by Heather Sommerville | Jan 31, 2020 | Announcements, Career, Chapter, Recent Events
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...
by Tanya Vasto | Dec 1, 2019 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
For our November meeting, we met at Ebisu restaurant on the corner of Ash Street and West Broadway, where we enjoyed great company and Japanese fare. A quaint restaurant with friendly staff and great food. This meeting was attended by writers from different...
by Joel Basart | Nov 16, 2019 | Career, Recent Events, Techniques
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...
by Heather Sommerville | Oct 30, 2019 | Announcements, Chapter, Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
The Oct. 16 meeting was a celebration of the Canada West Coast chapter’s 40th anniversary, complete with commemorative swag for those who attended. The group represented almost every decade of the chapter’s life: people who had joined STC in the 1980s, 1990s, and the...
by Serena Beck | Oct 1, 2019 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
On Saturday, Sept 28, 2019, 10 adults and 7 kids enjoyed a sunny, blustery, fall day in the park to celebrate the STC Canada West Coast’s 40th anniversary. We chased the sun around the park to ensure that we stayed warm while we ate our ice cream cake and drank our...
by Eliot Evans | Sep 28, 2019 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
This month we returned to the Japanese restaurant Ebisu on Broadway, where the tranquil ambience was interrupted only once, when a nearby table erupted in song upon receiving a flaming ball of deep-fried ice cream. Otherwise, we were left in peace to concentrate on...
