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Hudson Strait: February 2009
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Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Saturday, February 21, 2009. Our fourth/fifth grade French second language teacher has gone on a medical leave. Anyone need a job for the next four months? Leave a comment with your contact information. Saturday, February 21, 2009. Saturday, February 14, 2009. Sophie calls me lucky. I call it intelligent, hard work. Uhh, I'm sorry." I squeaked out. No problem," the man replied, "wasn't the first time, won't be the last." I shit you not. That's what he said. When N...
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Hudson Strait: April 2010
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Here we go again. Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Saturday, April 24, 2010. Here we go again. When you walk past someone in a small village, no matter where you are, you wave, or say "hello" or tip your hat or make some sort of motion of recognition. Here it is no different. In Kangirsujuaq, and I'm assuming other Inuit villages, you say the person's name, followed by the greeting. I usually get one of two greetings: "James-ngai" or "Jaimisia". There was a suicide at the residence.". Neil confir...
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Hudson Strait: December 2009
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Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Saturday, December 05, 2009. Noah was a firefighter for Hallowe'en. Saturday, December 05, 2009. Thursday, December 03, 2009. After weeks of trouble with YouTube, I figured out a new way to upload videos. Here's Noah's first time on skates. Thursday, December 03, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Hudson Strait: December 2008
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Making up for the past few weeks. Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Tuesday, December 16, 2008. My students were groggy too. Too groggy to learn about linear relations and proportions. As two of the students slept, the third was hard at work, trying to differentiate between a partial variation and proportional relation. It is a simple matter of finding patterns and analyzing them. For instance, we had a table that looked like this:. The student had to figure out 1) what a. I can't," she said.
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Hudson Strait: March 2009
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The Police Bear and the Day Care. In which Noah shows us what he learned at day care. Noah is Sick II. When Noah Was Sick. Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The Police Bear and the Day Care. We leave for Cuba in three days. We'll be on our Bike Fridays. Noah looks petrified. I'm afraid of polar bears (and pigs) too. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. In which Noah shows us what he learned at day care. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Wednesday, March 11, 2009.
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Hudson Strait: March 2010
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Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Friday, March 12, 2010. I haven't written much in a year. I've been struggling with this story. I've been thinking, do I really have the right to write about this? What are people in the village going to say if they read it? Should I include his real name? How will I synthesize the roller coaster of emotions that I went through a year ago? Indeed, even for me it still seems almost too raw to share. PS My baby and your dog are fine. I rang up Sayard when we arrived...
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Hudson Strait: May 2010
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Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Friday, May 14, 2010. When I tried to do the dishes this morning, I got through the glasses and a few mugs, and I pulled the plug, leaving the utensils lying there in the bottom of the sink, waiting. I couldn't do it anymore. You see, I have a skin condition called vitiligo. Sure it hurts, but at least I can't do the dishes.". Friday, May 14, 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Hudson Strait: August 2009
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Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Sunday, August 30, 2009. In March, another teacher and I took our four graduating students to Europe. In order to do so, we had to do two things: find some sort of link to Inuit culture; and raise loads of money. We were in search of a European destination with a great deal of the "wow! Factor. Sayard, the other teacher, came across an itinerary for Rome and Athens. Perfect: the Acropolis and the Colosseum. Wow. The next day, we went to the vatican museums to look...
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Hudson Strait: June 2011
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The Red House Dance Club. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our First Last Year: The Best of Times and the Wor. Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Wednesday, June 22, 2011. I try not to think of the relationship that Kangirsujuaq and I have in terms of give-and-take. I try to think of it as an exchange of service. Once, a friend of mine told me an interesting story. He was working in an isolated reserve, and by isloated I mean isolated. The chief cut him off. "You aren't welcome on my reserve....
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Hudson Strait: May 2011
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Last summer, Sophie and I were in Montreal. We wer. If you like it, do it. The Vatican Vaults Revisited. Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. What she didn't know was that it was still up in the air when I left with three weeks left in the school year. Sophie was 8 1/2 months pregnant, and I didn't want to miss the birth of my son, so I wrapped up exams early, planned a few projects for my replacement, and went to Montreal. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Monday, May 30, 2011. My first ...
