Fruits of the tech revolution: the good, the bad, and the absurd

 The advances of the past few decades in the technology of communications and computing are wonderous and striking. Many formerly onerous tasks are much facilitated, and lots of novel capabilities have appeared and are being widely enjoyed. Canadians especially take huge delight in this revolution, because we have an ancestral

Education, Information and Democracy

 Fretting about the health of democracy has recently moved from being an esoteric activity of academics to a widespread preoccupation across much of the developed world. We treasure the ideal of democracy for good reason. While there are many forms of democracy, some more direct than others, some more secular

7 most commonly outsourced jobs

 If you are a small business owner, you may be thinking about outsourcing some parts of your business. This is a common way to do business, in fact, an estimated 300,000 jobs are outsourced every year. There are many benefits of outsourcing, including being able to take advantage of expertise

Digital tools prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s challenges

 How do you engage the short attention spans of today’s student, shaped by a technological revolution, wanting to be more self-directed using visual, auditory and technology to understand the world around them? Harder yet, how do you adapt a curriculum to their individual needs ensuring they are built for success

Reg Alcock navigates by an ethical compass

 By Jennifer O'Meara Treasury Board president Reg Alcock has been rocking the boat this past year, but then he always was a bit a monkey. It was a long time ago, when someone gave him a simian as a pet. Alcock needed to establish dominance, so he bit the monkey.