Good morning and Happy Friday, Colleagues Finding comfort in gratitude Spring is in full swing — April showers and the beginning of warmer days are here. The recent Easter long weekend was an invitation to unplug and I am hopeful that many in the McMaster community took that seriously. If not, you have another weekend […]
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McMaster IT and ‘the return to campus’
We have officially passed the milestone of a full year of learning and working remotely. If you are like me, it felt like the longest, shortest year on record. The fact that we are now into the second year of a global pandemic continues to feel as surreal as it was the first time around. […]
AVP & CTO update, March 29, 2021
As we draw to the end of March, we also come to the end of Women’s History Month in the US (which influences our Canadian awareness!), UK and Australia. As you know, March 8 was International Women’s Day and is celebrated with various themes around the world. Interestingly, in Canada, the government has designated October as Women’s History month, so […]
AVP & CTO update, March 8, 2021
How fortunate we are to be celebrating International Women’s Day today. To all my female colleagues, in UTS, in McMaster IT and across McMaster, I share my appreciation and gratitude for your many contributions to our community and institution, and more importantly, for what each of you do each day to support your own communities, your […]
AVP & CTO update, February 3, 2021
Amazing to think that it is already February. How did that happen? The common comment about yesterday’s Groundhog Day is that it is beginning to feel a little bit like groundhog day every day in this remote world we are in. Same meeting room, same view, etc. Yes, I get it. However, Wiarton Willie saw […]
AVP & CTO update, January 18, 2021
I am fully back to work after a few weeks of balancing my McMaster obligations with a successful ‘COVID move’ from my house of 10 years! As I shared with some of my inner circle, sussing through one’s belongings at the turnover of a new year has an extremely cathartic impact. I am fully in […]
AVP & CTO update, January 11, 2021
For many, today is the first day back to the virtual office, and of course for our students it is the first day of classes. It all starts now for 2021! I am excited to be kicking off a new year and saying farewell to 2020. The world around us isn’t quite ‘righted’ yet, however […]
McMaster IT 2020 Year in Review
2020. Wow! It has been an extraordinary year! Twenty-twenty is also synonymous with hindsight. And as we close out this unpredictable year, I felt it important to reflect on all that has happened to and within the McMaster IT community. 2020 brought (dare I say it) unprecedented change for the world and McMaster. Our McMaster IT community came together […]
AVP & CTO update, November 30, 2020
We are fortunate to have had another amazing weekend with milder temperatures and no snow! That is going to change just in time for us to tick over to December tomorrow. I hope you took advantage of the gift of sunshine [and almost a full moon – the real show is tonight] to get outside! I picked […]
AVP and CTO Update, November 9, 2020
A weekend like the one we just had feels like a generous gift. Perhaps you enjoyed the weather by walking nature trails, strolling with your last outdoor ice cream, or sitting in your backyard or on your patio listening to the birds enjoying the weather. Even if all you did was sit inside with the windows […]