Posts tagged ‘history’

Should democracy be more compassionate? Richard Boyd looks to Rousseau for answers.

There is a sense that the modern democratic society is, or at least tries to be, a caring place. Our own Canadian democracy has a public…

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Hark, A Webcomic!

Since I can find no previous mention on Terry, I thought I’d share one of my favourite webcomics. Hark, A Vagrant!, by Canadian Kate Beaton is…

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UBC MIX announces first partnership!

http://www.terry.ubc.ca/mix/ I’m pleased to announce UBC MIX’s first partnership: Science One Biology and HIST 104! This partnership is a great one and the faculty involved are…

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The 761st Tank Battalion

In acknowledgement of the 65th anniversary of D-Day, I thought I’d share a fascinating story from World War 2 which I came across several years ago.…

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The Future of the History of Science

This is a re-hash of a topic I previously posted on my own blog, but I’m hoping the larger audience of Terry might provoke a more……

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