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#MySAPath – My Path to Student Affairs via Indigenous Education
The full post of this is over at The Student Affairs Collective blog. I am a student advisor (both academic and career advising) at a small aboriginal college in Vancouver B.C., Native Education College. The issue I have with describing a non-traditional student affairs path is that I have very little reference for what a…
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Fantasy, Humanism, and Improving Authors
Everyone likes different books. I tend to like books that speak to being human. I think that’s why I read so much fantasy literature. To blatantly steal a concept, they use the impossible to examine the probable. When you strip away the requirement to make the setting accurate you allow yourself the ability to more…
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Secret witnesses in Canadian courts?
If you haven’t seen it yet bill C-44 (the Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act) is an interesting read (see more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-44/). It does a number of things, mostly putting in law things that are already happening. One portion of it is highly problematic, though others might take issue with different provisions, and that would…
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For the New Board of Education
Although I was not elected (not even close) I’d like to give my thoughts to the new Board of Education in Abbotsford School District, SD34. Please take ideas from all of the candidates platforms. I mentioned during the forum that it’s important to cast a wide net to bring in a lot of ideas so…
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Time for Inside Higher Ed to End Anonymous Comments
There have been many cases against anonymous comments. Popular science removed their comments entirely for a good reason, as referenced in a New Yorker article: “The editors argued that Internet comments, particularly anonymous ones, undermine the integrity of science and lead to a culture of aggression and mockery that hinders substantive discourse.” Huffington post brought…
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Thoughts on the 2014 Election
My thoughts on the 2014 Abbotsford municipal election. Actually just about the SD34 Board of Education Trustee election. I’d like to start by thanking the 3500 people who voted for me. It was a great experience and my first time putting myself out there in a city context. I hope to run for School Trustee…
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Thoughts on the Mindset List
Beloit College in Wisconsin puts out an annual “Mindset List” to give you an idea of where the newest college students are coming from in regards to what they see as being “the world as it has been”. Take a look at the info behind it here: http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/ and this years here: http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2018/ The list is…
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2014 School Trustee Platform
The campaign season has wrapped up and I did not make it in. But I wanted to keep my platform here for people to see. Brief Bio: Noah Arney grew up and attended school in Abbotsford and returned to establish a family after receiving his Bachelor of Education from UBC. He has worked in education…
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My Students Don’t Live in Their Parents Basement
Stephen Poloz, of the Bank of Canada, had a rather tone deaf line the other day: “If your parents are letting you live in the basement, you might as well go out and do something for free to put the experience on your CV.” source That’s great for people who can do that, but most…