Dec. 31: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow"
“Creeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last syllable of recorded time;” The lines above are proof that William Shakespeare must have read the Irving press every…
December 2014
Compassion creates happiness, freedom and better relationships
Kozo Hattori, a writer and counselor, explains how compassion creates happiness, freedom from gender stereotypes, and better relationships with others. The post Compassion creates happiness, freedom and better relationships appeared…
happy new year from wmtc
It’s been an exciting year here in wmtc-Joy of Sox-land: me working full-time in my new career, completing a year as a youth-services librarian, Allan publishing a new book, which…
Michael Den Tandt is wrong: Mulcair knows what a mess of pottage is
Den Tandt: Muclair cannot count So, what will our next federal government look like? Today is the last day of the year 2014, and most commentators have hidden their heads…
It’s Scary Being an Aging Caregiver
Growing older always involves some kind of loss. For my Mom, it meant giving up her beloved car. To Mom, a car has always represented freedom and independence. She fancies…
As The Year Ends
… this deserves one more play. For a full review of the abysmal Harper Veterans Affairs record, check out the good work by the good folks at Press Progress. Recommend…
Did You Hear the One About the F-35?
There’s enough stuff in the F-35 to get a comedian through a HBO special. The latest guffaw – its gun doesn’t shoot. It’s there and everything – gun, ammunition, the…
Silent Night
It seems strange to me that I haven’t had much to blog about since the election on November 15. The new Board was inaugurated on the 1st of December and…
Predictions about 2015, and confessions about 2014
Some of 2014 was kind of meh. I can now reveal, for example, my big news: I was going to be the host of a show on Sun News –…
DeSmogBlog’s Top 10 Stories of 2014
It was a year of highs and lows as far as climate change and energy issues. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the lows got a lot of the attention, which is why the…
Compilation: 2014’s Most Racist Incidents in Canada
As the year winds down, news readers are treated with a feast of annual compilations. From fashion to finances, from movies to m…. it is a time to look back…
Compilation: 2014’s Most Racist Incidents in Canada
As the year winds down, news readers are treated with a feast of annual compilations. From fashion to finances, from movies to m.... it is a time to look back…
Web Goals for 2015
One of the lessons I’ve learned in grad school (and have learned through experience to be true) is that goal-setting is important but also that those goals should be S.M.A.R.T.…
Compilation: 2014’s Most Racist Incidents in Canada
As the year winds down, news readers are treated with a feast of annual compilations. From fashion to finances, from movies to m.... it is a time to look back…
Never Stop Learning (CASE D2 Conference Scholarship)
One of the biggest lessons I learned in a classroom was during 4th year at Mount Allison. It was in a seminar class about “Political and Technological Innovation”…or something. The…
Why Private Schools Should Dig Deeper into Analytics
“Big Data” was the big catchphrase in 2012-2013. As a graduate student at Newhouse I got a big taste of that. In 2013, my alma mater held a Social Commerce…
A New Year’s Resolution for Alberta: Stop Mismanaging Oil Wealth
When you cover energy and environment issues day in and day out, you’re prone to having some pretty geeky fantasies. Case in point: over the holidays, my mind wandered to…
No, It’s the Environment, Stupid.
David Suzuki once observed that we cannot have a healthy economy without a healthy environment. It shouldn’t require a PhD to grasp that yet it’s astonishing how so many well-educated…
Need some New Year Resolutions?
This might apply more to Christmas, but I think if you want a New Year’s Resolution, this would work too: Why not give some of yourself away? – Give an…