Kevin Van Lierop's blog

Having been in the education system for 20+ years I have been able to experience the system from many different angles.  From student, to staff, to faculty, I have had the great opportunity to see the much of the system in a relatively short amount of time.

Given my unique position I would hope that my opinion (through this post) on this topic would be worth something seeing as I current occupy the roles of student, staff and educator, simultaneously.  read more »

The work I engage myself in on a daily basis requires me to continually be surrounded by research on the City of London (both Historical and Contemporary). Being surrounded by all this information always brings up a vast amount of conversation and opinion in the work place.

Working with the people I do its hard to imagine or believe that there is anything positive about the City of London and its direction or rate of growth.  read more »

Authorship, taking credit for the content you produce, whatever you choose to call it, some people might think that this is un-important and holds no relevance in producing content, however, I argue that authorship is more important now than ever before, made more prevalent with the reliance of society on the internet for the content and information they seek.  read more »

Students, some people hear that word and they just cringe.  Many
people when they hear this word they immediately think of Fanshawe
College and UWO students who are once again "taking over" The City as
they do each and every year for 8 months or so.  In the past weeks
there have been more articles in the local news about students and the
problems they bring with them, and like every other year the stories
will continue until the students leave.

We hear about the ignorant students, the loud  and destructive  read more »

This entry has been cross-posted over at WASHED.ca so that it may reach the widest audience.

Today upon arriving home I received an email from a journalist
working for the French CBC Radio (based in Toronto) informing me that
they are looking to do a long feature story on the drive-through debate
going recently in the City of London (Ontario).  read more »