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We are a geographic community of the Society for Technical Communication, a worldwide association dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of technical communication in all its facets.

Our community is known as STC Canada West Coast and represents technical communicators throughout British Columbia.

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From the Latest Issue of Coast Lines

President's Message: November 2011 Digest

This month STC features us as Community in the Spotlight! Our VP initiated some community PR and a bit of whimsey with the questionnaire. Get the link to the full story. We also recap a month of chapter activities including an entertaining and informative program meeting about Writing for Translation. Also note that admission rates for members increase to $5 starting in 2012. Student and non-member rates remain unchanged.

Pam Drucker

Feature: Writing for Translation

Anthony Michael, an experienced translator who is fluent in several languages, provided an overview of translators’ skills and challenges. Translators work with many document types and Anthony provided many examples of the translator’s value to document preparation.

Kennedy Kierans & Mary Metzger

Viewpoint: Top 10 things not to do at an information interview!

Technical writing students can be expected to regard informational interviews as an important step in beginning their careers.  Karen Rempel relates her recent experience with a student who demonstrated a startling lack of awareness at his interview. 

Karen Rempel

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