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Politicians behaving badly may be an attention-grabbing tactic, said Dennis Pilon<\/b>, a 快播视频 political science professor and author of Wrestling with Democracy<\/i>. At a school board level \u2013 a common launching pad for political careers \u2013 representatives have a low profile, and may make headlines by being difficult. \u201cSometimes conflict is a better way of raising your profile than co-operation,\u201d Pilon said in the Toronto Star <\/i>March 15. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Porter Airlines Facebook poll misleading, critics say<\/a>
\nPorter Airlines is hitting turbulence with an online poll that critics say misleads voters into supporting the Billy Bishop airport expansion. . . . Alan Middleton<\/b>, a marketing professor at 快播视频\u2019s Schulich School of Business, said the poll was fair because it was at least more transparent than other forms of lobbying which often take place behind closed doors. \u201cIn a world where lobbying takes so many different forms, I don\u2019t find this one dramatically offensive,\u201d he said in the Toronto Star<\/i> March 17. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All-star group heading to fall writers conference<\/a>
\nThe first Windsor International Writers Conference in November promises to leap off the page with a Who\u2019s Who of the written and spoken word, reported the Windsor Star<\/i> March 14. . . . Among the guest speakers already confirmed is Michael Greyeyes<\/b>, a Plains Cree and associate professor of drama at Toronto\u2019s 快播视频. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cash-crop condominiums<\/a>
\n\u201cWhen we tell the stories of our wealthiest men, we tend to tell the stories that are of no consequence: We repeat their names, which have generally remained constant for most of recent memory; we futilely recite the numbers of their net worth; and we mythologize the secrets to their success,\u201d wrote 快播视频 PhD student Kenneth Cardenas<\/b> in the Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/i> March 16. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Could Ukraine be another Bosnia?<\/a>
\n\u201cThere are familiar apparitions in Bosnia when it comes to Ukraine,\u201d said Jasmin Mujanovic<\/b>, a Balkans researcher at 快播视频, in Al Jazeera America<\/i> March 14. \u201cThe strategy being deployed by Russia bears remarkable likeness to what was done by the Milosevic government in Yugoslavia. It\u2019s occupation in the name of ethnic solidarity or protection of peace \u2013 you occupy a territory and then engineer a referendum.\u201d Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s critical psychology? Look it up!<\/a>
\nCritical psychology is rarely taught in the US. But the new Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology<\/i> could go a long way in remedying this, reported Psychology Today<\/i> March 14. . . . In putting together the new encyclopedia, Professor Thomas Teo<\/b> (who is on the faculty of Toronto\u2019s 快播视频 and internationally respected for his work in the history and philosophy of psychology) invited critical psychologists \u2013 from humanists to postmodernists, from Marxists and feminists to post-colonialists \u2013 to write the 1,000 entries that appear. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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