Words Like Loaded Pistols, Rhetoric From Aristotle to Obama, by Sam Leith, might be one of the best books at highlighting the power of being able to communicate thoughts and feelings, experiences and ideas, and whatever else might cross one’s mind.  And if there was one sentence that championed Leith’s thesis, it was, “Most great… Read more »

Imagine having a migraine that was so bad that it suddenly began to resemble the signs and symptoms of a stroke and you began to experience limited paralysis on one side of the body.  It is a scary thought, but it is reality for some people who struggle with really bad migraines.  This condition is… Read more »

Is India’s Human Trafficking Problem Becoming Canada’s Problem? Remember when Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser held an emergency press conference and stated how some of the individuals caught up in the “bogus admissions scandal” had secured admission into Canada through our student visa program, but had no intention of studying and were actually involved in… Read more »

Surrounded by Idiots is a book written by Thomas Erikson, originally published in Sweden and titled, “Surrounded by Idiots: How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood.” It is unlikely to be everyone’s cup of tea, but it should lead everyone to ask themselves some fundamental questions around the thought of being surrounded by idiots,… Read more »

Human trafficking is considered to be the third most profitable crime, after drug trafficking and weapons trafficking.  While human trafficking is a global problem, its worst form might be witnessed in India.  It is estimated up to 18 million people in India are living in slavery. This is over a third of the total global… Read more »

Imagine if a game of finger pointing could determine whether you were going to live or die.  Imagine how your view of a chimney might change if you found out that a cloud of grey smoke was the last remnants of your family and friends and other people who were members of your faith group. … Read more »

I recently participated in an “Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging” (EDIB) webinar that featured two panelists recognized as experts in human resources, who are also academics at one of the most recognized post-secondary institutions in the world, that promoted the idea of EDIB in the workplace at a time when the noise around anti-EDIB seemed… Read more »

Imagine being able to travel back in time and being able to interview people across different eras like the Wild West era, the era of slavery, and other points in time.  Well, that is the power of Youtube, because these types of recordings already exist and they feature discussions with people that lived during these… Read more »

Everyone has their own personal idea on what the starting point towards creating lasting change looks like.  For some, it might be by way of attending protests, for others by  amplifying messages of social media.  Ultimately. however, creating public value comes down to understanding both the problem and the opportunities at hand, and then being… Read more »

Perhaps there is no better opportunity for Canada’s full-time college and university students to acquire transferable and meaningful work experience than through the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP).  The FSWEP is Canada’s largest student employment program, and it gives students of all levels and fields of study the opportunity to acquire experience in the… Read more »