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Tuesday, September 15, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Inconvenient Truths: COVID, Carbon, and Climate

Good morning! Ironically, just as astronomers in Cardiff report the possibility of life on Venus (phosphine anyway), everyone in western North America feels like they woke up on Mars. Millions... Read more

Good morning! Ironically, just as astronomers in Cardiff report the possibility of life on Venus (phosphine anyway), everyone in western North... Read more

Monday, September 14, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Fake News, Fake Emergencies, Fictional Numbers, and the Flu

Good morning! Today, I’ll try to succinctly summarize the current state of the pandemic and the reactionary protests, address the claim that COVID19 is a fake crisis, and revisit that... Read more

Good morning! Today, I’ll try to succinctly summarize the current state of the pandemic and the reactionary protests, address the claim that... Read more

Friday, September 11, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Bold Thinking, Transformative Ideas, and the Unthinkable

Good morning, and TGIF! We join our southern neighbours in sober remembrance of 9/11 today – while also recognizing that COVID19 has already killed 64 times as many Americans. A... Read more

Good morning, and TGIF! We join our southern neighbours in sober remembrance of 9/11 today – while also recognizing that COVID19 has already killed... Read more

Thursday, September 10, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Post-COVID Scenario Planning

Good morning! The good news is, you’re already in the home stretch of this short week. Personally, I’m excited to be speaking (virtually) with the Senate and Board of Wilfrid... Read more

Good morning! The good news is, you’re already in the home stretch of this short week. Personally, I’m excited to be speaking (virtually) with... Read more

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Students at Risk, Fall(ing) Enrolment, and Rethinking Assumptions

Good morning! Congratulations on surviving Day 1 (or Tuesday, anyway)! It’s still early in the term, but today I want to share 5 preliminary hypotheses based on 50 enrolment announcements... Read more

Good morning! Congratulations on surviving Day 1 (or Tuesday, anyway)! It’s still early in the term, but today I want to share 5 preliminary... Read more

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Our Abrupt Transition to Fall, and 7 Hard Truths

Good morning, and welcome back to a new academic year! Environment Canada warned that much of the country would experience an “abrupt transition to fall” this weekend, but personally I... Read more

Good morning, and welcome back to a new academic year! Environment Canada warned that much of the country would experience an “abrupt transition... Read more

Friday, September 4, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Smart Tech, Dumb Politics, and Fun Videos

Good morning, and TGIF! As we head into the Labour Day weekend, it’s starting to truly feel like back-to-school season has begun. But certainly nothing feels normal about it… The... Read more

Good morning, and TGIF! As we head into the Labour Day weekend, it’s starting to truly feel like back-to-school season has begun. But certainly... Read more

Thursday, September 3, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

“Flush” with New Tech for Campus Safety

Good morning! As Canada surpasses 130,000 cases of COVID19, Quebec finally accounts for less than half of them (48%) thanks to what may be a second wave in the west.... Read more

Good morning! As Canada surpasses 130,000 cases of COVID19, Quebec finally accounts for less than half of them (48%) thanks to what may be a second... Read more

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Billions Lost + Thousands Cut = The Winter of Our Discontent

Good morning! Even on campuses where classes have been largely moved online, some students are being welcomed back into residence. In some cases, it accommodates international students, or rural/remote students... Read more

Good morning! Even on campuses where classes have been largely moved online, some students are being welcomed back into residence. In some cases,... Read more

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Category: Eduvation Insider

Extending Extended Reality… Right into your Skull?

Good morning! Across Canada, most of the action this week takes place in K-12 classrooms as millions of students start returning to school. After just a few days, 24 Montreal... Read more

Good morning! Across Canada, most of the action this week takes place in K-12 classrooms as millions of students start returning to school. After... Read more

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