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Professors recognized with 3M National Teaching Fellowship
3M Canada, in partnership with the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), today announced 2008′s 10 recipients of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. Congratulations to: - Mazorgata Dubiel, Simon Fraser University - Katherine Frego, University of New Brunswick (Saint John) - Sorel Friedman, Université de Montréal - Robert Lapp, Mount Allison University [...]
An exercise in political activism
Today’s post was going to be in reference to yesterday’s Toronto Star’s article on homework, and specifically, the notion of homework for homeschoolers. But alas, that will have to wait. Today’s agenda is far more important than the ranting and raving of someone who (thankfully!) no longer has to witness firsthand the idiocy of most [...]
In no way, shape or form any kind of a teacher
Sorry for the unexpectedly long haitus — still having trouble getting back into life not aboard a cruise ship. I came home to a small backlog of local newspapers, and have just finished writing a letter to the editor I thought I’d share with you. The “offending” article concerned a local school who had discovered, [...]