Is Airbus Flying to Bombardier’s Rescue?
CBC is reporting that European aircraft consortium, Airbus, will acquire a majority stake in Bombardier’s C-class jetliner project. Boeing has tried to kill off the C-class aircraft using its clout…
2017
Oct. 16: We are all just people. Sorry about that.
I discovered the document below on the web. And it struck me that one could change the word Allah to God, and the word Muhammad to Jesus, and it would…
Trump, Russia and Cambridge Analytica (Maybe the Crew From Victoria Too?)
The plot thickens. The world was awakened to how votes could be hacked, voters brainwashed, by sophisticated software, social networks, and targeted messaging in the upset “leave” vote for Brexit.…
Teaching in the Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning
Summary notes from the Tony Bates presentation at the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto. 1. Building an Effective Learning Environment What is knowledge, and how does learning occur. Analogy:…
Alberta Oilsands Most Carbon Intensive Crude in North America: Analysis
This article originally appeared on the Pembina Institute website. Over the past 50 years, the development of the oilsands has changed the face of Alberta, driving innovation and technology to…
Will Trump Bankrupt the United States?
That’s a serious question and a genuine prospect. Trump the business genius has established a pattern, one that led to five major business bankruptcies. He’s doing it again, this time…
First, the Good News.
A Pew Research survey of 38 nations found that three quarters of respondents support representative democracy. Two-thirds even back direct democracy. That’s the good news. We’re still keen on representative…
How to F#@k Up a Town. A Core Demographic is Bailing Out.
Vancouver may wind up the poster boy for what happens when incompetence and greed become the guiding principles of governments, municipal, provincial and federal. Vancouver has sky high real estate…
Pedagogical Principles of Design for Active, Reflective and Self-Regulated Learning
Session summaries from the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto Maureen Andrade – Self-Regulated Learning, Course Design, and Pedagogy: A Model for Learner Success Practical ideas to help students succeed…
“Flabbergasting”
“Flabbergasting” If you need to hear every Conservative talking point repeated without a thought in the world, try the Regina Chamber CEO’s take on CTV: “Nation building” “tidewater” “energy independence”…
We’ve Got to Shed the 20th Century, But How?
George Monbiot reminds us how much of the 20th century still clings to us and why we have to shed that skin if we’re to survive the 21st. We are…
This young guy in Ottawa picked up Recipe For Hate!
Nice guy. Knew a lot about current events. Says he looks forward to reading Recipe For Hate. Told him it is getting great reviews. We had a great chat, although…
Fighting Back
Colin Kaepernick, the young NFL quarterback about whom I have previously posted, has shown remarkable integrity and fortitude dealing with the furor following his decision to ‘take a knee’ rather…
Column: desperate politicians do desperate things
How desperate is Justin Trudeau to keep NAFTA? Ask the Mexicans, now peering out from under the proverbial bus – where, you know, Trudeau pushed them. Pretty desperate. As they…
After Going Green, Cities Need Turn Blue
Cities need to work with their local ecosystems and not against them. This is evidently true when it comes to waste management and overt displays of green initiatives. There is…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of October 16, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 16, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Feds win bid to reargue the facts used in landmark assisted-dying case…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Karl Russell and Peter Goodman note that lower unemployment rates in the U.S aren’t translating into higher wages. Alena Semuels points out the…
Ministers of the faith #6
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The Con Media’s Outrageous Assault on the Liberals
As you know I have very little respect for the corporate media in this country, for its right-wing bias couldn't be more shabby or more blatant.With only few exceptions, it's…
Could He Be Right?
Sometimes irony is entertaining. Sometimes it hurts. Tom Walkom points to the irony of Donald Trump’s insistence on American content rules as part of NAFTA: Under NAFTA, automobiles manufactured anywhere…