While researching what would end up being a poorly written essay on modernization theory and Laos (don’t ask), I came across the Journal of Higher Education, a topic that interests me verily, and I read a few articles. One that stood out was a comparison between the US and Canadian university systems in terms of [...]

Ever since I came to Canada, I’ve been noticing a lot of small things about how things work, that I liked or didn’t like. One thing that annoyed me a little bit was the large amounts of change that ended up in my wallet. Partly because prices in Canada end up being so weird, because [...]

Ever since I arrived in Toronto, I’ve been fascinated by the multi-culturality and the way different cultures integrate or do not integrate with each other. I’ve wanted to understand more about the process, and I was happy to come across Calculated Kindness : Global Restructuring, Immigration and Settlement in Canada published by OISE and edited [...]

I’m coming to you live from the Ottawa Congress Center, where I am participating in the International Cooperation Days 2004, organized by CIDA. Today I’ve heard lectures about the UN Millenium Development Goals, which is the main focus of the conference, both in general, and focused on education and international health. In education, WUSC presented [...]

I love libraries, and I practically grew up in one. Whenever my mother didn’t know where I was, she would call the kind librarians at Hamar Public Library (the white building), and they’d usually found me in a comfortable couch reading a book. I knew them all by name, and I still drop by once [...]