A Friday Night in Hamilton
It’s the second Friday of the month, and this means Art Crawl on James Street North. The February Art Crawl tends to be the smallest each year. It’s usually the coldest of the 12, there are few outdoor vendors, and the weather is unpredictable. The February 2017 Art…
From 2013: A City's Shame
The following was published in Hamilton Magazine in Fall 2013. A City’s ShameCHARLTON HALL SIMPLY WANTED TO MOVE TO A NICER FACILITY. HOW IT TURNED INTO A BITTER, AND COSTLY, LEGAL BATTLE IS BOTH SHOCKING AND SHAMEFULWRITTEN BY Joey Coleman Charlton Hall, a mental health treatment facility for…
The End Days for Student Newspapers? Or An Opportunity to Expand?
The University of Waterloo student newspaper is facing the challenge of students deciding they want their money back. The student newspaper fee is opt-out, meaning students can request refunds. The Waterloo Region Record reports: The University of Waterloo’s student newspaper has been handing over cash to hundreds of…
Joey's Daily* Reading List for January 28, 2017
My increasingly not daily list of readings from across the WWW In no particular order: Rose: Thoughts about the demise of electoral reform – or, we should have seen it coming – Queen prof Jonathan Rose on electoral reform. Using Machine Learning to predict parking difficulty – an…
Joey's Daily Reading List for January 30, 2017
My daily sharing of readings from across the WWW In no particular order. What Yates Should Have Done and Quick Thoughts On Sally Yates’ Unpersuasive Statement: Two posts which make good arguments that former Acting Attorney General of the United States Sally Yates mishandled her response to the…
The Courts are Important, We Need Beat Reporters to Cover Them
The legal system is complex, it has immense power, and the public understanding of how it works is lacking because of a lack of journalists covering it as a beat. Yes, there is plenty of coverage of sensational and capital offense crime trials. Coverage of trials is not…
The Quebec Mosque Shooting
I learned of the Quebec Mosque shooting last night, and I sank – an attack against one is an attack against all. I watched as misinformation spread, people tweeted with anger from many angles, and even argued in Direct Messages with people who felt I should be tweeting…
Fighting for Better Rez Food Makes Tache Hall Memory Book
I’m a bit of a "trouble-maker", yes, I know that’s a bit of an understatement. One of my fights was for better residence food at University of Manitoba made the list of 2000-2010 highlights in a commemorative book of the history of Tache Hall. How I missed this…
Joey's Daily* Reading List for January 28, 2017
My Not-So-Daily List of Reads from Across the WWW I need to do better staying up on my readings and writing. I’ve been watching tonight’s events in the ongoing and growing constitutional crisis in the American Republic. You can find me retweet about the crisis over on my…
As a Crown Ward, The Library was a Lifeline to University
I’m proud of all of Hamilton’s social media communities for defending our Hamilton Public Library after recent comments by Ward 7 Councillor Donna Skelly. (You can listen to an audio recording or read a transcript.) Without computers at the library and access to knowledge, I would never have…