Late last week the media started to leak the news that the Ontario government is considering the repeal of all day kindergarten. Today, multiple outlets confirmed that Don Drummond’s report to Dalton McGuinty will suggest a number of service cuts – including the elimination of this new educational plan. Ouch! This is a pretty significant […]
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All day child care in Ontario
February 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on All day child care in Ontario · Uncategorized
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Recruiting for a study
February 7th, 2012 · Comments Off on Recruiting for a study · Uncategorized
My research partner, Basak Yanar, and I are recruiting participants for a new study. We are investigating the effectiveness of a few workshops that train people in job search skills. All sessions focus on how to use social media to differentiate yourself during your search. We have put together a program that we believe teaches […]
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The value of unpaid internships
February 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on The value of unpaid internships · Uncategorized
The New York Times published a set of opinions on unpaid internships – do they exploit young people or provide them with valuable experience? The opinions presented are fairly brief and, therefore, do not really get into a substantive debate of the issues on this topic but they do hit on some interesting points. This […]
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A new purpose
February 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on A new purpose · Uncategorized
Up until this point, this Blog has been largely for students in my Master’s course at York University. I am not teaching Learning and Development this semester. In fact, I am about to take a long hiatus from teaching. On July 1, I will be starting a sabbatical. If I continued to relate the Blog […]
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Lists, lists, lists: Top 10 of 2011
December 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Lists, lists, lists: Top 10 of 2011 · Uncategorized
It is that time of year again when the media is creating the lists of the top 10, 20, or 100 in whatever discipline is important to them. I woke up this morning to a tweet from Jian Ghomeshi inducting Amos Lee and his album Mission Bell into the Top 20 Albums of 2011 – […]
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6 degrees of separation in the Facebook age
November 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on 6 degrees of separation in the Facebook age · Uncategorized
Perhaps you are familiar with the phrase six degrees of separation but do you know where it comes from? Scientists, initially mathematicians and later psychologists, have been interested in how ‘connected’ we are in this world since the early 20th century. Some math dudes (and they were all dudes) tried to figure out how many […]
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Getting rid of HR?
November 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Getting rid of HR? · Uncategorized
This article from Canadian Business was sent to me by a student in the MHRM program. It certainly catches one’s attention – especially for those working or teaching in the field of HR. On the surface, it appears as though Bruce Poon is arguing that there is no place for HR in progressive organizations. The […]
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Steve Jobs – a tweaker?
November 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Steve Jobs – a tweaker? · Uncategorized
There is a very interesting article about Steve Jobs in the New Yorker magazine written by one of the most gifted non-fiction writers around today, Malcolm Gladwell. The piece asks us to rethink the contributions that Steve Jobs made to the world. Since his death, Steve Jobs has been called a large scale visionary. Gladwell […]
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Kahneman is a rock star
November 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Kahneman is a rock star · Uncategorized
Yes, that is right. I said it. Daniel Kahneman is a rock star. I recognize that the man in the photo above bears no resemblance to Mick Jagger or Axl Rose but I have to admit that if I saw him out in public I would elbow my girlfriend in the gut and giggle as […]
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Can you make yourself smarter
November 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Can you make yourself smarter · Uncategorized
Last Saturday Anne McIlroy wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail entitled ‘A workout program for your brian.’ The basic premise of the piece is that we can exercise the brain and through that exercise the brain becomes ‘smarter’! This is interesting because it flies in the face of our accepted assumptions about intelligence […]
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