CATEGORY / academia

25Nov

2017

Raywat / academia, blog, development, education, politics / 1 comment

Thoughts on Educational Reform: A First Pass

You know the day is off to an interesting start when the Uber driver wants to talk to me about his lord and saviour Jesus Christ…. in French.

Onward. (more…)

23Nov

2017

Raywat / academia, authoritarianism, blog, books / 9 comments

My Favourite Books… oh, and the Academic Heresy Hunt

But first…

Before I delve into today’s topic, which is books, I wanted to revisit a topic from yesterday: the plight of university graduate student Lindsay Shepherd, who, according to university officials, failed to sufficiently condemn a problematic political viewpoint, and was sanctioned for her failure. (more…)

22Nov

2017

Raywat / academia, authoritarianism, blog, education, martial arts, me / 1 comment

Apropos of Nothing

“People are only upset at the exploitation of their part of the world… Somebody can be absolutely furious at the use of a word that’s not the proper use of that word, then steps over a homeless person on their way to work.” –Jon Stewart

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16May

2015

Raywat / academia, blog, education, epidemiology, india, travel / 1 comment

Ambling in Ahmedabad

Yes, I have returned to India. This time, I am one of several visiting Canadian scholars delivering a summer institute on global health and development at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar campus (IITGN) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Here’s a news item about the event.) (more…)

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