This is what my students will be learning to sing next fall

No way, eh?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 10:52 am and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Spotted Cow Press makes history with innovative double espresso book launch

Later this afternoon, Edmonton publisher Spotted Cow Press will make history by launching its latest book simultaneously in two Canadian cities. What makes this event unique is that Spotted Cow Press will be printing off copies of S. Minsos’ novel Squire Davis and the Crazy River in each of these locations on Espresso Book Machines, [...]

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 12:52 pm and is filed under Best Practices, Canada, eh?, Canadian Literature, Teaching and Technology, The World of Literature/Literature of the World.

The Tragically Hip at Shelburne Museum

All four Martins had a great time at Shelburne Museum this evening. The Tragically Hip were excellent, as usual, and the setting was a wonderful place to see a concert. It’s always kind of a surreal experience seeing The Hip here in Vermont because, although tonight’s gig was sold out, the venues and crowds are [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm and is filed under Burlington, Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Music, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

A bit more about Canadian healthcare, or The Truth About Canada

I’ve been trying to write about things other than healthcare, but it’s hard these days to keep my mouth shut when I hear some critics in the US pointing to Canada’s system as the doom and gloom scenario awaiting the US if Obama manages to accomplish his planned changes to the American system. This morning, [...]

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 at 1:12 pm and is filed under Canada, eh?, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Tim Hortons Nation

This blog’s in hibernation mode until I get my book done, but couldn’t resist stopping in to talk about coffee and donuts… This story on a recent survey on Canadians’ taste for Tim Hortons is interesting and is probably something that’s bound to come up in this fall’s freshman seminar “From Pucks to Parliament: Exploring [...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 1:17 pm and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Great events this week of interest to Canadians and Canadianists in Vermont

Wednesday, April 22 DONALD R. BROWN MEMORIAL LECTURE IN POLITICAL THEORY: “THE ESSENTIALIST CRITIQUE OF MULTICULTURALISM.” Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen’s University, Canada and senior research fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building. 3:30 p.m. A BECKONING COUNTRY OPENING RECEPTION 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. — Marble Court at the [...]

This entry was posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm and is filed under Burlington, Canada, eh?, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Get Fuzzy on Canadians

Thanks to Mark for sending this my way.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 at 4:18 pm and is filed under Canada, eh?, Humour.

Save Radio 3

Although we don’t know for sure what kinds of cuts we’ll be seeing at CBC over the next few months, it sounds like cuts are imminent. The mere mention of the potential elimination of CBC Radio 3 by one of the heads of the CBC sent shockwaves through Canada’s music scene this past week. As [...]

This entry was posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 10:26 am and is filed under Best Practices, Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Music, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Brilliant

Check out the new Pomegranate Phone! eh?, No way, eh?

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 9:00 pm and is filed under Canada, eh?, Humour, Weirdness.

The ultimate economic stimulus, or how to get there from here

As I said on this blog a few weeks back, imagine how powerful an economic stimulus plan this would be for the US: Bring in a universal health care plan that would A) have the government, not insurance companies, pay doctors and hospitals set rates for tests and procedures (the “costs” of tests and procedures [...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at 3:29 pm and is filed under Best Practices, Canada, eh?, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.