Daily Archives: December 8, 2010

A President and a Scholar

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ghoussoub

I have always been puzzled by my own self: Principled, yet pragmatic; Old-fashioned liberal (or is it lefty?), yet at ease with the corporate types; Intellectual provocateur, yet deliberately respectful; Competitive, yet a consummate team player; Decisive, yet not a … Continue reading →

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The virtues of the oil sands

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ghoussoub

The Public Policy Forum recently held a meeting in Calgary to explore resource industries’ productivity, sustainability and competitiveness. According to Elizabeth Cannon, President of the University of Calgary (“Resource sector may lack flash, but it stars as an innovator”), the … Continue reading →

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Turning Canada into, and branding it as, a hyper-skilled society?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ghoussoub

Canada is in a global war for talent, yet there is a crisis in our graduate and postgraduate educational system. Our government is committed to create “the best-educated, most-skilled and most flexible workforce in the world”, yet for the 10th … Continue reading →

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Another “Sputnik” moment: The Chinese are coming, the Chinese are coming

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ghoussoub

“Top Test Scores From Shanghai Stun Educators” is the most viewed and most emailed story in today’s NY Times. In the Program for International Student Assessment, known as PISA, Shanghai students outscored all other countries in reading as well as … Continue reading →

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