Monthly Archives: September 2020

Communicators identifying threats

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Robert Basil

These are the “ideal changes” we should be looking for in American political journalism going forward, according to No Contest favourite Jay Rosen: * Defense of democracy seen as basic to the job * Symmetrical accounts of asymmetrical realities seen … Continue reading →

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Scholar Strike Canada

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Robert Basil

Here’s the schedule of events to be broadcast live and then video-archived. And here are some very illuminating resources. My university’s president and my dean both support the scholar strike, as do my teaching colleagues, of course. Scholar Strike originated … Continue reading →

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Another form of school caution during the pandemic

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Robert Basil

This semester almost all of my university’s classes are online. Because of that, students can participate in Kwantlen courses – indeed, courses at any British Columbia university – from anywhere in the world. This distressing caution comes from The Tyee: Some … Continue reading →

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The School Year

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Robert Basil

The day after Labour Day is always a wonderful day. My students rescue the best in me.

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To slough and to slither

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Robert Basil

The xkcd webcomic is very entertaining. (h/t language log)

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