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Artistic Director, Delta Community Music School

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British Columbians spend nearly $4 billion on cultural goods and services, over 4 times higher than government spending on culture in the province

Posted on November 20, 2010 by srobb

Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 12 Metropolitan Areas in 2008, the 32nd report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, shows Continue Reading →

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Consumer spending on culture: 3 times larger than government spending on culture

Posted on November 20, 2010 by srobb

 Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 12 Metropolitan Areas in 2008,the 32nd report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, shows that Continue Reading →

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Changing face of education: Clickers in the Classroom

Posted on November 16, 2010 by srobb

The way we conduct the processes of classroom education is changing. Technology is finding its way into classrooms in new and more interactive ways. Here is another example: from the Continue Reading →

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Do Podcasts Help Students Learn?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by srobb

Before George Washington University renewed its iTunes U contract, the administration wanted to know how the podcasts impacted student learning and engagement. In fall 2009, the university’s Center for Innovative Continue Reading →

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Select Standing Committee on Finance recommends increase in arts funding

Posted on November 13, 2010 by srobb

The province’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has recommended that arts funding be made a high priority in the 2011/12 budget. The bipartisan committee, which has been Continue Reading →

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The importance of a good education in our knowledge based society

Posted on November 13, 2010 by srobb

More evidence (as if we really needed any, but perhaps we do) that your level of education has a profound effect on the quality of your life. This article deals Continue Reading →

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Wi-Fi snooping tool drills gaping holes in security

Posted on November 1, 2010 by srobb

This story is quite a bit off topic, but should of interest to anyone roaming around out there using laptops or other wireless devices at coffee shops, airports, or anywhere Continue Reading →

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2010 Legacies Now fund shuts out support for arts in B.C.

Posted on October 29, 2010 by srobb

2010 Legacies Now is rebranding itself and will no longer provide support for the arts, its CEO Bruce Dewar has confirmed. A not-for-profit organization created in 2000 to develop community Continue Reading →

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The empathy deficit

Posted on October 26, 2010 by srobb

Young Americans today live in a world of endless connections and up-to-the-minute information on one another, constantly updating friends, loved ones, and total strangers — “Quiz tomorrow…gotta study!” — about Continue Reading →

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Ontarians value the arts more than ever, survey shows

Posted on October 25, 2010 by srobb

I wonder if the same thing could be said about British Columbians? Ontarians believe more passionately in the importance of the arts than they did 16 years ago, a survey Continue Reading →

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