Wednesday-Night

We applaud the ideas in this column and hope that our own Wednesday Night School Commissioner and her colleagues will read and think about the recommended approach for all kids - can we call it “benign streaming”? Westmount High, thanks to a dedicated principal, teachers and parents, looks to us like […]

7 November 2007
It’s a very mixed and quite bleak bag this week, with the crisis in Pakistan dominating the international news, along with seemingly concurrent violence in Afghanistan (See also) In Pakistan the opposition centers around Judge Iftikhar Chaudhry, who after refusing to ratify General Musharraf’s order suspending the country’s constitution, warned the […]

5 November 2007
After a hard-fought campaign in Westmount, the incumbent English Montreal School Board (EMSB) commissioner [and Wednesday Nighter] Ginette Sauvé-Frankel was given a clear mandate by local voters for another four years at the post.
Though marred by low voter turnout across the province, Sunday’s school board elections saw a slightly […]

The FP story was forwarded by one of the last climate change deniers at Wednesday Night. We won’t dignify his comments by passing them on.
However, we have replied with the 9 October NYT piece on A Climate Meeting With Nobel Laureates datelined POTSDAM, Germany, Oct. 9 — “Sixty-two years after the […]

3 October 2007
We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Director of the Technology and Innovation unit of the Canada Conference Board. Last week’s introduction to the work of the NRC through the eyes of new Council member, Margaret Lefebvre OWN, was not only enlightening, but […]

From: Bahar Akman [mailto:bahar.akman@sauvescholars.org]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:38 PM
To: ‘Bahar Akman’
Subject: Sauve Scholars Foundation - Frederick H. Lowy
We are delighted to announce that Frederick H. Lowy has agreed to become the
Executive Director of the Sauvé Scholars Foundation for the year of
2007-2008.
Fred has been associated with the Sauvé Scholar Foundation for a few years
and his […]

28 September 2007
Why did president leave, Concordia faculty asks
Open letter denounces board’s silence. Sept. 18 decision remains shrouded in secrecy
JAN RAVENSBERGEN, The Gazette
A curtain of official silence around the abrupt departure of Claude Lajeunesse as Concordia University president “is unacceptable,” says an open letter issued yesterday by the university’s 950-member faculty union.
Neither the board of […]

A thoughtful reaction from Blake Sutherland on the Conference Board of Canada Report: How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada.
Among the top 17 industrialized countries, Canada was ranked number 3 by the Conference Board in terms of delivering “a high-quality education to people between the ages of 5 and 25.” Only […]

The Invitation
WHEW! We escaped the threat of a July election in Québec by a hair (actually two votes), but now PLQ will have to decide the fate of Jean Charest. Virtually everything to be said about the unfortunate budget has been said by commentators, so we will drop the topic — for now.
One of our […]

Catherine Gillbert, Educator
In recognition of the delight you take in questioning generic assumptions, your inflexible defense of the environment and All Species Great and Small, your unwavering commitment to the quest for knowledge, thus upholding the finest traditions of Wednesday Night, and your unexcelled seasonal culinary talents
By these presents we do appoint you Honoured Companion […]