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Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, yes, on Father’s Day!
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. This year, today is also Father’s Day and that’s what will be forefront in most people’s minds, as would be expected. Fathers are very deserving of their special recognition, especially after 3+ … Continue reading
Hockey and IT, or figure skating and anything but?
Sorry, that’s kind of a strange title, isn’t it! I’ll try to explain. Last Thursday I wrote a blog post about the challenge in attracting young women to careers in IT, after which I became further discouraged by the apparent … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Women
Tagged careers, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, figure skating, hockey, ice hockey, IT, UNB, women
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Privacy, security, and cybersecurity: what’s it all about
This has been Homecoming Weekend at our local university, the University of New Brunswick (UNB). It’s been a glorious early fall weekend for alumni to gather and reminisce. Yesterday morning, as part of the festivities, an enthusiastic crowd of computer … Continue reading
Réflexion sur l’entrepreneurship au Nouveau-Brunswick
Note again: With apologies to non-French readers, this is another exercise in French. If any of my former students or IT colleagues read the final paragraph of this post and think I am referring to them as “old students”, “anciens” … Continue reading
Posted in Practicing French
Tagged Accreon, Bulletproof Solutions, business, Caris, CyberPsyc, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, français, French, ICT, innovation, inspiration, IT, New Brunswick, perseverance, Populus Global Solutions, PQA Testing, private sector, public sector, Q1Labs, Radian6, Remsoft, UNB
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Hockey championships and rites of spring
Although Canada’s self-proclaimed national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, does not seem to be aware of it, Canada’s University Cup tournament for men’s hockey – Canada’s national sport – is taking place this week. In fact, it is being hosted … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends
Tagged CIS hockey championship, drawing, hockey, New Brunswick, spring, UNB, winter
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