Tag Archives: Toronto Star

The Motivational Power of Guilt

Guilt didn’t play a big role in my upbringing: I was never discouraged from having sex in order to prevent my mother from having a heart attack, nor was I warned to do well in school to compensate for any … Continue reading

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Ideas about knowledge mobilization from Queen’s University’s “death and grief girl”

When Jill Scott, a professor in Queen’s German department, participated in an Informed Opinions workshop last year, I had no idea she was the self-proclaimed “death and grief girl”… Until a few months later, she wrote a thoughtful op ed … Continue reading

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To Tweet or Not to Tweet…

Should she or shouldn’t she? I was chatting on the phone a few weeks ago with a woman who is listed in our Experts Database. She had written an excellent piece of commentary about First Nations and non-aboriginal Canadians that … Continue reading

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I Feel Great About My Hands profiles project in Halifax

As a still new non-profit initiative of Media Action (itself an office- and infrastructure-free, virtual organization supported by volunteers), Informed Opinions is always looking for creative ways to fund its work. So we were thrilled when 40 funny, thoughtful, inspiring … Continue reading

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Informed Opinions errs in reporting data

Oops. We made a mistake this week, and we’re sorry. In trying to cram all sorts of data into a one-page news release, we compounded a previous error — and then roped a trusted journalist into spreading our mistake. Ouch. … Continue reading

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