Poet and Son: Wat Raleigh
May 22, 2013 by
John Harris
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John Harris’s “Poet and Son” series tells the tale of Walter and Wat Raleigh.
Poet and Son: William Gascoigne
May 15, 2013 by
John Harris
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The second of John Harris’s series “Poet and Son” is about George and William Gascoigne.
Poet and Son: Lewis Chaucer
May 7, 2013 by
John Harris
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The first of John Harris’s series-in-progress, “Poet and Son,” is about Geoffrey and Lewis Chaucer.
Thinking Television: Tales of Media and Communication
May 5, 2013 by
Norbert Ruebsaat
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Norbert Ruebsaat’s media students from around the world tell him how they watch television.
It’s the End of the Semester… as we know it
April 18, 2013 by
Stan Persky
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Stan Persky looks at the 2012-13 teaching season. Everything from “real education” to MOOCs and the Virtual U.
Somebody’s Horse
April 17, 2013 by
George Bowering
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George Bowering, as a kid, encountering death and poetry in the Southern Okanagan Valley..
Iraq in the Mirror of Media: 10 Years Later
April 4, 2013 by
Stan Persky
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The U.S.-led war in Iraq marks its tenth anniversary. How does what the media said about it then stand up today? Dooney’s takes The Orwell Test.
Signs of Impending Cultural Doom #1
October 21, 2012 by
Wally Hourback
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Wally Hourback uploads the first of a new series of probes into our cultural conditions–as viewed from North Bay, Ontario
The Limits of Civil Liberties
May 12, 2012 by
Stan Persky
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It’s the 50th anniversary of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. Stan Persky, a long-time BCCLA member, reflects.
The Poet and the Sound of His Own Voice
May 10, 2012 by
Brian Fawcett
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Brian Fawcett does some textual analysis for a confused reader of Montreal poet Norm Sibum, and explains the difference between a “blog” and an edited website.


