STC
Awards from STC Toronto AGM
Saturday, June 18th, 2011Seneca College’s Technical Communication Program was acknowledged with a Silver Sponsorship award for providing support to the 2010 Career Day event held by the Toronto community of the STC. In addition, we were delighted to see one of our grads, Noor Hussain, win the Distinguished Service Award for Students for his outstanding contributions to the [...]
#STC11 – STC Summit 2011
Monday, May 23rd, 2011Technical communicators from around the world gathered recently in Sacramento, California for the 2011 STC Summit. While the big news included STC Certification and the emergence of media-rich content in ebooks and ePub format, many of the perennial topics such as single-sourcing, localization, and content management were given a social media facelift and placed in [...]
What You Can Do as a Technical Communicator
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Listen to the podcast, download the handout, and review the PowerPoint given by Beth Agnew at the STC Career Day, Sep 25, 2010. In this presentation, Beth talks about the many roles technical communicators can fill, the types of work they do, and the value they add to any organization. She likens them to “Swiss [...]
Why You Need a Technical Communicator
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Every company should have at least one technical communicator. A technical communicator (technical writer) is a valuable addition to the team in any organization, especially one in the scientific, medical, or high tech industry. Technical communicators: Facilitate communication Translate technical language into plain language Document processes and procedures Communicate technical & scientific developments to a [...]
We’re Growing!
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 [...]
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 [...]
