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Academia Abroad
The global scope of scientific discovery suggests that academic life is the same the world over. In an age when university faculty […]
READ MOREFrom Grey to Green: Environmental Sustainability at the University of Guelph
My campus is not green. It has a greenish hue The University of Guelph, like many campuses I’ve experienced, gives an impression […]
READ MOREUniversities in a Climate of Change
Although we are not experiencing intense hurricanes or brush fires, as a northern country, Canada is more sensitive to climate change than […]
READ MOREThe Environmental Crisis: The Devil is in the Generalities
I’ve started encouraging my students not to use the word “environment.” Taken literally, it includes everything between your skin and outer space, […]
READ MOREScience, Cognition and Public Policy
We are not a science-based society The western world, at least, thinks of itself as a post-Enlightenment world, a world freed from […]
READ MOREEnvironmentalism and the Responsibility of Academia
Scientists, especially those in academia, have played an enormous role in the modern environmental movement. From Rachel Carson, Paul Ehrlich and Margaret […]
READ MOREEditorial Matters
Learning is a basic need. We are born with curiosity which gives us the easy ability to learn to speak and walk, […]
READ MOREHumour Matters
Recently, I spent about an hour parsing the distinction between sleeping and snoring. Well, at the time, technically speaking, I was delivering […]
READ MOREReading Matters: The honeymoon and after
My own love affair with libraries began, as it surely does for most booklovers, as a child. I was lucky enough to […]
READ MORECreating the engaged student
As university professors, many of us have very busy schedules of teaching and research. For some, the first passion is research. But […]
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