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2025 Reading List
My friend Christine has a really comprehensive reading list: she reads a lot. I wanted to copy her, so I'm enumerating the books I'm...
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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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...
Meet Despair with Hope, Anger with Forgiveness, and Feed Both with Gratitude
Last month I went to Activate, conference-retreat and, as was the case last time at Hollyhock, I underwent a transformative experience. Last time the setting was different—it...
Tough on ideas, not the person
Many of my friends (and clients too!) roll in social justice circles. We discuss feminism and equality and all the wonderful things that happen in the world. They&...
NVC Scenario Post Mortem: "You Never Do Anything/I'm Feeling Overwhelmed"
There's an illness in the family and our collective resources got stretched pretty thin. My schedule was thrown out of whack, while simultaneously my workload increased...
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...
Griffin's Nest Questionnaires, weeks 1-3
The student newspaper is publishing everyone's answers here, but I thought I'd may as well cross post my answers on my blog for peeps...
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