(this essay previously posted June 27, 2007; on www.selfdesign.org) Adding fuel to my previous posting on the need to foster innovation as an embedded aspect of a Canadian learning society – especially among children and youth – comes a blazing report from the Conference Board of Canada, assessing Canada a grade of ‘D’ in … […]

this essay originally posted in www.selfdesign.org in May 2007) “What kind of trouble is our civilization likely to encounter ahead? How can we cope, and how might we take advantage of opportunities that arise for civilization’s renewal?” – ‘The Upside of Down’, Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon (2006) “It is by logic that we prove, but by […]

(this essay originally published on www.selfdesign.org in May 2007) Well, it’s day one of the 2007 FSA testing period. I happen to be administering these tests on behalf of grade 4 and grade 7-level learners in SelfDesign (an un-graded program), for the second year in a row. For the second consecutive year I’m also following […]

(this essay originally published on www.selfdesign.org in May, 2007) “April 23 – Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education and Minister responsible for Research and Technology was joined by special advisor Geoff Plant, to release the Campus 2020: Thinking Ahead report,. The report makes 52 recommendations to government on how to build on the strengths of […]