/BarTalk/Articles/2020/February/Columns/I-Want-to-Name-a-Law-School-After-Me
My (very) late father was a real estate developer, and owned hotels and restaurants in Victoria in the 1960s and 1970s. One of his many regrets when he died was not having the name “Victor Wilson” prominently carved into the top of his various office buildings in huge letters...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/December/Columns/Emotional-Contagion-and-the-2019-Election
Perhaps the best moment of the October federal election may have gone unnoticed if you weren’t watching CBC’s coverage, hosted by the excellent Rosemary Barton. In an election filled with rancour, missteps, lies, SNC, (and yes, blackface), panellist Megan Leslie, a former Hal...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/December/Columns/Tsleil-Waututh-Nation-on-Media-Relations
When I first began to work for my community, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (“TWN”), we were in the midst of a piece of litigation with a decision imminent in the mid 1990s. We had no communications department. Calls came into our retail store and a newspaper from Toronto intervie...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/October/Columns/Can-You-Fix-Stupid
Just in time for the 50 th anniversary of the first moon landing, I found a website where you can listen to all the recorded communications between Mission Control and Apollo 11 in “real time.” You can also listen to all communications between the scores of other spacecraft ...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/August/Columns/I-Wish-to-Apologize-(Sort-of)
Collective nouns like a murder of crows, a gaggle of geese, a parliament of owls, a troupe of baboons (and a Klan of Trump supporters?) can also be applied to nationalities. Apparently, a flock/heard/gaggle or pod of Canadians is called an “apology” of Canadians. Who knew? T...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/June/Columns/Valar-Morghulis
I saw a newsworthy article recently about a new Washington State law permitting the composting of human remains as an alternative to traditional burial and cremation. The process, says Recompose , the company that is promoting the service, “gently converts human remains in...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/April/Columns/When-Sly-Calls
My phone is ringing. But because I don’t recognize the number, I’m not going to touch that phone. Instead, I’m hearing that jazzy Michael Franks tune from the 80s, which ironically, is the title of this article. Here’s the reason. Whether it’s my desktop phone or my ce...
/BarTalk/Articles/2019/February/Columns/Fake-News!!!
Im not a fan of that bankrupt real estate promoter, game show host, serial liar, and useful idiot to the Russians who is President of the United States. But his shambolic presidency does serve an important purpose. It reminds us of the significance of the rule of law, the dan...
/BarTalk/Articles/2018/December/Features/Growing-Liability-Concerns-in-the-Classroom
Education is an ever-changing field as research around how children acquire and retain knowledge improves. Best practice encourages outdoor play, exploration, field trips and overnight camps. The aim is developing resiliency, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, all...
/BarTalk/Articles/2018/December/Features/Copyright-in-Teaching-Materials
When a post-secondary institution approves a course of instruction, it establishes a number of course elements such as subject matter, learning outcomes, and competencies. Instructors bring courses to life, planning the sequence of lessons, readings, lectures, and assessments...