Part 1 of 6 : The Role of a ‘Christian Paideia’ in Western Education
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Welcome William Brooks, latest Frontier Senior Fellow
The fellows and Board of Directors at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy are pleased to welcome William Brooks as a Senior Fellow. Bill will be joining a group of other fellows who are writing and speaking about innovative policies for improving the functioning of...
William Brooks: To Defend Academic Freedom, a Canadian Professor Calls for ‘Dangerous Universities’
Mark Mercer is a professor of philosophy at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, who has served as president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship since 2015. SAFS is a Canadian organization whose members are devoted to “academic rigour, scholarly...
The Post-National Cult of Diversity Promotes Authoritarian Intolerance
“There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada. ... Those qualities are what make us the first post-national state.” — Justin Trudeau, 2015. Throughout history, populations with sufficient historical, geographic, linguistic, economic, religious, and cultural...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
The Dark Sequel to a History of Indoctrination
Last year, I wrote a feature titled “From Western Traditions to Political Indoctrination: A Cultural History of Education.” The six-part series covered developments in North American education from faith-based 17th-century schoolhouses to the woke indoctrination mills...
From a US President to a Local School Trustee: No One is Safe in an Era of Kafkaesque Absurdity
A hundred years after Kafka’s “The Trial” was first published, the West has descended into an era in which absurd allegations are the new normal.
A Cultural History of Education Part 6
Part 6 of 6 : Something Needs to be Done
Slouching Toward an Abyss: Troubling Questions in a Critical Year for America and the West
As it was in the 1970s, ordinary people are slouching toward an abyss they may never be able to climb out of.
A Cultural History of Education Part 5
Part 5 of 6 : The Pedagogy of Revolution
Happy Birthday Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
On January 11 a few Canadians on awakening will remember that it is Sir John A. Macdonald Day, as decreed by Parliament in an act of March 21, 2002. On that long-ago date Sir John was considered a Canadian hero, worthy of celebration and commemoration but now, of...
A Cultural History of Education Part 4
Part 4 of 6 : The Ideological Influence of John Dewey
A Cultural History of Education Part 3
Part 3 of 6 : The Progressive State as Schoolmaster.
A Cultural History of Education Part 2
Part 2 of 6 : A Deist Schism in the Age of Reason.