Today marks the international day for the elimination of homophobia. Fittingly, Egale Canada launched their new website today that is a national resource for setting up/supporting Gay-Straight Alliances in high schools. www.MyGSA.ca. Very exciting! A few notables for the morning's …
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Automated Attendants in a Multicultural Age
The Pros and Cons of Automated Attendants. My partner has lost her luggage on the way from Chicago to Toronto. In the course of tracing the elusive bags, we have had the pleasure of the popular automated attendant. On a whim, my partner decided to speak with an accent. To be fair, her accent …
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The Ripple Effects of the Arizona Immigration Law
Over the last few weeks we have heard about the proposed (and now passed) law in Arizona about illegal immigration. Reading over the summary my first thought is: this sounds like war time in Nazi Germany. In Arizona, the new law states that: - "it is a misdemeanor crime of willful failure to …
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Babies – the movie
I recently saw the movie Babies. It's a beautiful movie that follows the first year in the life of 4 babies from 4 different parts of the world: Namibia, Tokyo, Mongolia and San Francisco. There is no narration, the clips show similar experiences, and we are left to make our own conclusions about …
My first post
So I'm sitting in Lettieri at Queen and Spadina with Social Media Wingman. He has just helped me to set up this, my first blog. And although I have been thinking about doing this for a while now, I have to say that suddenly, I have a bit of stage fright. What if I write something stupid? But …