by Ruth-Anne Klassen | Nov 26, 2023 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café, Upcoming Events
We heard about people looking for new roles, and exchanged ideas for finding a job more easily and for greater job satisfaction. Experienced small-business owners exchanged ideas about how they started their business and shared helpful online resources. Some prefer to...
by Joel Basart | Nov 12, 2023 | Announcements, Career, Chapter, Recent Events
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) Canada West Coast chapter is pleased to announce we have given out five STC student memberships for January 2024. Four students are currently enrolled at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and one at...
by Komal Gagalani | Oct 31, 2023 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
This month we welcomed people from Vancouver and Calgary. One writer asked about the best way to ensure that one’s work or volunteer responsibilities are covered in case of absence, whether from illness, holiday, or departure. One suggestion was to find a trustworthy...
by Brian Young | Oct 2, 2023 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
Networking was a recurring theme at this month’s meeting. Participants shared their LinkedIn pages and helped one another by making new connections and recommending other networking opportunities. STC special interest groups (SIGs) were noted as a good place to meet...
by Ernesto Campo | Aug 29, 2023 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
This month we welcomed people from Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta; we had a briefer than usual but insightful discussion. One writer, who is looking to pivot from data design, asked where to learn the basics of technical writing. She’d been under the...
by Heather Sommerville | Jul 24, 2023 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
This month we welcomed people from two countries and two time zones. The group was smaller than usual; apparently summer weather outranks a Zoom meeting! Nevertheless, we had a lively discussion. One writer told us about his student work placement, creating a document...
