Category Archives: Musings

I was catching up on my Twitter reading this morning as I prepared some notes for my students about the evolution of human rights legislation in Canada. (Okay, I know the topic isn’t exciting, but if we do it quick … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I was putting together a PowerPoint presentation on Remembrance Day Since my dad was born during World War II in a small province in the German-occupied Netherlands, eventually liberated by Canadian troops, I decided to include his story in the … Continue reading →

I watched in fascination this Saturday as my 17 month old son climbed the stairs from the basement to the main floor. He’s blissfully unaware that our insanely steep stairs have been the undoing of more than one adult more … Continue reading →

I got to go to four different inservices late last month. Two of them were part of Manitoba Ed’s Summer Institute. A lot of sessions in all sorts of subjects were offered each day for a week. We had staggered … Continue reading →

The recent elections for the European Parliament have given the Pirate Party of Sweden the right to have one of their number join the Parliament. While the name of the party is intriguing (think what they must do on Talk … Continue reading →

This past week I was part of a pretty massive undertaking that we’ve dubbed the Red River Regional Heritage Fair. The Fair covers most of Greater Winnipeg and is a one day Social Studies-related event that brings in student projects … Continue reading →

Every year about this time I’m busy trying to put together our Regional Heritage Fair along with our great team of volunteer teachers, museum staff, business men and others. Being the guy who registers the kids and assigns them to … Continue reading →

I stumbled across this YouTube video by Brad Paisley just a few minutes ago (sorry, but it won’t allow embedding). That got me thinking. I’ve seen thousands of words written about cyber safety and, in fact, we have someone who’s … Continue reading →