In the news today: Inuit filmmaker Zach Kunuk and his co-producer Norman Cohn grabbed worldwide attention for their film “Atanarjuat” when it won a medal at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, but neither expected the accolades and attention to trickle down to others telling aboriginal stories.That’s why the two have started a new service allowing [...]
Moving to Canada
Every semester, two or three students who don’t know me drop by my office to ask for advice about how they could move to Canada. I don’t usually have much advice to give them, having only experienced the bureaucracy involved in moving the other way. Today, though, as I was diligently casting my votes in [...]
What if Canadians could help choose the next leader of the US?
This news story made me chuckle today. When we talk about the differences between Canadian and American politics in my classes, student frequently say: “So, the Conservatives are the equivalent of the Republicans and the Liberals are the same as the Democrats, right?” Ummm… no. In a poll conducted in Canada over the last few [...]
Free online courses getting major audiences
Online university courses big hit (CBC News) The free online courses offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are getting more than a million hits a month, an example of the burgeoning interest in internet education. Including translations on MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) site, the total rises to about 1.5 million hits. MIT math professor [...]
City of Champion Bloggers
Edmontonians blog their way to a world record Less than a day into the new year, the City of Champions gained a new set of world record holders. “We will be setting the world record for the largest community blogging event in the world,” organizer Marilyn Jones said when the three-hour event kicked off at [...]