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blog, Education Posted onOctober 11, 2013

Alice and Mulala, Two Short Stories

  Yesterday Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Munro is one of Canada’s great writers and the first Canadian to receive the […] Read More

blog, Education Posted onOctober 8, 2013

Too Many Books

By reading too many books the mind becomes filled with other people’s thoughts and loses the capacity of thinking for itself. If book learning stimulates […] Read More

blog, compost, Education, environment, sustainability, tours Posted onSeptember 29, 2013September 29, 2013

Rare Bird

We spotted a rare bird during our SFU tour on Saturday. No, not one of the 50 or so species that have returned to the […] Read More

blog, Education, sustainability Posted onSeptember 6, 2013

Certificate in Sustainability

For anyone looking to break into a career in sustainability or wanting to move into a sustainability position in your current job, you might want […] Read More

blog, compost, Education Posted onAugust 2, 2013

Cognitive Dissonance

We had a potluck for the final day of my Appreciative Inquiry course. Some of us had been talking about “cultivating our own gardens” (referring […] Read More

blog, community, Education, sustainability Posted onJuly 19, 2013July 19, 2013

Leading & Following

I’ve been taking an appreciative inquiry course for the last three weeks. The whole idea of “AI,” as it’s called, is to build on strengths […] Read More

Art, community, Education Posted onJuly 3, 2013

Beans for Bagged Brains

Looks like UBC understands the need to rest and digest after the learning. They set up this rest area outside the main library on campus. […] Read More

blog, community, Education, sustainability Posted onJune 28, 2013June 28, 2013

Inherit the Wind

I watched an old classic recently, Inherit the Wind. The 1960 film is based on a true story about a teacher who was presenting Darwin’s […] Read More

blog, community, Education Posted onJune 9, 2013

It’s About Time

When I was in Victoria for an education conference last week, I met up with my old friend and roommate from my undergrad days at […] Read More

blog, community, Education, environment, sustainability Posted onMay 24, 2013

Landscaped Islands

I have been doing some reading lately about community engagement and how universities are sometimes viewed as beautifully landscaped, isolated islands that are disconnected from […] Read More

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