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2026 Reading List
My friend Christine D. Baker has a really comprehensive reading list: she reads a lot. I wanted to read more, so I'm copying her by enumerating...
Thoughts, stories and ideas by Lois CP, VSB Trustee
Lois is a believer in a school system that grows our children's bodies and brains strong and their hearts gentle. Mum to two boys. Green Trustee for Vancouver School Board. Opinions are her own.
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Week 2 and Cavell
The staff is in the midst of working on a specific current issue, amongst other regularly scheduled work that they were supposed to do. I'm trying to wrap my head around all the moving pieces and don't know my path forward yet.
Collaboration: what it means to me and to the Greens
Nearly all the candidates in this election are describing themselves as "collaborative." I'm one of them. I want to write a bit about what it means to me, and what it would look like in reality.
Partisan politics, with less partisan
I want to see less party politics, and more collaboration from all points of view to make the world better. At one point I got asked this bombshell: "Do you think it's possible?"
Power & Politics
Two days ago, with days left in the candidate nomination process, Vision's mayoral candidate Ian Campbell dropped out of the race. Vancouverites have a lot of...
Swearing at Mr Fishtron, a postmortem
In correct chronology, this story begins with me swearing at Mr Fishtron, but to make sense of it, I'm going to jump ahead to this most...
Griffin's Nest Questionnaire, weeks 4-5
How will you support students with diverse learning needs? I was out of town so my answer was really short. Also I was just talking to a couple...
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