Muzzling elected officials…
… is a worrisome development and one that has been codified by the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB). Trustee Blackburn is outspoken, no doubt. And sometimes, like all of…
Education
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives rounds up some noteworthy responses to the federal budget. Barbara Sibbald and Laura Eggertson write that while a…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Nicholas Kristof points out how important a stable and effective public service looks from the standpoint of a country which doesn't benefit from…
On controversial responses
A propos of nothing in particular, let's go over this a couple more times:Colby Cosh's latest on the role of the "human search engine" in tracking down information about candidates…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tim Harford discusses John Maynard Keynes' failed prediction that workers would continue to win increased leisure time over the past few decades:(I)t is…
No, BC Actually Mentored Saskatchewan’s Poor-Bashing
Despite being Metro News, Emily Jackson’s great piece yesterday about how brutally cruel the Saskatchewan government is should make us mindful of a number of issues. Not the least of…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- CBC exposes the galling amnesty deal offered by the Canada Revenue Agency to wealthy individuals who evaded paying tax through a sham offshoring…
Justice Abella a.k.a. Rock Star
Rosalie Silberman never wanted to be a judge. But the phone kept ringing. Would she like to be a Family Court judge? She was 29 and pregnant but sure, why…
Who Is To Blame?
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a staunch advocate of critical thinking, to me a foundation for any kind of meaningful life, and essential to a…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Miles Corak argues for a "second-chance" society to make up for the damaging effects of inequality - though I'd argue that while he has…
New column day
Here, pointing out that the Global Transportation Hub land flipping scandal highlights Brad Wall's consistent willingness to hand out free money to business cronies - contrasted against his fight to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Danny Dorling comments on the dangers posed by inequality, while pointing out that it's simple enough to ensure a more equal society as…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Rachel Bryce, Cristina Blanco Iglesias, Ashley Pullman and Anastasia Rogova examine the effect of inequality on education in Canada. And John McMurtry comments on…
What You Study Changes Your Personality
There are stereotypes around who studies what and what those people turn out to be when they’re done their education. One example of this is that MBA students tend to…
Teaching ADHD Kids Outside
Students with ADHD have a hard time focusing in a standard classroom which leads to a difficult learning environment. It doesn’t have to be this way though. In Finland outdoor…
We Must Completely Obliterate the BC Liberal Party
The provincial government has told the Vancouver School Board it will not fund any more seismic upgrades unless it agrees to close schools. Source: Some parents fuming over BC Ministry…
We Must Completely Obliterate the BC Liberal Party
The provincial government has told the Vancouver School Board it will not fund any more seismic upgrades unless it agrees to close schools. Source: Some parents fuming over BC Ministry…
Bishop Henry Pontificates on Gay Straight Alliances
On January 13, 2016 The Most Reverend Frederick Bernard Henry, the seventh Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Calgary well and truly lost it. Henry wrote a pastoral letter denouncing…
On priorities
I've written before about the Saskatchewan Party's assumption that actually meeting the basic needs of inmates wasn't a core function of the provincial correctional system.Well, the choice to turn food…