Last night I went to the AGO Next Launch Party at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. It was a great night - elegant, artistic and full of beautiful, interesting people! I enjoyed listened to Mr. Tannenbaum describe the purpose of AGO Next - encouraging a young patron's circle of people under 40. An opportunity to …
A very successful visit to McMaster from Michael Ignatieff!
Well, yesterday, Michael Ignatieff stopped by McMaster for his conversation with students and faculty. It was a magical afternoon. Historic Convocation Hall was packed to the rafters with participants! In fact, we had at least 600 in the room, in the gallery up top, standing in the foyer and spilling out into the corridor. And …
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Preparing for Michael Ignatieff’s visit to McMaster.
Communications campaigns have really been the focus so far this term! In a couple of days, Michael Ignatieff will visit McMaster for an open conversation with students and faculty in a non-partisan, unbranded town hall-style forum. I am one of three Co-Chairs for the event, with Tyler Banham, a Hamilton lawyer and political organiser, Sarah …
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Classes begin. Teaching a new course: Communications for Not-for-Profit Campaigns and Elections
Classes are beginning very early this year, on January 4th! Good Lord. New Year's was just a couple of days ago. I am excited about this term. I will be teaching a fourth-year translation class for the Department of French. I love translation - I have done it as a consultant for government and private …
Christmas and New Year’s Eves!
Christmas was a subdued affair at my parents' home in King City this year. We had a quiet celebration with my aunts and uncles on both the French and the Macedonian sides of my family. We drank a little wine, ate a lot of food, and exchanged gifts just after midnight on Christmas Eve. This …
Two Days of Protest Against Four Days of Furlough at Lakehead University
[A version of this post was published in the December-January edition of the MUFA Newsletter] On December 20-21, I went to Lakehead University in Thunder Bay as representative of MUFA to participate in a protest against the Lakehead administration’s decision to put faculty and staff on a four-day furlough to save money. The protest was …
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CLIR Workshop in Washington DC
From December 14-16, I had the distinct pleasure of traveling, with McMaster's Chief Librarian, Jeff Trzeciak, to Washington D.C. for the annual workshop of the Council on Library and Information Resources. It was an amazingly good workshop, held in the Cosmos Club, in D.C. - a club whose members are all somehow linked to science, …
Liberal Caucus Christmas Party
On December 9, I went to the Liberal Caucus Christmas Party, which was a really nice time. The snow storm that hit on the day of the drive up something right out of an action thriller and a drive that should have taken about 5 hours took more like 7. I got a late start …
Terry Fallis Visits Hamilton
Today was a very literary day. I got a chance to meet Terry Fallis and listen to him read excerpts from his first book, The Best Laid Plans. Terry is a McMaster alumnus (Engineering), a former political staffer and organiser and is current one of the principals at Thornley-Fallis, a marketing agency based in Toronto. …
Communication Studies and Multimedia Christmas Party 2009!
Tonight was the CSMM Christmas Party, organised by the Communication Studies and Multimedia Students Society. It was a great time. The students booked a room in 1280, McMaster's newly-renovated undergraduate student pub, which used to be called Quarters. At first, there was a little noise, as just beside us, the Social Sciences students were having …
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