January 2013
Ditching Quinoa the Wrong Reaction to Peruvian Realities
This article in the Guardian and similar articles seem to be getting a fair bit of traction on social media. While they focus on quinoa specifically, they discuss more broadly…
Video: We Are Jamaicans campaign to fight homophobia
Dane Lewis, the Director of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), is featured in the above video, part of the impressive new We Are Jamaicans campaign to…
Video: We Are Jamaicans campaign to fight homophobia
Dane Lewis, the Director of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), is featured in the above video, part of the impressive new We Are Jamaicans campaign to…
Video: We Are Jamaicans campaign to fight homophobia
Dane Lewis, the Director of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), is featured in the above video, part of the impressive new We Are Jamaicans campaign to…
Convention countdown!
Only 8 – EIGHT! – days until the 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention in Toronto, & I’m in organized chaos mode trying to figure out payments, fundraising, travel, &…
Monty Python and Cheese: So Very Unlike NDP Outremont’s Event January 24
Because I can’t resist it, here’s Monty Python and the famous cheese shop skit. For those of you considering going to the NPD Outremont’s wine and cheese tasting with Tom…
To All My Progressive Friends, You Dwindling Few
Progressivism is now pretty thoroughly scrubbed out of the Liberal Party and it’s in a state of respiratory distress even in today’s Tony Blairified NDP. Fortunately there are still progressive…
Cleaning Up Canada’s Polluted Public Square
The most urgent environmental threat to Canadians isn’t climate change, the declining health of our oceans, or the extinction of species. It’s the pollution filling our nation’s public square. The…
What Makes a MOOC Massive?
Responding to a LinkedIn Discussion. When people ask me what makes a MOOC ‘massive’ I respond in terms of the *capacity* of the MOOC rather than any absolute numbers. In…
Marc Garneau: “This isn’t working”
I received a message* from Marc Garneau yesterday about his proposals to reform the party and the democratic processes thereof. It was headed “This isn’t working”, which I thought was…
Media Advisory: CRTC report shows Internet openness complaints went up in 2012; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
115.jpg WHAT: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has just released their annual status report on Complaints Related to Internet Traffic Management Practices. The report indicates that the number…
Tom Jackson Brings Some Joy To The People Of Attawapiskat
Idle No More Rabble.ca brought us this piece about Tom Jackson’s trip to visit the people of Attiwapiskat. The video provides a glimpse into their lives hopes and fears.
Pussy Riot member denied appeal by Russian court
A Russian court has turned down an appeal by jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who has requested to serve the remainder of her prison sentence in the future when…
Video: We Are Jamaicans campaign to fight homophobia
Dane Lewis, the Director of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), is featured in the above video, part of the impressive new We Are Jamaicans campaign to…
Stephen Harper, Then And Now
As you may have heard by now, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is in a bit of trouble after attempting to intervene before the CRTC on behalf of a radio station…
OLP Leadership Convention Accreditation Page Is Up
Here. Deadline, note carefully, is January 20th.
.eduGuru Guest Post
I just wanted to share with you that I had my first guest post published on doteduguru.com. It’s a bit about my case study on Syracuse University’s Social Media use…
Radiohead threatens to “sue the living shit” out of British PM
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke is threatening to “sue the living shit” of British Prime Minister David Cameron if his Conservative Party uses their music in an election campaign. “I can’t believe…