9 Favourite Tragically Hip Songs
I’ve never considered myself a Tragically Hip superfan, but in the wake of singer Gord Downie’s passing last night, it is hard not to feel impacted. The group produced many…
2017
The Foundering Ship Of State
Were you to examine my blog posts prior to the last election, you would see that I had grave reservations about the fitness of Justin Trudeau for Canada’s top office.…
Oct. 18: An Angry Day
Today’s Moncton Times and Transcript had a columnist. today, who is the new champion of ignorance, pomposity, arrogance and self-importance. He’s Bill Whitelaw, president and CEO at JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group.…
Is It Unreasonable?
It’s a simple question. Is climate change an existential threat? Does anthropogenic global warming imperil the continuation of life as we know it on Earth? C’mon people. This question is…
Dear Conservative readers of this web site
It’s been several hours, and I still think this is the stupidest political move I’ve seen in months – and that’s saying something. Why, you ask? This isn’t a decision.…
Will Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Oilsands Pipeline Become the Standing Rock of the North?
The battle against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline could lead to the next Standing Rock and destroy any investment case for the project, according to a newly released report.…
The Rodents, the Filters, the Slinks: RIP Gord Downie
Those were some of the early names of the Tragically Hip. They got their start in the early Eighties in the nascent Kingston punk scene. A lot of bands got…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Drew Brown discusses how the Libs’ claim to represent – or even understand – the interests of Canada’s middle class is disappearing. And…
Back to the Drawing Board, Rachel.
If there’s one thing that petro-states know it’s that honesty never pays. In fact, honesty almost always costs and sometimes the costs can be huge. And, yes, by petro-states I…
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh embraces Imperialist Policies of Helene Laverdiere
Photo taken from Jagmeet Singh’s Twitter page Shouldn’t leaders who claim to support the interests of the poor and working class inside Canada also take left wing positions internationally? Yet…
Basic Income as a Socialist Project
Most discussions of Basic Income revolve around two clusters of issues: first, the normative implications of Basic Income for various conceptions of justice, and second, the pragmatic problems of the…
Catalonia’s Paradox
Photo by Adam Jones October 1 has passed, closing a period of the shared history between Catalonia and the Spanish state and beginning an uncertain future. It was a day…
The Future of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change
Phil Hill Summary notes from the presentation at from at the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto. Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/PhilHill3/hill-slides-world-congress-session-20171018/1 We forget about the perspective of time. Let’s look at 2011-2017.…
Using Math to Solve for Inequality
Inequality has been increasing globally for years, and developed nations have seen inequality rise in rates comparable to the start of the great depression. This situation is understandably problematic and…
Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook
In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, VA, and Donald Trump’s initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the “antifa” opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere.…
WCOL Opening plenary – Wednesday
I missed the first talk: I have put in some tweets. A full summary of the last two talks is below. Phil Hill and Fiona HollandsTomorrow’s Learning Platform Patrice Torcivia…
Ministers of the faith #8
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Robyn Maynard’s POLICING BLACK LIVES available now!
Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday October 18, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. The property rights of common law spouses upon separation are…