Monthly Archives: March 2016

Rick Mercer's rant on my colleague Felipe Montoya's case. Felipe's family has been denied permanent residency because Canadian Immigration has deemed his 13-year old child, Nico, "inadmissible". Rick says what many of us are feeling, but as only he can: https://www.facebook.com/rickmercerreport/videos/10153482686097196/

I mentioned in my previous blog post that I just read NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children. It's a book by journalists that summarizes psychological research about children, mainly about how they learn. So, it's of interest to educators, and I got a few things out of it, and I have a few critiques of it […]

A colleague of mine passed me an article by Ron Srigley in the Walrus, which is apparently making the rounds. Srigley argues that because university education is a credential and not something undertaken for its own sake, its value is decreasing. He argues that the management and administrative side of the university is increasing its […]