There’s an increasing amount of chatter amongst the chattering classes about how universities are spitting out too many Arts graduates and not enough STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) graduates. The chatter has picked up as a study by CIBC confirmed what Arts graduates already understand: a BA gets you very
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All Politics Is Local: The Roots of STEM
There’s an increasing amount of chatter amongst the chattering classes about how universities are spitting out too many Arts graduates and not enough STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) graduates. The chatter has picked up as a study by CIBC confirmed what Arts graduates already understand: a BA gets you very
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Roots of STEM
There’s an increasing amount of chatter amongst the chattering classes about how universities are spitting out too many Arts graduates and not enough STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) graduates. The chatter has picked up as a s…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Policy Delusion
A lot of ink has been spilled recently about Justin Trudeau’s lack of concrete policy positions. The complaint, mostly from Conservatives and his leadership opponents, would appear to be an honest concern about not knowing enough about Mr. Trudeau before we entrust him with the leadership of the Liberal Party
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Policy Delusion
A lot of ink has been spilled recently about Justin Trudeau’s lack of concrete policy positions. The complaint, mostly from Conservatives and his leadership opponents, would appear to be an honest concern about not knowing enough about Mr. Trudeau before we entrust him with the leadership of the Liberal Party
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Policy Delusion
A lot of ink has been spilled recently about Justin Trudeau’s lack of concrete policy positions. The complaint, mostly from Conservatives and his leadership opponents, would appear to be an honest concern about not knowing enough about Mr. Trudea…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Less Hope, More Change?
A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few weeks describing President Obama’s new approach in Washington. His second inaugural address was certainly less conciliatory than the President we saw cave to Republicans repeatedly in the first term…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Less Hope, More Change?
A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few weeks describing President Obama’s new approach in Washington. His second inaugural address was certainly less conciliatory than the President we saw cave to Republicans repeatedly in the first term. I think what we see is the Obama team coming
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Less Hope, More Change?
A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few weeks describing President Obama’s new approach in Washington. His second inaugural address was certainly less conciliatory than the President we saw cave to Republicans repeatedly in the first term. I think what we see is the Obama team coming
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Employment v. Unemployment
If you haven’t already noticed, I’m a bit of a numbers geek, so I love looking at Statistics Canada when it comes out. One of the more interesting monthly reports is of course the Labour Force Survey that comes out on the first Friday of each mon…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Employment v. Unemployment
If you haven’t already noticed, I’m a bit of a numbers geek, so I love looking at Statistics Canada when it comes out. One of the more interesting monthly reports is of course the Labour Force Survey that comes out on the first Friday of each month. The more I
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Employment v. Unemployment
If you haven’t already noticed, I’m a bit of a numbers geek, so I love looking at Statistics Canada when it comes out. One of the more interesting monthly reports is of course the Labour Force Survey that comes out on the first Friday of each month. The more I
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Prediction Time
For posterity, my state-by-state predictions for Tuesday night:Alabama (9 EV): The deep south never warmed up to Barack Obama. It will enthusiastically support Mitt Romney on Tuesday.Romney 9, Obama 0Alaska (3 EV): Out of the spotlight after a crazy 2008 where Sarah Palin was only part of three ring circus,
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For posterity, my state-by-state predictions for Tuesday night:Alabama (9 EV): The deep south never warmed up to Barack Obama. It will enthusiastically support Mitt Romney on Tuesday.Romney 9, Obama 0Alaska (3 EV): Out of the spotlight after a crazy 2008 where Sarah Palin was only part of three ring circus,
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Prediction Time
For posterity, my state-by-state predictions for Tuesday night:Alabama (9 EV): The deep south never warmed up to Barack Obama. It will enthusiastically support Mitt Romney on Tuesday.Romney 9, Obama 0Alaska (3 EV): Out of the spotlight afte…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Canada: Where The World Learns
I’m absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean it’s not like I was talking about this 18 months ago or anything. …
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Canada: Where The World Learns
I’m absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean it’s not like I was talking about this 18 months ago or anything. Seriously though, this is the kind of
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Canada: Where The World Learns
I’m absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean it’s not like I was talking about this 18 months ago or anything. Seriously though, this is the kind of
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: For Less Than A Dollar a Day…
Don’t worry. I’m not trying to sell you insurance. I’m trying to sell you on Karen Stintz’s super-awesome new transit plan. Yes for just $180 a year or $15 a month, Toronto could actually have a transit system worthy of the name. Okay, I’d like more subways because no one
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: For Less Than A Dollar a Day…
Don’t worry. I’m not trying to sell you insurance. I’m trying to sell you on Karen Stintz’s super-awesome new transit plan. Yes for just $180 a year or $15 a month, Toronto could actually have a transit system worthy of the name. Okay, I’d like more subways because no one
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