Good reads from good feeds: Speciulation that Einstein was a space alien Wealth Bondage on a spirited defense of liberalism and the public square. “�True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility. If you love something, you want to look after it. Common sense has much to learn from moonshine.� from Phillip Pullman in the Guardian, found at sift everything Simple rules for the self-organization of communities of practice. Shawn wants you to help make them even simpler. The big problem with strategic planning in non-profits: “…most plans are filled with horrible mistakes, unrealistic expectations …
The group of Aboriginal youth I have been working with, Building Our Legacy Together, have had a busy winter, and their activities were recently summarized in this report from coordinator Crystal Sutherland: “Youth � Building Our Legacy TogetherPawatskwachilth Haiyupis, Crystal Sutherland (Ahousaht) and the 15 member provincial BOLT Executive have successfully hosted the first forum in Fort Rupert Big House located on the Kwakiutl reserve just outside Port Hardy. The purpose of the forum was for Aboriginal youth to identify issues and have the opportunity to make recommendations to federal departments as well as introduce and engage Aboriginal youth with …
I’ve been musing a lot lately about this post by Dave Pollard wherein he asks what the role of media is and then proposes a manifesto for news you can use. I was thinking this evening about why people even bother with mainstream news media. I see very little TV, mostly just watching sports in hotel rooms when I’m on the road. I hardly ever watch TV news – only by accident. I guess deep down I believe in Pollard’s first principle about the news: If a news item is not actionable by the audience, it isn’t news and should …
Social enterprise meets the urban Aboriginal community in a new project hosted by the Vancouver Native Health Society called The Vancouver Aboriginal Social Enterprise. Perhaps this is a project for the Small Change News Network? Technorati Tags: aboriginal
I think I first met Kelvin Wong when I was doing some work with the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers a couple of years ago. At that time he was in Alberta, but now he’s over on Vancouver Island, studying CompSci and Software Engineering at the University of Victoria, and he has a weblog: Native Technology Blog. He’s posting sporadically at the moment, but hopefully he’ll pick it up. He already has some interesting links on accessibility and definitions of Native Technology. Nice to have another Aboriginal voice in the blogosphere.