Herding cats
Frank Iacobucci has enjoyed a long and rather remarkable career, split between the federal justice system and the academy. He has served as a faculty member, Dean of Law, Provost, and Interim... More
Dean’s Blog
kudos for CUAG
Readers of the Ottawa Citizen may have noted the kudos accorded to the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) in Peter Simpson’s year-end review of the “10 best things” that he had seen in... More
Les neiges d’antan
Toronto’s Yorkville Avenue is a hopping place on an unusually mild Saturday night in early December. There is not even a hint of snow in the air on this balmy evening, and the streets and... More
Winter Reflections
The theme of this year’s late autumn concert by the Carleton Choir was “Winter Reflections”, and a large and appreciative audience were treated last Saturday night to a very varied repertoire... More
The challenge ahead
Saturday was something of a bittersweet day. It started badly. The CBC news at 6:30 carried an extended report on an item that had caught my attention in The Globe and Mail the previous day:... More
Global Identities
Last week’s rather light-hearted musing on polishing shoes provides a useful segue to a more serious look at one of the four interdisciplinary thrusts proposed for Carleton in our President’s... More
some reflections on polishing shoes
The opportunity to greet visiting delegations from India and China this past week caused me to reflect on cultural difference, and how even the smallest actions or inactions may carry unintended... More
A riposte to Jeffrey Simpson
The headline was provocative: “Universities get an F in quality”. Writing in The Globe and Mail last Friday, Jeffrey Simpson took Ontario universities to task for sacrificing teaching quality... More
FASS in Toronto
The current financial model for funding post-secondary education in Ontario requires all universities to increase their student numbers each and every year in order to generate the increased revenue... More