Pause the research please!

 Educated people everywhere use well designed reliable and valid research. We are taught how to do it. We are required to read it, digest it, ruminate on it, write about it and attack or defend it. However, it has occurred to me that some of the research which clearly points

University of Ottawa’s new program in special music education to launch this fall

 The University of Ottawa, in collaboration with Lotus Centre for Special Music Education, has established a new program in special music education that will launch this Fall 2018. This is the first program in Canada developed to train music teachers to work with students with special needs, including students with autism, cerebral palsy and

J & J’s Gibberish: Special Needs Get a Nod from Queen’s Park

 Photo credit: Pixabay In case you missed it, on March 26th Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced an investment of more than $300 million to will help children with special education needs. The funding will add more education workers and specialized support staff to classrooms, and will work to eliminate the

GCTC’s 40 Seasons Strong and Just Getting Stronger…

 photo credit: GCTC/Andrew Alexander As  the GCTC celebrates its 40th season, it once again proves it is on the cutting edge of thought-provoking, hard-hitting, fantastic Canadian theatre.  The GCTC chose a whopper of a play to open its 2014-2015 season, The Boy in the Moon, by Emil Sher. Based on