Investor State Dispute Settlement is quite a sick thing with respect to “intellectual property” in the #TPP.  http://www.keionline.org/node/2358 Full Text Of TPP Released: And It’s Really, Really Bad | Techdirt ... continue reading

The Agony of the Artist (with a capital A): E.E. Cummings on What It Really Means to Be an Artist and His Little-Known Line Drawings “The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.” ... continue reading

In sum, this article states “The TPP is about locking in a regulatory structure for the 12 member nations that will severely limit the freedom of national and subnational governments to decide the sort of consumer, health, safety and environmental regulation they want.” OPINION: There’s no reason to celebrate the TPP ... continue reading

Quebec and BC prove that carbon pricing / cap and trade doesn’t hurt the economy, rather helps. This is another reason to appreciate the NDP’s plan too. Carbon pricing won’t mess up Canada’s economy: experts ... continue reading

Geist’s comments on the TPP’s intellectual “property” portions frequently describe Canada’s negotiators as “caving”. How sad to see the poor state the Conservatives forcing us into. This is really outrageous after all the Canada-wide public input that emerged during our last round of copyright debate in this country. Harper’s Conservative government should have known ... continue reading

Collection of images on the Public Domain Review, in honour of Poe. Harry Clarke’s illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe ... continue reading

Finland knows how to prioritize education. They also emphasize critical thinking and learning how to learn. Such a good model, more countries should pay attention and change in this direction. How the Finnish school system outshines U.S. education ... continue reading

The press is so weirdly focused on just the dairy and auto industries that it’s missing deeper, far-reaching problems with the TPP. Those are about intellectual “property” and liberty. That’s where the TPP is scariest (at least what we know from leaks–also a big problem that the actual public has been prevented from knowing about this but industry got in early). The Electronic Frontier ... continue reading

We need to stop Canada’s involvement in the #TPP. We’d lose 20 years of public domain & culture, hit walls in medicine availability, and more. #cdnpoli Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership really a good deal for Canada? Or is it just ‘NAFTA on steroids’? | National Post ... continue reading

70 reasons Harper and the Conservatives should not have been in power and should not continue to hold any power in our Country. Get and Share the Harper Abuse of Power Compendium | The Tyee ... continue reading

Disturbing decree: Japan is abolishing its universities’ social science and humanities programs. | Times Higher Education This was posted on Google+ ... continue reading

We ignore the liberal arts at our peril – Universities Canada ... continue reading

A new stem-cell trial is getting underway for treating type 1 diabetes. Right now donations to JDRF are getting matched, so whatever you can give would be great! It will automatically get doubled. http://goo.gl/bW9mmF Double Your Impact/ Doublez votre impact Event landing page for Double Your Impact/ Doublez votre impact This was posted on Google+ ... continue reading