Precarious Physicist

Emailing Your Professors

I usually put in my course outline “Treat an email to your Professor as a professional communication”. Here I…

Strike At Carleton: Personal Statement

We are now three weeks into the strike by CUPE 2424 workers at Carleton University. They…

I Am Not Your Boss: I Teach You

There was a tweet yesterday from the CEO of a private company that runs charter schools in the USA. The…

Physics 1003 Manifesto

For the last few years, I have taught a Physics course for first year engineers, called Physics 1003. It is an…

Kindness, Generosity and Compassion

How to treat our students

Leaving That High School Psychology

The Transition From High School

Using PowerPoint Properly

Yes, it can be done

The Screwtape Teaching Evaluations

It’s that time of the year when instructors find student teaching evaluations popping up like an…

Practice Makes Perfect

Once again, I am teaching the Introductory Physics summer course, and this year I decided to add some extra practice…