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Ashley Smith Inquest 21 May 2011 | 03:28 am
So - in addition to studying for my July comprehensive exam, I am keeping more than a little busy these days attending the Ashley Smith Inquest. It is, not surprisingly, being held in Toronto, which i...
Ouch! York TA in the news 20 Mar 2011 | 01:48 am
Today on facebook, one of my connections posted a link to an article in the Toronto Star: York TA apologizes after criticizing students on Facebook. My first response, on reading the article, was to ...
Required Viewing 8 Feb 2011 | 07:38 am
Seriously - you should watch this video! I tried to embed it here but couldn't make it work; sorry... but really... you should go and watch it and there is a petition you should sign... and there is m...
Some days.... 5 Feb 2011 | 10:42 am
the thought of just saying to hell with the whole school thing is oh so appealing. Fortunately, it (usually) doesn't last long.
Snow Day 3 Feb 2011 | 05:46 am
Figures it would be a Wednesday! I don't have classes on Wednesday ... but I do need to go to Peterborough so that I will be there for my seminars tomorrow. Fortunately, in spite of all the hype and ...
SENT! 17 Jan 2011 | 05:53 pm
They suck .... I have little doubt....BUT THEY ARE GONE. Finished (using the term loosely) my practice comp exam today and sent them off. Huge relief. God - with this much pressure over a PRACTICE ...
Let the games begin 6 Jan 2011 | 03:26 am
Received my first 3 questions for my comprehensive essay yesterday - these are "just" a practice run... and I have a bit more than a week to do them - but given that I have all sorts of other things g...
Women and the Canadian Welfare State: Challenges and Change 23 Dec 2010 | 10:41 am
Evans, Patricia M. And Gerda R. Wekerle, Eds. Women and the Canadian Welfare State: Challenges and Change. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1997. Ebrary. [C] *sigh* This book just depresses me. I read it. I ...
2 Down... 20 Dec 2010 | 04:26 am
Razack, Sherene H. Looking White People in the Eye: Gender, Race, and Culture in Courtrooms and Classrooms. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1998. Ebrary. [C] Well, actually more than 2 - but have not yet wr...
1 down...far too many to go 11 Dec 2010 | 03:03 pm
Brodie, Janine. Politics on the Margins: Restructuring and the Canadian Women's Movement. Halifax: Fernwood, 1995. Yikes! I spent way too long to get through just one book today. It is very small, to...
