Author Archives: Administrator

I was pleased to present a workshop (and take in an excellent panel discussion on the War of 1812 and listen to a very interesting keynote speech by John Ralston Saul) at the Ontario History and Social Studies Teachers’ Association … Continue reading →

Today I was pleased to receive my first order from an Ontario community college with an order from Algonquin College for books for the winter semester. Thank you!

I was pleased to speak with many teachers at the recent OBEA conference held at Conestoga College in Kitchener-Waterloo who are interested in using Economics for Canadians with their CIA 4U students. In conversation, though, some teachers expressed concern that … Continue reading →

I was fortunate to attend, exhibit and present at the 2012 British Columbia Social Studies Teachers’ Association annual conference this past weekend. I most enjoyed hosting two workshops for teachers interested in the book. The good news that I learned … Continue reading →

The “Additional Resources” page is now chock full of links to articles and documentary clips, arranged according to lesson. Question sheets to accompany some of the more important videos have been placed on the bottom of the page. As well, … Continue reading →

I am going to be hosting workshops and distributing inspection copies of Economics for Canadians at 3 conferences this fall – the BCSSTA conference in Vancouver on October 19th, the OBEA fall conference at Conestoga College in Kitchener-Waterloo on November … Continue reading →

Today I was pleased to receive a big order from P.E.I. for books. As the ministry orders all materials centrally for the entire province, I am assuming that all economics students there will be using Economics for Canadians in the … Continue reading →

This past week I distributed inspection copies of Economics for Canadians to English-language CEGEPs in Quebec while next week I will be visiting many of Ontario’s community colleges to do the same. Meanwhile, I am pleased to have received a … Continue reading →

Last week I received the evaluation report from Curriculum Services Canada for “Economics for Canadians.” The good news? The evaluators stressed that the book was of excellent quality overall. The bad news? Due to concerns regarding issues of bias and … Continue reading →

Dr. Michael Burry gave this commencement speech recently to the economics graduates at UCLA. Two things stand out – his insistence on asking questions and on questioning assumptions in order to arrive at the truth, and his advice to, as … Continue reading →