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The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking
(Truthdig) The structural change that leads to the small school needs to be accompanied by a robust philosophy of education, a set of beliefs about ability, learning, knowledge and the purpose of education. As well, you’ll need a decent teaching force with opportunity built in for ongoing development. And what […]

Remove niqab to get medicare card
Not an infringement of freedom of religion, commission rules
Burqa et niqab: la RAMQ n’a pas d’accommodement à accorder
(La Presse) La Régie de l’assurance-maladie n’a pas à accommoder une femme qui porte le voile intégral - niqab ou burqa - et qui demande à ce que son identité soit nécessairement confirmée […]

Kilgour and Matas Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
David Kilgour and David Matas, two Canadian human rights crusaders, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their work related to the investigation of organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Infinithéâtre takes home the MECCA for best production
For the 2008-2009 Production of Blessed Are […]

More on aviation and airlines and Wednesday-night.com ; Financial Times December 2008 ; IATA International Air Transport Association
Airlines must say ‘Persian Gulf’ or face Iranian airspace ban
(Guardian) Ban is latest development in dispute between Iran and other Arab states over a waterway in the Middle East
17 February
Branson holds court at McGill
Rebel billionaire decries airline alliance
(Gazette) […]

BBC  
Economist country briefing
India: Timeline Unfortunately this is classic British history - it only starts with the establishment of The Raj
India on Wednesday-Night.com 
India on NYT
Clash of the Tigers
(Foreign Affairs) A hostile diplomatic battle has erupted in recent months between China and India. Do tensions over visas and the two countries’ shared border pose […]

Forced Migration Online
In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement
This report explores how environmental shocks and stresses, especially those related to climate change, can push people to leave their homes in search of ‘greener pastures’… or just to survive. This report offers: empirical evidence from a first-time, multi-continent […]

NYT  Financial crisis one year later ;  Joseph Cassano, former head of A.I.G.’s Financial Products unit: The Man Who Crashed the World ; Reuters special coverage Wall Street pay
US Economy Likely to Determine Obama’s 2010 Agenda
President Obama spent much of 2009 trying to heal a sick economy and promoting his administration’s economic recovery […]

December 2009
Gifts, Glitz and Guilt
As requests for help arrive daily - if not hourly - from all kinds of meritorious groups, we have christened this the season of the three Gs - Gifts, Glitz, and Guilt. How often do we give or receive gifts that are glitzy, amusing, but have little meaning and less […]

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Professor Paul Shrivastava, Director and Distinguished Professor of the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business was introduced by his colleague at Concordia, Felix von Geyer, who, in outlining Paul’s many interests and activities mentioned that he had recently turned down an invitation to […]