A complex dance of History, Values, and Visions of the Future Jody Wilson-Raybould emerged from her long afternoon of questioning before the House of Commons Justice Committee on February 27, 2019 as the saviour of the rule of law in Canada. Her riveting testimony revealed that she had endured four months of relentless pressure by […]
Why there’s so little left of the Early Internet
A key signal of the reality of the ephemeral world we live in and depend on. In 2005, student Alex Tew had a million-dollar brainwave. The 20-year-old was playing around with ideas to pay for a looming three-year business degree; Tew was already worrying that the overdraft he had would mushroom. So he scribbled on […]
We all remember where we were
By Nicole Morgan, CACOR member. We all remember where we were, on September 11, 2001 when the news reached us. I was in the Kingston OHIP office filling up the necessary papers for my move to a new career at the Royal Military College of Canada. The line up was long and I glanced at […]
What is human capital?
Human capital theory was invented as an ideological weapon in the Cold War. Now it is helping to Uberise the world of work With the elections of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, human capital theory found hospitable political environments in the Anglo world. What followed in the UK, the US and other countries could best […]