My most favorite thing about my job is when I have the opportunity to facilitate a great discussion. I got the chance to do this, World Cafe style recently with colleague Jan Johnson and assisted by our intrepid co-op student Victor Ng. We posed 2 questions to learners and teachers on separate occasions: what are … Continue reading »
Often connections reveal themselves in most unexpected ways. Today, it was on my drive home from Northern Voice with Amanda Coolidge. We were talking about creative stuff we liked to do as kids (pretending, drawing, making stuff up) and how we forget about some of that when we become self conscious teens and overburdened adults. … Continue reading »
At UBC’s annual Educamp session yesterday, I listened to keynote, Duane Elverum talk about sustainability education, and was particularly intrigued by the concept of backcasting – a term I hadn’t heard before but an approach I use often in my own life. Where forecasting imagines a future based on the way we are currently operating … Continue reading »
You cannot hear God when people are chattering at you. Somehow this passage hit home for me as I read The End of Solitude by William Deresiewicz in a recent edition of the Chonicle Review. Lately, I’ve experienced a sort of yearning to be alone, with my own thoughts, without interruption or interference, … Continue reading »
Crisis opens the door to change and often forces us to reflect on our most fundamental values. While I’ve experienced many moments of personal “crisis” in my life, economics has never been at the root of any of them. Maybe it’s because I don’t have investments (barely a savings account actually) – maybe it’s because … Continue reading »
