How should we remember Ralph Klein?
Condolences and praise poured in for former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, who passed away on Friday, March 29, at the age of 70. “We remember what a force of personality…
2013
MOOCs for Credit: Current State of the Art
Summary of a presentation by Cathy Sandeen, Centre for Education, Attainment and Innovation, ACE I am actually a MOOC completer – I thought it was a good idea to experience…
Regulator won’t gift CBC radio to city: watchdog by Matthew Van Dongen
FRIENDS spokesperson Ian Morrison says it would be “a real stretch” for the CRTC to order a private company to give up a particular frequency to another broadcaster.
Regulator won’t gift CBC radio to city: watchdog by Matthew Van Dongen
FRIENDS spokesperson Ian Morrison says it would be “a real stretch” for the CRTC to order a private company to give up a particular frequency to another broadcaster.
On contradictions
Aaron Wherry nicely points out some of the jaw-dropping contradictions in the Cons’ climate change messaging. But let’s not forget a few more worth adding into the mix. Having refused…
Designing and Implementing MOOCs that Maximize Student Learning
Summary of a presentation by Seth Anderson (Duke), Amy Collier (Stanford), Cassandra Horlii (California Institute of Technology) Amy: What is unique about online learning in MOOCs? Kurt Vonnegut once said…
Tired of being price-gouged?
We recently asked Canadians what frustrated them about their cell phone provider and service. We received responses ranging from high prices, to customer service, to bad coverage, and more. Help…
"World Class" Oil Spill Recovery is Another Harper Scam
Two officials of British Columbia’s Raincoast Conservation Society have gutted Joe Oliver’s assurances and exposed Sideshow Steve Harper’s “world class” oil spill mechanisms as an utter sham. Misty MacDuffee and…
Modern Day Slavery
Noé Arteaga’s employers fired and deported him to Guatemala after he stood up for his rights as a migrant worker in Canada. Temporary foreign workers come to Canada on a…
Faculty Perspective: Teaching the Humanities to Humanity
Summary of a presentation by Peter Struck I (Peter) am coming from a background as a practitioner, beginning especially with web 2.0 courses. We then offered a course over Coursera,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Stephen Hume rightly mocks the Fraser Institute for using its tax-exempt status to whine about individuals who don’t earn enough to pay income…
Everything You Thought You Knew About MOOCs Could Be Wrong
Summary of a presentation by Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein. Phil – there’s so much hype or madness around MOOCs, and there’s a lot of discussion from people who were…
PEI Health System to transcend politics – April Fools!
Quote of the Day: “The future of the Island’s health system has to transcend politics.” From our Health Minister, Doug Currie … Health Minister of the only province in Canada…
Five Oil Spills in One Week: ‘Accidents’ or Business as Usual?
What do ExxonMobil, Enbridge, Suncor, CP Rail and a Michigan Utility have in common? They’ve all spilled oil within the past week. This latest round of disasters should give Canadian…
Five Oil Spills in One Week: ‘Accidents’ or Business as Ususal?
What do ExxonMobil, Enbridge, Suncor, CP Rail and a Michigan Utility have in common? They’ve all spilled oil within the past week. This latest round of disasters should give Canadian…
Blogging the Liberal Party National Showcase (#lpcldr)
I’ll be participating in the Liberal Party Leadership National Showcase this Saturday as “accredited media”. Take that, MSM. You can follow my coverage here, on Twitter (@progright), and on Google+.…
Alberta In Open Revolt
Allison Redford has a problem. Between mayor Mandel unleashing his fury on her government and the University of Alberta’s rage at the province’s letters of expectation progressives across the province…
A complainant is not more credible because of who is complained of
R. v. M.C.J., 2013 ONCA 205 holds: In our view, the appeal turns primarily on the emphasized portion of the following extract from the trial judge’s reasons. This extract appears…
April 3: the T and T and T and T….
…The Trivial and Tiresome and Times and Transcript. Sorry to be late with this one. I have written it twice, with it disappearing from the screen each time so I…
Americans and Their Conspiracy Theories – Alive and Well
13% of Americans are sure Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ. A similar percentage aren’t sure but think that’s definitely possible. Despite everything their country has endured over the past five…