CACOR member Dr. John Maskell considers the Canadian Election. It’s 4am in the morning. I’ve just wakened from a very vivid dream. In this dream I was visiting a family in another city from where I live. There were two teenagers in their senior year of high school, and there was a “welcome” evening going […]
The terms of doing business — overseas
Dr. John Hollins, past chair of CACOR considers “The terms of doing business — overseas” This is a commentary on the place of Canadian business in the big wide world, not only in the “developing” world, but also in some “developed” countries. The SNC-Lavalin brouhaha has much broader dimensions than being the blame game du […]
Cold Hatred – What is the American right thinking?
Dr. Nicole Morgan, CACOR member, writes on Cold Hatred. On the eve of the 2012 US election, while I was still professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, I published in Paris : Haine Froide (Cold Hatred, What is the American right thinking?) (1) The timing was pure coincidence. This book was not aimed […]
Energy and emissions: New approach, new tools needed
Dr. John Hollins, past Chair and Robert Hoffman, past Chair, analyse energy systems. This briefing note has been adapted by John Hollins from a paper by Robert Hoffman on the assessment of computational tools for analysis of energy systems My maternal grandfather was a cabinetmaker. He insisted on using the right tool for the job. […]
Letter to a federal politician
By Past CACOR Chair, John Hollins 2019 January 4 Dear Fred, During the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Katowice in December, a team of 80 scientists led by Corinne Le Quere, Director of the Tyndall Centre of Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, UK anticipated that global emissions of carbon […]