/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...
/BarTalk/Articles/2018/December/Columns/Being-Tony
There it is again. The “C” word. In the process of booking a cruise for December, the glossy brochure arrived at our house last week with baggage tags, destination information and a warm personal letter to “Craig Wilson.” This of course, was a function of the form I completed...
/BarTalk/Articles/2018/December/Features/Show-Your-Work
"Show your work” is the classic admonition of instructors across the world, scrawled across math tests and law exams since time immemorial. In administrative law, “show your work” also applies where an educational institution must balance competing interests – such as when a...