Yearly Archives: 2012

This is Ted Jackson's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Skating Towards the Corners In hockey, when you skate into the corners of the rink, you know you are headed for a rough ride.  That’s the place … Read More

Here is Sherri Torjman's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Recreation and Community Engagement I recently delivered a keynote address at the first National Recreation Summit. The event gathered from all regions people who are involved in … Read More

This is Cheryl Rose's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? The Middle of Nowhere Between the old and the new, there is a place that is a kind of nowhere-land and it is one of the most … Read More

 This is Christian Bason's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Rehearsing the future As we enter 2012, new challenges arise for MindLab, the organisation I run. An internal innovation unit for three national ministries, MindLab has for … Read More

This is Sam Sullivan's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? A New Wave of Urban Reform My study of the history of Canadian cities leads me to conclude that we are ready for a new wave of … Read More

This is John Stapleton's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? I want to conduct ‘thought experiments’ concerning where Canada is heading as a nation as we race to create greater inequality through increased public scarcity and private … Read More

This is Delyse Sylvester's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? A more fully invested collaborator We were very lucky to live our two daughters’ “success by six” years at a housing coop in Vancouver’s Commercial Drive neighbourhood. … Read More

This is John McKnight's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Cooperation is the context for each of us to value doing well for ourselves and others. I have always believed that competition is the thin ice of … Read More

This is Peter Deitz's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? "What are you skating toward?" is a Canadian remix of the classic Siddharthian question, "Whither will my path yet lead me?" I recall coming across this question … Read More

This is Adam Kahane's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? We Need to Learn How To Work Together We face a widening gap between our need to work together and our ability to do so. Our societies … Read More