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Category Archives: Systemic analysis

When a pen is more than a pen

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓
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In 2010, London, Ontario, school teacher Ryan Jarvis was caught taking photos of female students’ breasts using a pen camera. He was charged with voyeurism. In 2015, a trial court judge acquitted him; an acquittal that was upheld by the Continue reading When a pen is more than a pen→

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Just who do we call a terrorist?

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

In late January, Kingston was the centre of a major “terrorist” story. I live in Kingston; in fact, just a few blocks from one of the houses raided in the investigation. This was certainly the closest I had ever come Continue reading Just who do we call a terrorist?→

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Election time (again!)

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

Those of us who feel as though we have been living in perpetual election anticipation and/or recovery deserve to be forgiven. After all, in the past couple of years, we have lived through an American presidential election with shocking results, Continue reading Election time (again!)→

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Making things better until it doesn’t

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

According to Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, excessive alcohol use among women is a serious public health problem; one that is largely ignored. Her recent report contains some disturbing statistics: between 2001 and 2017, alcohol-related deaths among Continue reading Making things better until it doesn’t→

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