Archive for the ‘ Social Science ’ Category

Muslim Canadian Congress Calls for a Ban on the Burka

“In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity,” My hero, Tarek Fatah, appeared on Coren fighting for his cause on behalf of the Muslim Canadian Congress: Tarek is definitely one man who can hold his own in front of anyone in the [ READ MORE ]

Because I promised my mom….

My mom was mentioning my lack of any sort of real substance on my blog in the past 2 years… so I promised her I would post an essay I was writing…. So…here is one that I just finished… it’s super raw and unedited, I haven’t properly cited anything yet and I haven’t really clarified [ READ MORE ]

When is it time for me to throw my voice in?

Posts are coming in from all over the place about Justin, his man blog, CFI-Canada and democracy. As per usual Zak is an asshole (he’s usually an asshole, right…but an asshole), Joe breaks it down unbiased and sensible style and Gordo makes me want to pee my pants laughing so hard but at the same [ READ MORE ]

ENVS 2300

I took my exam today for my introductory environmental politics course. …Here is what I learned in a nutshell: NEOLIBERALS ARE BAD! LOCAL LIVING IS GOOD! CONSERVATIVES ARE BAD! SCIENCE IS BAD! TREES ARE GOOD! DEVELOPMENT IS BAD! TECHNOLOGY IS BAD! SYSTEMIC CHANGE SO WE DON’T WANT TO DEVELOP ANYMORE IS GOOD! LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF OTHERS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES [ READ MORE ]

Enjoy Your Life Campaign

As some may, or may not, know I’ve recently moved from being the Vice President - Multi Media for the Freethought Association of Canada to being the president of it. It’s a long and twisted story about why I decided to do it, but with the new executive I really think we’ll make a little [ READ MORE ]

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