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40 minutes max!
Earlier in the year I spoke at on conference that focused on best practices in polytechnics and technical colleges. My talk was on the positive role of humour in learning retention. The school has a...
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A Christmas tradition since 1977
Just trying out a sketchbook I got for Christmas. I love that time of the season when the wrapping paper rolls are empty and magically turn into light sabres!
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You can’t silence pens (that’s not how they work)
Let’s be honest, Charlie Hebdo was in the business of pushing buttons – and selling magazines while it did so. Certainly I have been personally offended by some the cartoons they put out – and not just...
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Conference Planning…Conference Bound
I have spent the last few months in a new position – I am part of the faculty development team at my school and a champion for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL). It has given me an...
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Of Playoffs and Procrastination
I am grinding away at another chapter of my dissertation while trying to follow my hometown team (Calgary Flames) in the NHL playoffs against their arch rivals (Vancouver Canucks). I feel like I’m...
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#HapaProblems
There is nowhere that the battle of my European and Asian ethnicity is more pitched in my genetic coding than around facial hair. The Scandinavian ancestry cries out to grow a Viking beard, the...
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Hospital Visit
My youngest son had a tonsillectomy. It happened to be on my oldest daughter’s birthday.
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Big or Tall
Went looking to update my wardrobe last week and realized that clothes are designed for “tall and skinny” or “short and fat.” For those of us that are “tall and fat” fashion is a bit of a challenge.
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Suspension of Thermal Retention
I am always amazed that my coffee goes from ‘too hot to drink’ to ‘too cold to drink’ in the course of walking across campus. I am not sure if its the altitude, the unique baffling of the wind between...
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The Colossus of Southland Pool
Tomorrow is my youngest son’s birthday – one of the greatest parts is that I no longer have to stand next to him at the city pools (one of the perks of being 7). I will not miss my days of standing...
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