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Observing an echo chamber developing at his university, my husband posted the following notice on his office door. Strangely enough, the notice raised not even a titter among his colleagues. Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Why would I lie on my mandatory diversity pledge? (Scroll down)
Universities Canada principles on equity, diversity and inclusion, October 26, 2017, “Universities Canada make an explicit public commitment to seven principles [on equity, diversity, and inclusion],” available here. (accessed 11 February 2022) “A Guide to Preparing Your Diversity Statement,” Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada, accessed 11 February 2022. Excerpt: “If you have been invited for a Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-toons. “The universities of the West, the lights that illumined the (so-called) Dark Ages.”(Hugh Graham)– Repost, 02/21
It is for us as it was for the Irish Monks of the early medieval period, to carry the embers is to risk burning one’s hands. —Pam, 2021 *Pencil and pencil crayon drawing. For a quick overview of the contribution to scholarship made by these educators and guardians of ancient wisdom, I include the conclusion Continue reading
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Fifth Annual High Dudgeon Olympics: August 10 – 21, 2021
Categories: 1) Someone-Said-Something-Wrong-on-the-Internet Typathon (Individual and Team events) Individuals are logged onto a Facebook account with a continuous feed of posts, each followed by a comment thread. Athletes must respond to as many posts and corresponding comments as possible over a 24 hour period. Athletes are awarded ten points for each original response to a Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Pam-toons. The University of Backyard Sleepovers.
At U.B.S., 8-year-olds archive banned words for posterity. We honour Children’s Ways of Being and Children’s Ways of Knowing. See, Paranormal Activism And, A Speakeasy in the Age of Prohibition Continue reading
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