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Peter Trant Award

Peter Allan Trant: June 28, 1940 – September 4, 2026 https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/peter-trant-1094048105 See also: https://www.bctea.org/2024/11/11/bctea-annual-awards Erratum ∞

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Teacher Inquiry and the Curriculum of the Self: Pilgrimage, Reorientation, and Reconciliation

Forde (2027) Teacher Inquiry and the Curriculum of the Self Pilgrimage, Reorientation, and Reconciliation https://www.routledge.com/Teacher-Inquiry-and-the-Curriculum-of-the-Self-Pilgrimage-Reorientation-and-Reconciliation/Forde/p/book/9781041433453

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Ted T. Aoki Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies

Dr. Ted Tetsuo Aoki (1919-2012)

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Zierer, K. (2023). The Socratic Oath for Teachers

“Let him that would move the world first move himself” — Socrates

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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)

Header image: Canada FASD Research Network logo (Feb 9, 2026)  The most prevalent disability in classrooms may be FASD — and supporting students is vitalhttps://theconversation.com/the-most-prevalent-disability-in-classrooms-may-be-fasd-and-supporting-students-is-vital-272553 Background: (June 19, 2025) Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: About, causes and co-occurring conditions  https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder.html ➡ More than 400 other health conditions are related to or commonly occur together with fetal […]

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Wedding / Memory Bench // Coffin Stools

“It’s time to make sawdust…”

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Stanford (2021). Pilgrimage

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James Chaimberlain

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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

by Witold Rybczynski

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The Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions

Stimpunks was forged in the quest for survival and inclusion.

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Eileen Dailly

“She spared the rod and spoiled corporal punishment in school”

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Writing

Buber (1923) “I and Thou”

𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒

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ADST

On the relationship between ADST courses and the UBC entry requirements.

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Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum

Cross of Saint James / Santiago cross

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Graduation

Some photos and memories from graduation.

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George Norris mural at the Frank Forward Building

Via Charles Menzies’ Subbstack

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Kate Braid

Braid, K. (1979). Invisible women: Women in non-traditional occupations in B.C. [Master’s thesis; Simon Fraser University].

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Kieran Forde, Ph.D.

My dissertation has finally made it to the UBC repository, marking the official end of my Ph.D.

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The “good Canadian” myth vs. Indigenous realities 

A 2025 CBC Documentary

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The Tragedy

The first draft of something I’ve been meaning to get back to

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Lepage (2023) An Innovative Partnership Approach Between Indigenous Communities and Vocational Training Centres

h/t Diane Campeau

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Zierer (2023) The Socratic Oath for Teachers

What makes a good teacher?

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No Irish Need Apply

Anti-Irish sentiment

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Lopate (1994). The art of the personal essay

Under consrtruction

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Sargent, M. (2023). More ways of Learning

Foundations of practice for (inquiry) teachers

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K-12 Stories

News stories related to teachers and schools (mostly in BC)

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Sloyd

Otto Saloman, 1891: The teacher’s handbook of slöjd

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Against AI literacy: have we actually found a way to reverse learning?

On the necessity of relief cuts; BCIT SW9

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W.R.F. Seal Award

William Ronald Frank (“Ron”) Seal — 1914-2012

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Einstellung Effect

[Under construction]

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SW9 – Bowls

My hands-on learning in SW9 started here. It’s been awesome.

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Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa

Header image: One of my weighted paracord fidgets.

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The Goddess of Democracy

The lonely Goddess…

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Tagore

Under construction

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Seamus O’Rourke

Leitrim’s finest

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Labyrinth

(n.) a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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Brooks (2015) The road to character

“What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give.”

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Waters (1997) An intelligent person’s guide to modern Ireland.

“…a fumble for eternity, a longing for heaven, a thirst for return to the embrace of the Almighty”

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Standard #9

“Educators critically examine their own biases, attitudes, beliefs, values and practices to facilitate change.”

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The Greatest Canadian

CBC Premier Broadcast (October 17th, 2004)

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PhD as Pilgrimage

Seeking reconciliation with the Other

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“My Parting Prescription for America”

Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy 19th & 21st Surgeon General of the United States Vice Admiral, United States Public Health Service

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ASRS at IKB

Automated Storage and Retrieval System

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Freedom of expression for teachers in K-12 in British Columbia

The Charter (esp. S.33, NWC) and some cases related to K-12

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Dwayne Huebner

The Dwayne Huebner Interviews

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SW9 Woodshop 2025

It’s time to make sawdust…

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Singer’s “Drowning Child”

[under construction]

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“The Shadow”

“The project raised concerns in 2017 partly due to the price tag (now estimated to cost approximately $400,000)…”

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Morse Code. Why knot?

Some notes on my Morse fidgets
[under construction]

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 “The Scarfe Sculpture”

Paul Deggan (1965): Sculpture on the wall of the UBC Faculty of Education building