I have had the worst cold that I have experienced in 10 years since Monday. My parents came over on Sunday night to help me clean my house. They like doing this, not because I am incapable, but it makes them feel they doing something productive, other than sitting around and visiting with me. I …
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I did a very stupid thing early this week and lost someone I care deeply about. A person who made me dream, who unlocked my creativity. A kindred spirit. It has shaken me to the core. I am still reeling from from it today. It has been a rough week. This has pushed me to …
This evening, my oldest friend, Stanley Yee, who’s President of the Dragon Fencing Academy, and I went to the AGO’s Massive Artists Party. It was a really nice night. Because Stanley and I are both members of the AGO Next Young Patrons Circle, we got to go to the pre-party, which took place in the …
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Today I attended our Communication Studies and Multimedia students’ FRESH* Symposium, which features the best of their work in a poster format. It was fabulous. At 1.30pm, Dr. David Ogborn, a sound artist and professor of multimedia in my department introduced his laptop orchestra. That was a great moment. Listening to 1280 Lounge filled with …
Today was an excellent day at Mac for me. Not only was it the last day of class and the end of a superb Level III seminar on Communications Campaigns for Not-for-Profits and Elections, but we had a distinguished visitor, my old friend, the Honourable Paddy Torsney. It was a real thrill for the students …
Today I received a text message that told me that someone for whom I care deeply, someone with whom I share a common outlook on the world and so many common traits and feelings no longer wants to communicate with me. I realise that I made errors, but actually feeling the stinging loss of a …
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I thought that this warranted its own entry! Today, I launched the Journal of Professional Communication at the Public Relations Leadership Summit. The JPC will be a forum where academics, PR practitioners, marketers, political communicators, and multimedia artists and designers can exchange ideas, publish case studies and discuss the actual state of and future of …
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Today I attended the CPRS and IABC sponsored Public Relations Leadership Summit: Vision 2020. It was a very valuable experience for me. The summit was held at the Old Mill Inn and Spa near High Park. My colleague Dr Terry Flynn, an assistant professor in the DeGroote School of Business, President of CPRS, and Director …
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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 …
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 …
