Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s polytechnic institutions are developing the talent to drive the nation’s dramatic next-generation infrastructure expansion program
Month: June 2017
Treating everyone the same is bad for learning
Reading Time: 3 minutes The solution is not to opt for the lowest common denominator but instead to expand the levels of genuine school choice for students and parents
Mapping the route to more effective health care
Reading Time: 3 minutes To improve value and spur innovation, we need to change the way we pay for health care by encouraging those providers who experiment and innovate
Laws can reduce bullying and Bill C-16 is needed now
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada needs laws to protect vulnerable transgender youth, who experience bullying at much higher rates than their peers
‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’
Reading Time: 3 minutes While it might be silly to argue the Berlin Wall came down because of Ronald Reagan, he demonstrated unusual prescience about the Soviet Union’s fragility
Federal support won’t help independent schools or education
Reading Time: 3 minutes Greater federal involvement could fundamentally reshape our decentralized approach to education policy, lead to policy homogeneity and hurt student performance
When in Rome … the value of gestures of respect
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not only does following St. Ambrose’s advice eliminate cause for offence, it opens eyes to the diversity of belief and practice that informs the lives of others
The beautiful, reaffirming cycle of kindness
Reading Time: 3 minutes Being kind to others doesn’t mean we agree with them. It means we’re confident in who we are and aren’t threatened. It means we understand the big picture
Multi-millionaire LeBron James embraces victimhood
Reading Time: 3 minutes The absurdity of a man worth hundreds of millions of dollars playing the race card is truly dismaying
Ontario’s proposed labour law changes will hurt young workers the most
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian evidence consistently shows minimum wage hikes result in fewer job opportunities for inexperienced and low-skilled workers