invite you to join our official JPC Facebook group. Or to follow us on Twitter. Please visit the journal’s official home, on …
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Quite the day of travel today. I left my car in the long-term parking at Pearson airport and walked over to the Maple Leaf Lounge to wait for my flight. I love the ML lounges, because they really make for a happier trip, especially for someone like me – I can be a nervous flier …
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Today was a very special day, as the first six graduates of the Master of Communication Management program at McMaster University crossed the stage to graduate. Hooded one-by-one, by my colleague, the extraordinary Dr Terry Flynn, Founder and Director of the MCM Program, the “pathfinder” class of the program all received their diplomas and took …
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Today was the McMaster Humanities Convocation, held as usual at the Hamilton Place auditorium. What a great afternoon! I love our students. They are such impressive people and they were at their best today. Elegantly dressed, well-spoken, surrounded by families who love them. It was a pleasure to watch them file in. I love our …
Today, my colleague Philip Savage and I presented the first, very preliminary results from our QPMAP: Question Period Monitoring and Analysis Project in front of a great crowd of 24 engaged colleagues from across Canada at the Canadian Communication Association’s (CCA) annual conference at Concordia University in Montréal. The CCA was part of the Congress …
I spent today holed up in my hotel room at Le Westin in le Vieux Montréal. It was a quiet day – I woke up really late, because it took me 8 hours to drive in from Hamilton with the crew. I was annoyed because I was tired last night and scratched one of my …
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Not much to report today. I woke up at 7:55am and started writing and editing. I didn’t stop until about 20 minutes ago. Only three chapters to go in the book. So, once I finish Understanding Human Communication (2nd Canadian Edition), I have a few more writing projects for this summer, some articles, a couple …
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Today was a day of meetings and writing for me. We had two “mentorship meetings” with junior colleagues, in which I tried to understand the research programs and teaching profiles of my colleagues who are still on the harrowing path of seeking tenure. I also got my tired fixed – without having to buy a …
Today was a quite a day. Even though I was staying at a beautiful hotel, the Sheraton in Syracuse, which is part of Syracuse University, I didn’t get to sleep until about 3am! I guess the excitement of the drive and the day got me wired… I woke up early, got dressed in my blue …
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I spent the morning working on chapters 10-14 of Understanding Human Communication. Then I waited for Dr. Terry Flynn, my good friend and the founder of the Master of Communications Management program at McMaster University, in which I teach a course on communications theory. He arrived and we drove down to Syracuse, under a golden …
