Late last week, a Canadian Press reporter looking for a story happened upon the Burlington Free Press article on the closure of our program office and the withdrawal of program funding to Canadian Studies. The resulting Canadian Press story hit the newswires on Friday morning and a media frenzy began. Even before I got to [...]
Ottawa itinerary
We’ll be adding a few more specific details to our Ottawa itinerary in the coming week or so, but here is a pretty complete look at what we’ll be up to while we’re there.
This I Believe, by Michelle Gardner-Quinn
The power of this caught me a bit off-guard this morning. I was thinking about Michelle just yesterday as I walked past the fountain on the college green and saw her picture and fresh flowers there for her. She will not soon be forgotten here at UVM. It is inspiring to see the words of [...]
Staying under the radar, or trying to….
After a great time and successful presentation at the EdMedia 2007 conference in Vancouver and a few days off with family in beautiful Montreal, I’m back at the office today and focusing on making July my most productive month in a long time. So, I’ll be blogging less frequently than usual (I hope) and keeping [...]
Canada’s other green revolution….
In his neverending quest to get more students to take Canadian Studies courses, Paul ponders the ethics of posting this news on his blog…
Blogging at UVM gets some more media attention
Virtually academic: Students in Paul Martin’s course on Colonial and Postcolonial World Literature at the University of Vermont start discussing Canadian authors in class and then continue their conversations online, thanks to the class blog. “You’ve now had some time to sit with ‘Kiss of the Fur Queen,’” Martin writes to his students in a [...]
UVM Canadian Studies program featured in upcoming documentary
Earlier this year, a crew from Vermont Public Television came to film my English 182 class. Afterwards, they spoke with me and one of our Canadian Studies majors, Laura Pedro. They were filming a segment for part of a larger documentary on the connections today between Vermont and the province of Quebec. The documentary is [...]
Teachers who blog, or is it bloggers who teach?
Earlier this month, I led a workshop at the wonderful Teachers Who Write (PDF) conference in Montpelier. Sponsored annually by the Vermont Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, The National Writing Project in Vermont, and the Vermont Department of Education, the conference brought hundreds of teachers together to attend workshops and network. It was [...]
Wow… the day has finally come…. The Tragically Hip are in town!
This might be something that only Canadians can truly understand, but you would not believe how excited I am to see The Tragically Hip on Tuesday night at Higher Ground. The Hip are a Canadian institution, but for far more than simply making great music. Already inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the [...]
Perspective…
from the cool site I just discovered: teachertube.com If you haven’t seen the original video by Carl Fisch that inspired this one, make sure to watch it. I’m also rather fond of the “Did You Know?” Winipege remix