National Citizens Inquiry
Education
Micromanaging School Boards is the Wrong Approach
Remember Bill 64? Introduced in 2021 by the former Progressive Conservative government, Bill 64 proposed to abolish locally elected school boards. The NDP led the charge against this bill. Current education minister Nello Altomare, then serving as his party’s...
Groupthink on School Boards is Not Inclusive
The recent by-election in the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) attracted a lot of media attention, much more than usual. That’s because this was the seat vacated last November by former Ward 1 trustee Francine Champagne. To say that her short tenure was controversial...
Evil Prevails When Good People Do Nothing: Why a Pro-Life Group Is Petitioning for Representative Democracy
Earlier this year a Canadian pro-life organization launched an online petition calling for the resignation of eight school trustees in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Campaign Life Coalition contends that trustees of the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) “undid the results of a...
Featured News
Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
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
Education Failure Has Many Fathers
This Saskatchewan teacher’s strike is about something no one wants to say openly
School Trustee Suspensions Happening Far Too Often
It was just a few short years ago that the Pallister government introduced Bill 64. Among other things, Bill 64 would have abolished school boards and replaced elected trustees with provincial appointees. The reaction was fast and furious. The Manitoba School Board...
The Far Left and Far Right Converge in Hating Jews and Israel
They might not agree on much else, but the political far left and the far right strive to perfect and project their hate of Jews and Israel. They converge in this hatred, as in many other aspects of politics. Conventionally, following the spatial distribution of the...
A Cultural History of Education Part 5
Part 5 of 6 : The Pedagogy of Revolution
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.