I went into Toronto yesterday and had lunch with one of our Mac communications alumni, Elena Yunusov. Elena is a very dynamic professional communicator and social media enthusiast (she tweets a lot!) who now works for the Ontario Ombudsman. We had lunch at Mercato at Bay and Queen, and had a great conversation about communications, …
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My reflections on public relations Master’s presentations in Syracuse
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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A pleasant drive to Syracuse University
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 …
Chapter 3 – Dr. Chang’s gardens
Dr. Joseph Chang had spent the morning working in the garden. He had dug up the flower beds, turned the soil and pulled the weeds and clumps of grass that had encroached on the green wooden boxes surrounding his townhouse and then dumped bag after bag of magical plant fertilizer in little heaps. But somehow …
An evening at AGO Next: “All the World’s a Stage.”
On Tuesday of this week I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario to and AGO Next event. Since I am a member of the AGO Next group, I am invited to attend lectures and preview art exhibits at the AGO every month. This month the theme was performance art and called “All the World’s …
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Chapter 2 – Alicia takes a train
After kissing her father lightly on both cheeks, Alli entered the foyer of Chatham train station. Her family had always lived, at least during all of her 17 years, in the small Southern Ontario town of Chatham. Her father was born in Windsor and her mother in Picton, but they had met at the University …
Chapter 1 – Alicia leaves home
Alicia had hugged her mother a little awkwardly that morning. She felt that being too intimate felt a little odd, just before she started an important journey into a new part of her life. Now they stood in front of one another, on the stoop of their white, gabled home surrounded by evergreens. It was …
Banksy making a Toronto stop?
I read on Torontoist that Banksy, famous British street artist and social commentator is coming to Toronto to promote a new documentary “Exit through the bakeshop.” Here are some of his works that have been appearing around Toronto. Here are some more. Also, there was a poster campaign on Queen West. I admire his social …
Cute old Disney video about identity politics
This eight minute video seems tailor-made for use as an example in a cultural studies honours paper … Thanks to Arun Jacob for the link.
Happy Mothers Day! A party in King City with my family.
I like feasts like Mothers Day, because I get a chance to spend time with my extended family in a relaxed way. I like parties that focus on a person or a theme. They have a warmth and ease that regular get-togethers sometimes lack. If people have had a rough week, their trials can sometimes …
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