There are fundamental questions which have never been answered by those who condemn the residential school system. Were we to leave people by virtue of no common language, illiterate, innumerate and unable to deal with the larger society?
Year: 2010
The Need to Expand Personal Mobility
“Reinventing the Automobile conveys a strong message that improved personal mobility is necessary and desirable.”
Direct Instruction Is Good Teaching: Part 6 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre
Teachers who use direct instruction assume that students are not experts and if their misinterpretations are not corrected, then the students will have an inadequate understanding of the subject matter.
Keynes Is Still Dead: Stimulus efforts have been a failure
Keynes died in 1946; his ideas are long overdue for a burial as well.
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Free Trade among the Prairie Provinces: A Boost for Their Economies
Trade barriers among provinces in Canada are a problem. Canada has signed trade agreements with foreign countries like the U.S. and regions like the European Union. Yet, trade barriers still exist in Canada even though countries like Germany or Belgium don’t have...
“Capitol” Punishment: A Betrayal
The attack on the Capitol in Washington and its aftermath have taken a toll, but unfortunately, the incident will remain remote and extraordinary for most. It has been politicized, sensationalized and reconstructed, but its tragic impact on those on the front lines is...
Regional Subsidies Damage Ordinary Ontarians: David Mackinnon addresses Belleville Rotary Club
“I want to tackle a taboo subject today: how one of Canada’s most sacred cows—regional subsidies—is, in fact, chewing up the country’s economic foundations, national unity and future prospects.”
Canada v. Europe on Health Care: Europe Wins: Canada suffers from low healthcare system performance, despite high levels of spending
With a combination of high spending and mediocre performance, Canadians get less “bang for the buck” in healthcare than citizens of most European countries. FC054
Global Warming: The Collapse Of A Grand Narrative
“As an independent academic, it has been fascinating to witness the classical collapse of a Grand Narrative, in which social and philosophical theories are being played out before our gaze. It is like watching the Berlin Wall being torn down, concrete slab by concrete slab, brick by brick, with cracks appearing and widening daily on every face – political, economic, and scientific.”
Too Much Media is the Message: Students should spend less time with technology and more with adults
Except for sleeping, young people now spend more time watching, texting and “surfing” than anything else—hardly healthy for their education according to a new study.
Schools Need to be Graded
Winnipeg Free Press comments on Manitoba’s lack of disclosure in the education system.
Province Refuses to Rank Schools
“Manitoba operates in the dark ages compared to other western provinces in its lack of information on how students perform academically at individual high schools.” Coverage in the Winnipeg Free Press.
Don Sandberg on Rigged Aboriginal Elections
Listen to Don Sandberg on rigged aboriginal elections here. (2 minutes)
Media Release – Grading Western Canada’s Schools: The Good, The Okay and Manitoba’s Information Omission: AIMS and the Frontier Centre release an Interim High School Report Card for Western Canada
AIMS and the Frontier Centre release an Interim High School Report Card for Western Canada.
Behind The Classroom Door: A Guide To The High School Report Card
AIMS and the Frontier Centre release an Interim High School Report Card for Western Canada.