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A student’s perspective: expectations vs. reality in a professional writing program
Five years ago, I began working towards an English and Professional Writing degree at York University. As a student fresh from high school, I had built these expectations in my head about what university was going to be like. As I found out quickly, most of them were...
Chapter welcomes eight Student Membership Award winners in 2021
The STC Canada West Coast chapter has awarded an STC student membership to two students from each of the following post secondary institutions: Vancouver Community College, Douglas College, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Simon Fraser University. These...
STC Canada West Coast offers 10 free student memberships for 2022
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Copyright and Technical Writing
What is copyright? Copyright is the exclusive right of a creator of a piece of work. That work may be literary or written material, images, photographs, music, or artistic works. This work or product is also referred to as intellectual property. The unauthorized use...
Students win free STC memberships for 2020
The STC Canada West Coast chapter is pleased to announce that the chapter has awarded STC student memberships to six technical writing students for the 2020 membership year. Please join us in congratulating and welcoming all of the winners! Cheryle Brock, Vancouver...
Contracts and professional liability for independent contractors
An independent contractor is a person, business, or corporation that provides a product or service that is agreed upon by a written contract, or sometimes a verbal agreement. Unlike employees, independent contractors do not have a regular employer. Some contractors...
Event report: Productivity hacks for technical communicators
On November 6, 2019, Kit Brown-Hoekstra presented a webinar on productivity for technical writers. She provided dozens of useful tips from her own experiences as a busy and productive person. Kit is an author, trainer, consultant, STC Fellow, a Past President of the...
STC Canada West Coast chapter offers 10 student memberships
In 2019, the STC Canada West Coast chapter awarded 7 students an STC membership. For 2020, the chapter is pleased to cover the $75 (US) annual STC student membership fee for up to 10 post-secondary students in British Columbia. To be eligible, students must provide...
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