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Author: Rodney Clifton

Rodney A. Clifton is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Manitoba, where he has been teaching since 1979. He was born in Jasper, Alberta, and he taught at Memorial University for six years before moving to Manitoba. Dr. Clifton has a B.Ed. and a M.Ed. from the University of Alberta, a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from the University of Toronto, and a Fil.Dir. in Comparative Education from the University of Stockholm. Over the last 30 years, he has published more than ninety research articles and five books and monographs. Dr. Clifton has won a number of research awards: the Spencer Fellowship from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement; the R.W.B. Jackson Research Award from the Canadian Educational Researchers' Association; and both the Edward Sheffield Award and the Distinguished Research Award from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education.

Debate needed on claim children were buried at residential schools

Residential-school

Only when the truth is known can an honourable reconciliation be forged

Published March 24, 2023
Categorised as Today, Eye on Canada, Viewpoint, Life, Politics Tagged Aboriginal Canadians, Aboriginal education, Residential Schools, Aboriginal reconciliation, Coercive progressivism

The case for creating informal neighbourhood schools

In the midst of a pandemic, home-schooling is an important option. And tutor-led neighbourhood schools can help fill the curriculum gaps

Published December 6, 2020
Categorised as Politics, Today, Education, Viewpoint Tagged Education reform, School choice, Online education, Covid-19, Homeschooling

We need to restart our lives with care and planning

Senior citizen

It’s time for government officials to focus on helping old and vulnerable people re-integrate into mainstream society

Published June 17, 2020
Categorised as Today, Health, Viewpoint, Life Tagged Senior care, Psychology, Pandemic

Can parent-teachers adequately educate their children?

home schooling education

Greater accountability in teaching and learning could be a very positive outcome from this enforced homeschooling

Published June 10, 2020
Categorised as Viewpoint, Life, Today, Education Tagged Education reform, Parenting, Pandemic, Covid-19, Homeschooling

Canada has weathered epidemics before and will again

From the Spanish flu to TB to whooping cough to polio, we have hunkered down. Our protective instincts made sense then and do now

Published April 16, 2020
Categorised as Viewpoint, Today, Health Tagged Canadian economy, History, Pandemic, Covid-19

When reconciliation defies the common good

signal stop

In a democracy, politicians need to balance various interests. Indigenous needs can’t always come first

Published March 26, 2020
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics, Today Tagged Canadian history, Aboriginal Canadians, Aboriginal Politics, University of Manitoba

The struggle for free speech on Canadian campuses

university class speech

The value of free inquiry is the very reason for universities, and it’s the foundation of free and democratic societies

Published December 4, 2019
Categorised as Politics, Today, Education, Viewpoint Tagged Free speech, Racism, Colleges/Universities, Sexism

There’s never enough for Manitoba’s expensive public schools

It’s time the provincial government took over taxation decisions, merged school divisions and put a lid on spending

Published October 23, 2018
Categorised as Manitoba, Today, Education Tagged Manitoba education

Universities must prepare for legalization of pot

Students need real information that avoids both scare tactics and blanket reassurances based on unrepresentative anecdotes

Published September 11, 2018
Categorised as Today, Health, Viewpoint Tagged Colleges/Universities, Drugs, Addiction

Let’s get past the need for apologies about the past

If apologies must flow if reconciliation is to be achieved in Canada, native groups should also issue regrets for their bygone evils

Published June 19, 2018
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics Tagged Canadian history, Politically correct, Civil society

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