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Father Raymond de Souza finds spending time at the Brier is a proud mix of citizenship, friendship and sporting glory.
The Brier – Canada’s national men’s curling championship – was held this past week in Kingston and I did my civic duty by going along to take in the action. There is a lot of it. There are nine days, each of which has six or nine hours of curling, sometimes...
Last night’s improbable NBA championship for the Toronto Raptors was one professional sports team’s triumph. Even more, Alida Thomas writes, it’s a historic moment of shared belonging when Canadians discovered who they want to keep becoming.
Euphoria over the Toronto Raptors historic NBA championship victory wafted north from Oakland at the final buzzer of Game 6 last night and is spreading from across Canada today. But for pure poignancy, the most heart-felt moment in the Raps lo...
David Goa reviews The Slow Professor, Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber and reflects on the tension between corporatization of academia and the importance of cultivating vocation.
During a conference several years ago, I listened with care as eminent visitors from Syria - ministers in the President’s cabinet and scholars from various disciplines - spoke about civilization and religion. Most quickly launched fierce critiques of the We...
Self-regulation, said Pennings, is foundational to ethics—a deep-seated inner moral compass. But as to how that self-direction is achieved, we are told more about what won't work than on what will. "Following the rules" is not enough to build trust, as Mark Carney argued. Neither is an ethics course or two enough to build moral character.
Can ethics be taught? While Ray Pennings' blog last month had mainly to do with ethical economics, his headline question begs broader consideration.
Self-regulation, said Pennings,...