Education

Is Canada Wasting Millions on Redundant Health Studies?

Dr Adam Cifu - over at Sensible Medicine - recently listed ten health-related areas that require exactly zero new research projects.

Sep 11 •

What’s Shaping Canada’s Teachers? Decoding Education Syllabi Trends

I just discovered a promising data resource: the Open Syllabus project. The project gleefully hoovers up descriptions of post secondary course syllabi…

Sep 7 •

Inside the Quiet Power of the Ontario College of Teachers

As we’ve already discovered, professional regulatory associations are critical parts of any functioning society, but they don’t always deliver ideal…

Aug 28 •

The State of Canadian Public Libraries

I have to begin with three important disclaimers:

Jul 16 •

Why Are Ontario's Public Schools So Violent?

And the award for lifetime outstanding achievement in understatement goes to...

Jun 18 •

Is Education Good for You?

Why hasn't anyone seriously tested education policy alternatives by analyzing moral outcomes

May 25 •

The Impact of K-12 Education Employment on Student Outcomes

Back in the summer of 2024, I ranked Canadian provinces for educational outcomes using my very own custom Education Success Index (ESI).

May 14 •

Are Careers in the Trades the Solution to All Our Troubles?

When it comes to acquiring the skills you’ll need for a profitable and satisfying career, university is far from your only choice.

Apr 17 •

How Wealthy Are Canadian Universities?

Bonus: no elections were even mentioned in this post.

Mar 30 •

How the Government-Communications Industry Threatens Free Speech

And just what is it that they're so busy trying to communicate?

Feb 27 •

Bad Research Still Costs Good Money

I have my opinions about which academic research is worth funding with public money and which isn’t.

Feb 23 •

Is Updating a Few Thousand Readers Worth a Half Million Taxpayer Dollars?

Assessing alternate models for Canadian news media

Jan 19 •

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