Seneca College and Trent University

Now Seneca College students have a chance to do a liberal arts diploma and a degree at Trent University in four years.

This move goes along with the trend many universities are taking so students can receive a college diploma and a university degree at the same time. Seneca College has also partnered with York University for a journalism diploma at Seneca@York, as well, Centennial College has partnered with the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) campus for a journalism diploma at Centennial. Students can receive an arts degree at UTSC.

For private education that is top-quality, there are schools such as Trebas Institute that offer one-year programs in such areas as entertainment management and film and audio production.

Advertorials on Donna Magazine

Things seem to be going well with finding a lot of talented people to add advertorials to my other online magazine called Donna. I feel really good about it. Although it is not a get-rich quick scheme, I think the writers who put in the work and deliver good stories will have a lot of fun doing it and it will add more interesting content to that site.

Embarking on a new endeavour always has the bit of fear that goes into it that it may not work out. I am feeling the positive feelings more that this will work out. I have been thinking about it since 2005 and it really should work out. There is so much talent out there and I know they can make doing advertorials for Donna Magazine a win-win situation all around.

The Magic of the Telephone

I hope you have been having a great long weekend. To make sure I would save money and have time to do work from home and close to home, I decided instead to keep in touch with friends by telephone.

I spoke to a friend in New Brunswick, a friend in Montreal, a friend in London, England, as well a friend right here in Toronto. The telephone is a wonderful way to keep in touch and I have a flat rate with my long distance company that is good for 50 countries worldwide.

Enjoy looking at the fireworks - I am going to create little ones of my own.

Making Money From a Blog or Online Magazine

Many people have been talking about how to make money from a blog or any online presence such as a magazine, newspaper or podcast. Can you blame them? It takes a lot of work and dedication to put such things together and to be compensated for it just seems to make sense.

I currently have this business model where I am looking for writers who would essentially work on a commission basis. They would write advertorials and receive 80 per cent of the income they earn - I would receive 20 per cent for editing the material and posting it to my site Donna Magazine. That magazine is done through Wordpress and currently that particular blogging platform does not take advertisements unless you are willing to pay big bucks.

So I hope the plan I have been thinking about for four years will work out. Please do wish me luck...I need it.

Long Weekends and Homework

With long weekends such as this one in Canada, sometimes the last thing students are thinking about is getting their homework done. It is more traditionally a time for barbecues, shopping, spending time with family and friends, or getting some extra work hours in for that part-time job.

The thing is...it is a great time to do homework if you are going to school within the summer months. Students who are going to school within the summer months should feel extremely fortunate they are doing so. In Malcolm Gladwell's The Outliers, he discusses how important it is to keep learning over the summer months so you do not lose the skills that you develop over the fall and winter. This is a book about how to succeed. I completely agree with this.

The same is true of weekends. If more students put in a seven-day week effort into their studies - they would truly see the results.

With that said...have a good long weekend.

Earthquake in Texas

I was speaking to a psychic named Kismet in Texas over a chat. While we were online, there was an earthquake in Dallas, Texas.

The earthquake happened between 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. EST. Kismet says it is about a 2.0 to 3.0 on the Richter scale. She also mentioned that she remembers a big earthquake that happened in 1989 and this one did not compare.

York University and UHN

York University and the University Health Network in Toronto will be forming an alliance to create a nursing academy.

The nursing school at York University has already seen tremendous growth and hopefully this alliance will create a situation where Canadian-trained nurses will actually see the advantages of staying in their home country after graduation, rather than leaving for the United States.