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Sayonara 2022

Morning all.  This is the final blog of 2022: service resumes January 9th.  When I do a send-off blog, it’s worth thinking about the year past and asking: what should we remember about this year and what do we expect from the year ahead? To my mind, there are really two big stories from 2022.  The first has to do with Laurentian University, which was still the scene of considerable intrigue as evidence gradually mounted that its then-President, Robert Haché,

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December 8, 2022 3 Comments

Fin (pour l’instant)

So, this is the final entry for Year XI of the One Thought Blog.  I hope you have enjoyed another year of my semi-structured scribblings.  Regular service will resume sometime around Labour Day (not quite sure about the exact date yet). I usually end my writing years broadly assessing where we are as a sector and overall, I tend to the positive, if for no other reason than to throw my usual curmudgeon persona into sharp relief.  But this year, I

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June 9, 2022 3 Comments

Goodbye 2021 Hello, 2022

Ok, a few last words before we all take off for Christmas.  This blog is going on break and will return on January 10th.  This was a hard year.  In some ways harder than 2020 because Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick this pandemic just doesn’t end, and even if vaccines have attenuated its impact quite a bit, certain governments in particular – Alberta and Ontario, I am looking at you – spent a large part of the year actively making things

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December 9, 2021 No Comments

‘til September

So, it’s that time of year when I say farewell to faithful readers for a few months.  This is the last blog of the academic year.  Normal service will resume August 30th. Today also marks the end of this blog’s tenth year.  Which, you know, is a bit terrifying.  Because that means this blog is probably over a million words old.  I’m sure my mother would have preferred I spent all that time on a doctorate.  (You should think about

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June 17, 2021 2 Comments

Dawn

This is the last blog of a terrible year.  I won’t dally.  I often do a bit of an annual re-cap but Buddha on a Bouncy Castle who the hell wants to relive 2020?  So, we’ll skip that bit. I only have a few things to say.  The first, and most important is to say thank you to everyone who works in universities and colleges (which is nearly all of you, dear readers).  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.  This

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December 10, 2020 2 Comments
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