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- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
Cut and paste culture: The hidden cost of reusing data
Recently, I was on an email thread where a templated email was reused out of context leading to a slightly confusing and funny exchange about a non-existent maternity leave. Making things worse, I added to the thread by sending out a questionnaire where the first question was clearly out of context. Oops! I think we've all had this happen. The cut and paste function is an easy default and most of the time it saves us time. Yet, it also creates a dynamic for how we work. The t

- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
When who gets to define the problem is the problem...
This past week has been a tough one. It's forced us to look at systemic issues of racism and inequality which we have not been able to overcome for decades, some might say, centuries. It's tempting to think we don't have these issues in Canada, that we don't have racism in Alberta. In fact, that's what a young women from Innisfail was told by her community, including the mayor, when she attempted to organize an anti-racism protest. As we grapple with issues surrounding over p