Gavan P.L. Watson
I’m a little hot under the collar this morning. The University of Guelph Professional Staff Association (PSA) has just negotiated a new compact with the University. We’ve been without an agreement since May 1, 2010. A meeting, to share and then ratify the agreement, is scheduled for January 17th at 11am. I am, however, on [...]
Do You Have This One?, originally uploaded by Corbeau du Nord.
Setting my 91-year-old grandfather up on his new iPad.
No bull, cow escapes slaughterhouse and hoofs it through Queens:
The gallivanting hay-eater’s Houdini attempt apparently paid off. City officials said the animal – who they named Molly – will be headed for greener pastures.
“We will find it a home,” said Richard Gentles of the city Animal Care and Control. “We’re [...]
The academic hiring season is going to start ramping up soon. If you’re new to the whole process, it pays to spend a little preparation time before the season starts so that you have to spend as [...]
So there is talk in shutting down Riverdale Farm in Toronto as a cost-savings measure (insert reference to gravy here). 2500 of the concerned have taken to Facebook to “Save the [...]
Oh hai! Metapost here!
I’ve decided that I’m going to work at adding a few more posts here and there that fall somewhere in between tweets and what has emerged as my approach to blogging here, which is distinctly longer form.
My macro-blogging posts meant I updated infrequently (having to build up my psychic energy). Tweets have [...]
photo credit: Peter Van Lancker
Email signatures are helpful, but not necessary all the time (like do your colleagues really need to know who you are for the umpteenth time?). I streamline my emails by not having a default [...]
photo credit: jef safi (writing)
I’ve spent the past three days in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as a participant at the 2011 iteration of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) [...]
Well, I’m happy to officially announce that after 291 days in development (and 11 days past his due date), Lonán Peter William Watson made his grand extra-uterine debut last night, May 28, 2011, arriving at 10:30 pm and weighing in at 8 lbs. 5 oz. As you would expect, Heather and I couldn’t be full [...]
I was in Toronto a week ago as a participant for what was a great conference on supporting and assisting graduate student development. As I’m want to do, I live-tweeted the keynote. Dr. Doug Peers’ talk turned out to be a really interesting and spot-on critique of the way that graduate school gets done today. [...]
About me
I am an education researcher and practitioner, with a focus on higher education and the environment. I consider myself, above all, a naturalist. I'm the pack-mate of two border terriers. I live within the Speed River Watershed in Guelph, Ontario. I enjoy photography. I lead nature tours across North America. I teach courses on Natural History. I likely spend too much time on the Internet.
Oh, and the opinions expressed here are wholly my own.
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