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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009This September marks our largest ever Tech Comm class at Seneca. One of the reasons for this larger class is the Ontario government’s Second Career initiative which assists people in going back to school to retrain for a new career or upgrade their skills so that they are more employable. It’s a great program, and [...]
Ideal Second Career
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Changes in the economy often mean unexpected layoffs and situations that prompt one to think of a career change. Technical communication is a profession that allows you to leverage your prior background and training into a new career. No matter what industry you worked in, you can take those skills and reapply them in a [...]
Celebrating 10 Years!
Saturday, November 1st, 2008This year marks the 10th anniversary of our first graduating class. To celebrate, we are holding an open house, drop-in, casual reunion on Saturday, November 22, from 2-5 p.m. in the Lower Kaleidoscope room at Seneca @ York. Stop by and help us celebrate!
Building Bridges
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Technical communicators are always building bridges — between technology and its users, between content and design, and between groups or individuals so that the flow of information can be smooth and easy. In that way, we are always making connections. We connect people with the information they need to solve a problem, perform a task [...]
Teaching Professionalism
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008I was asked how it is possible to instill professional identity into technical writers. My response was that professionalism can indeed be taught, and we do that very thing here in the Seneca Tech Comm program. Simple things such as document ownership, good project management, displaying integrity, building relationships (with SMEs and others), using good [...]
STC Awards
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is the professional organization that represents technical communicators around the world. There are annual publication competitions, as well as other opportunities for recognition of the work that groups, individuals, and chapters do on behalf of the profession. The local chapter, STC Toronto, held their Annual General Meeting on June [...]
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