Yesterday's post was a bit depressing, so today's seeks to swing the pendulum in the other direction and remind us why politics matters. Last week, our colleague Reva attended Maytree's annual conference and sent the following note that I wanted to share with you. ---- Yesterday I attended the Maytree Leadership conference which concluded with a 1o year celebration of their Scholarship Program.... [More]

Fall is here, and with it comes a great line up of interesting events to inject a little mo-jo into our public discourse. Here are a few we're planning to attend (biased toward, although not limited to Toronto): 1. TEDx comes to Canada: Lovers of the brain candy provided by the podcasts from TED's various conferences will be delighted to know that an independently-organized Canadian version is c... [More]