Goodbye Faculty of Nursing. Hello School of Nursing? CBC Manitoba is reporting my home university, the University of Manitoba, is looking to cut the number of faculties [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/01/19/mb-university-manaitoba-faculty-changes.html] from 20 to 13. Faculties will be merged to achieve…
Just when it seems Hamilton City Hall was clear of controversy having quickly settled the City Solicitor’s dust-up with provincial Ombudsman Andre Marin, sources are stating the city has drawn the attention of another transparency watchdog – the Provincial Information and Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian. Sources (who are not…
One lesson I’ve learned covering labour negotiations and strikes is nothing is predictable. All individuals involved, on both sides, have their own motivations and desires that guide how they act. Some are rational, others are not. Some rational goals lead to irrational decisions, and many seemingly rational strategic decisions…
The Chicago Tribune is hiring a developer to join their amazing team of developers. In a post [http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2012/01/12/were-hiring-wordpress-html5-developer-extraordinaire/] to their News App Blog advertising the position, they list the “gear you’ll get” and include: “… a desk somewhere in the Tribune newsroom,…
The Chicago Tribune is hiring a developer to join their amazing team of developers. In a post [http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2012/01/12/were-hiring-wordpress-html5-developer-extraordinaire/] to their News App Blog advertising the position, they list the “gear you’ll get” and include: “… a desk somewhere in the Tribune newsroom,…
As my Twitter followers will have noticed, I’ve taken a very public stance in favour of free speech and innovation on the Internet by adding the “STOP SOPA” banner to my Twitter picture. SOPA threatens this blog. I use a US-based webhost – but I could, of course, move my…
On Wednesday, I wrote about Hamilton City Council’s decision on the recommendations of the City Solicitor Peter Barkwell in report LS-12001 (Ontario Ombudsman): > As Council voted in-camera Monday on Mr. Barkwell’s findings, I’m unsure if Council adopted two other recommendations in the package – one to forward a…
On Wednesday, I wrote about Hamilton City Council’s decision on the recommendations of the City Solicitor Peter Barkwell in report LS-12001 (Ontario Ombudsman): > As Council voted in-camera Monday on Mr. Barkwell’s findings, I’m unsure if Council adopted two other recommendations in the package – one to forward a…