At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: a review
Caroline Fox’s ‘At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast’ welcomes readers into the world of BC’s bird-filled, rugged coastline. But, her message almost gets lost in a sea of jargon.
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Well designed scissors
Sometimes things that look simple, just aren’t. It’s fascinating to me that there’s a team of putter togetherers. Learn more about Ernest Wright scissors.
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How to be at home, by Andrea Dorfman
Youtube | How To Be At Home Andrea Dorfman | provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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Grief, destruction, and The Magnitude of All Things
Lands are being changed. People were born on these lands. They live there and have families and ancestors there. These places are being destroyed. And…
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Putting pages into a WordPress RSS feed
Every once in a while I want to put pages into an RSS feed on a self-hosted WordPress site. When I do this, I prefer…
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Microplastics research in the Okanagan: media roundup
On World Water Day 2022, our Microplastics Okanagan team and project partners published a press release about the Microplastics In Okanagan Lake project. We were blown away by the community response!
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Ongoing study of microplastics in Okanagan Lake being conducted with community collaboration
Several community partners and Okanagan College students have teamed up to determine if there are microplastics in Okanagan Lake and Kelowna’s municipal wastewater.
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How to understand police violence
After getting past the ideological trap of good versus bad cop, the next step is to ask two fundamental questions in terms of what the police are for. Whom do the police serve? What do they protect in a colonialist and capitalist social order?
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You bought it, but do you own it?
This discussion of ownership, values, and digital property is great.
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Removing background noise in Audacity
I always forget how to do this! Select some sample noise Select Effect > Noise Reduction Click on Get Noise Profile Select all of the…
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An ode to obsolescence
A smartphone rendered obsolete by the advancement of technology; an ode to the modern-day dilemma we all invariably face.
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Looking for a new feed to post aggregator
For the last couple of years, we’ve been aggregating the dispatches from the people in our network. We do this so we can keep up…
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Power and class remain hidden in Canada Reads discourse
There’s not enough discussion of class in Canadian politics. How can looking at Canadian fiction and Canada Reads help shed light on how class is working today?
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Can I change your mind?
Please note that the time codes referenced here are for the web version of the story and will differ slightly if you are listening to…
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The use of narratives in research and design
These videos by Dr. Stan Ruecker and Dr. Milena Radzikowska are an excellent resource.
