Yesterday was Canada Day and Conor sported his Team Canada shirt to celebrate. He also debunked not one but TWO autism myths. Conor has received ABA based intervention at school for 8 years. Yet, contrary to the myth that ABA causes discomfort and harm to persons with autism disorders, Conor
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sri Lanka Strikes Back!
A diplomatic slappy-fight between diplomatic corps over Canada’s threatened boycott of the Commonwealth summit in Colombo. Nothing in the MSM, but here and below in the “ethnic” papers: Yeah. A quiet news day.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 2, 2013: The nuances of temporary layoffs in Ontario Panel to Review Up to 50 Trial Convictions Involving a Discredited Brooklyn Detective Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Petitions ABA to Require 15 Credits of Experiential Classes In the practicePRO
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 2: Just a short blog today….
…as I get to see two of my daughters and my granddaughters as they return to the shore for a couple of weeks. – and then I race back in time for the current events group in the library at 7 this evening. The whole first section of the TandT is scrap
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Non-ambulance corporations to take over more EMS work?
The Minister of Health and LTC has strongly endorsed the restructuring of patient transfer industry in the South West LHIN. This may set a new model for the private corporations that often move patients between health care facilities in vehicles that look, for all the world, like ambulances — but
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: New Resume
As I’m looking for a full-time job starting as early as July 29 I decided to update my resume. Here it is. Filed under: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In today’s Sun: ten reasons why Harper may quit
It’s (finally) summertime, when the political speculation is easy. Heretofore, the subject that no longer seems as crazy as it once did: Will Stephen Harper quit before the next federal election in October 2015? There are plenty of reasons why he shouldn’t, or why he won’t. But there are 10
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Barriers
In my teaching career, one of the most powerful lessons for my students emerged from Atticus Finch, Scout’s beloved father in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. A lawyer with a deep sense of fairness and compassion, Finch taught his children a lesson that all of us should carry in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What the Media is…
This excerpt is from an article on Counterpunch titled “Treason”. It is on the rhetorical side and my eyes did roll when I saw that the author’s upcoming book to be released was called ‘Zen Economics’. But I liked this paragraph enough in his essay to share it with
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Belated Canada Day greetings!
Sure its a day late, but better late then never. I hope you all had a Happy Canada Day where ever you were. PS – nothing coincidental about all that blue colouring at the Ottawa Canada Day celebration, right? Surely the Conservative government wouldn’t have been attempting to be using
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Recent History Is Repeating Itself
StatsCan’s latest report on household income gives the lie to the Harper government’s claim that it knows how to manage the nation’s economy. The Huffington Post reports that: StatsCan’s latest analysis of income trends among families of two or more people found that 2011 “was the fourth consecutive year without
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Honouring Canadian accomplishments.
We need to do a better job of recognizing real accomplishments by Canadians. We have people in this country who commit heroic deeds, overcome seemingly impossible obstacles, show unexpected leadership, excel in the arts and sometimes commit random acts of kindness. We need to find appropriate and balanced ways to
Continue reading350 or bust: #Fearless Summer: Healing Journey In The Heart Of Darkness
I’m leaving for northern Alberta early Wednesday morning, to make the 24-hour drive to Fort McMurray, the heart of tar sands country. Mordor. The 4th Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk, organized by Keepers Of the Athabasca, is happening on Saturday and I’m lucky enough to have the time, resources, and
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Politics of Fashion #nlpoli
As it turns out, Corporate Research Associates president Don Mills had lots to say to the St. John’s Board of Trade besides a few guesses. Newfoundland and Labrador can’t create economic booms in every nook and cranny. Instead, we should focus on growth centres where people are moving anyway. Such
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Lafleche Centennial, 100 Years of Awesome
June 29, 2013 I’ve been at the Lafleche 100 celebration on Canada Day long weekend. There were few people my age who I knew, and many of the oldest generation who I grew up with has passed away in the past decades. Cliff Day, who I remember from even the
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: McCorkell’s Corpse Finds Ally in Paulie
Back from vacationing in the Argentinian Pampas. Suffice it to say the gaucho life is not for this writer, though the wine in the Medanos region is really first rate. We would like to present a scenario for our readers. Imagine if you will that a Canadian academic who had
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Egypt’s Protest Biggest In History Of The World, Ever!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger They say that records are made to be broken. Well over 33 Million Egyptians outraged over the governing of President Mohammed Morsi hit the streets to register their opposition. Huge protests across Egypt calling for the resignation of President Mohammed Morsi have taken place through
Continue readingcartoon life: Updated 100 cats eBook
I’m uploading just now, an updated version of the 100 cats eBook to the iTunes book store, with over 40 new drawings, and an animation file. Keep your furry toes crossed that all goes well. Filed under: art, book, iPad Tagged: 100 cats, cats, ebook
Continue readingsamupress: Updated 100 cats eBook
I’m uploading just now, an updated version of the 100 cats eBook to the iTunes book store, with over 40 new drawings, and an animation file. Keep your furry toes crossed that all goes well.
Continue readingsamupress: Updated 100 cats eBook
I’m uploading just now, an updated version of the 100 cats eBook to the iTunes book store, with over 40 new drawings, and an animation file. Keep your furry toes crossed that all goes well.
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