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Geoff Johnson: Massive online courses are a new frontier

Geoff Johnson: Massive online courses are a new frontier

Mooks and MOOCs are not to be confused. A 鈥渕ook鈥 is a disagreeable or incompetent person (and that鈥檚 a kinder definition than some) while a MOOC is anything but disagreeable.
Comment: Restore the social contract with our veterans

Comment: Restore the social contract with our veterans

What, through our federal government, do 91原创s owe our veterans? What is our debt to injured soldiers, our obligation to weary warriors ravaged by trauma, and our responsibility to the widows and widowers of veterans? These questions are fundamen
L. Ian Macdonald: Harper and Obama need to have a talk

L. Ian Macdonald: Harper and Obama need to have a talk

He did it again. Barack Obama did it again, going out of his way to downplay the jobs benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline in a speech in which he said the project is 鈥渘ot a jobs plan鈥 and would create only 50 permanent jobs.
Kate Heartfield: Pardon Turing, but don鈥檛 stop there

Kate Heartfield: Pardon Turing, but don鈥檛 stop there

The British government is supporting a backbench bill to pardon Alan Turing, one of Britain鈥檚 war heroes and one of the fathers of computer science.
Comment: The challenge of keeping kids safe on the web

Comment: The challenge of keeping kids safe on the web

When British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled strong new web policies last month targeting sexual content, the Internet erupted in a panic at the spectre of censorship.
My Eid-ul-Fitr Day

My Eid-ul-Fitr Day

A look at Eid-ul-Fitr Day in my family鈥 showcase of this joyous Muslim celebration intertwined with our 91原创 and Guyanese backgrounds.
Graham Thomson: East Coast pipeline typically 91原创

Graham Thomson: East Coast pipeline typically 91原创

Alberta Premier Alison Redford is engaging in more than a little political rhetoric when she says the proposed Energy East pipeline project to transport Alberta oil to Eastern Canada 鈥渋s truly a nation-building project.
Mark Milke: Wine should flow freely between provinces

Mark Milke: Wine should flow freely between provinces

As vacationers travel around Canada this summer, here is a question to ponder for those who sip fine 91原创 wine: why do so many provincial politicians oppose free trade in wine among the provinces? Before last year, it was illegal for 91原创 win
Comment: There is no 鈥榮acred duty鈥 to Canada鈥檚 veterans

Comment: There is no 鈥榮acred duty鈥 to Canada鈥檚 veterans

鈥楽eriously wounded soldiers should enjoy no special status or privilege with regard to medical care,鈥 writes Michael Gross of Israel鈥檚 Haifa University, who is probably the world鈥檚 leading authority on military medical ethics.
Geoff Johnson: Jury is out on summer learning loss

Geoff Johnson: Jury is out on summer learning loss

Whether kids experience serious decay in learning during the summer break will, according to research on the topic, vary according to how the kids spent their time, who did the research and how teachers approach their new classes in September.