Greg Thompson in his post, “The Landscape of Educational Culture” has it right. We must re-imagine our schools and end the madness of high stakes testing as well as “standards-based” educational reform. He writes: We can’t have both. We can’t create a thriving, innovative, creative, vibrant learning environment and pair it with common standards supported by [...]...
The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) held a reception to persuade MPs to create a federal Aquaculture Act. Gail Shea (left), Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, with the executive director of CAIA, Ruth Salmon. Yes, her last name really is Salmon. Conservative commentator and Summa Strategies VP Tim Powers and Liberal MP Judy Foote. Greg Thompson, minister [...]
Image via Wikipedia Today is Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day 2 Learn about how the first Remembrance Day in Canada came to be and who initiated this holiday. Veterans Affairs Canada This site is the Canadian Veterans Affairs web site. You will find Books of Remembrance here, songs that were popular during war time, information on WWI and WWII [...]
Canada owes its war veterans a great deal. It’s hard to put a price on freedom. Looking for a connection between money and Remembrance Day, I wondered how we support our injured war heroes. It’s nice to stick ribbons on cars, but wounded soldiers need cold hard cash to put food on the table. According to this Veterans Affairs Disability Pension Program document , a soldier wounded during...
We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Excerpt from In Flanders Fields by Lt.-Col. John McCrae (1872 - 1918) When I was a kid, we used to watch elderly veterans in the Remembrance Day parade and think that one day the there would be no war veterans left to march, and then eventually no one left at all who remembered...
In the Ottawa Citizen's business section for some very strange reason; should have been on the front page (much more on Remembrance Day at the post immediately below): Veterans invade cyberspace The government-sponsored YouTube channel aims to bring the Remembrance Day message to the Internet generation, writes Vito Pilieci. Canada's war veterans are storming onto YouTube in a government bid to highlight...
Veterans Affairs Canada is tapping new media channels such as YouTube and Facebook to help Canadians share their stories on Remembrance Day. Meanwhile, the Canadian War Museum won't be able to host its usual toolkit because of an ongoing strike.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) This Veterans' Week, November 5 to 11, Canadians across the country will join together to show how they remember and honour our Veterans. As this important week starts Thursday, the Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, is encouraging all Canadians to think about how they will remember this Veterans' Week.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today premiered a tribute vignette for Veterans' Week 2009 at the National Arts Centre. To coincide with the national premiere, Members of Parliament hosted events in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Victoriaville, Quebec to showcase the 2009 Veterans' Week Vignette.
While in town last weekend to host their Found Footage Festival , program curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher , managed to track down the genius behind one of our city's hidden video treasures: "At Home With English," a public access show that was hosted by Austinite Greg Thompson . Thompson developed, produced, and starred in the eight-part ESL video series, which was first broadcast...
Written with Greg Thompson Sunday October 18, San Antonio Winery held their last wine festival of the season. The winery's Taste Of Italy paired regional Italian Foods with the wines of Italy. Italians are starting to incorporate recently learned California wine making styles. But it’s important to note that their wines are still generally dry, high in acid and need to be paired with food to...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, will lead a delegation of Veterans, youth and parliamentarians to Italy from November 27 to December 5, 2009, for a series of events to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Italian Campaign.
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