Dr Side Does Well

Just a small post to publicly acknowledge the successful appointment of my friend Katherine Side to MUN’s Women’s Studies Department Chair position. I am so proud of her, and am so sad for MSVU. My students often tell me there’s no longer any need for Women’s Studies on our campus, and yet, just this summer, [...]

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Leisure

Geez, I really hope I’m not breaking any copyright laws. If I am, please let me know. I’ll take it off. I just feel this is a good time to remind my friends coming back from holidays why it is that we work: so that we can play. (I’m doing this as much for you [...]

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Harry Potter Builds Libraries

I recently signed up for email message delivery from a sassy and fun eco hint web site called Ideal Bite. Each day there appears in my inbox some factoid about what we do in our everyday lives, and how we can one little bit to stop the rains from coming (etc.).
One the eve of the [...]

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