“Creating Citizens: Public Education and Liberal Democracy” (here), by Eamon Callan, is one of the books that has greatly influenced my thinking about public education. Callan begins his book with
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Talk of amalgamation is frustrating when it puts the cart before the horse.
In advance of the 2015 federal general election the then Official Opposition, the Liberal Party of Canada, unveiled a platform that included the following statement about electoral reform: We will
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The recent, and not yet fully counted, B.C. election is not only a cliff hanger: it also bares the prospect of a new political era in the province and the
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In a vibrant democracy, people should change their government on a regular basis. In B.C. in 2017 it would be timely, as well, to change the way we change our
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I have lived in Oak Bay (B.C.) for almost 5½ years, and in many ways I enjoy the community very much. The location is hard to beat, with the ocean
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In the summer of 2015 I spoke to the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) Banff Summer Conference. To-day, I am back with the ATA, in Banff, with teachers and researchers from
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What are the essential characteristics of a community, and how do they related to knowing the community?
The Democrats need to listen to Bucky Fuller, and build a new model. As in Field of Dreams: if you build it, they will come.
Particularly since the Presidential election in the U.S.A. last fall, the question haunts me. For me, the outcome of the election demonstrated the complete disappearance of the American public, replaced
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