Le nombre d'allophones a surpassé celui des francophones dans les écoles publiques de l'île de Montréal

Very interesting ...

Pour la première fois, le nombre d'élèves allophones a surpassé celui des francophones dans les écoles publiques de l'île de Montréal, a appris La Presse. «La majorité est comme inversée, a dit Dominique Sévigny, auteur du Portrait socioculturel des élèves inscrits dans les écoles publiques de l'île de Montréal au 30 septembre 2008. C'est une tendance lourde, qui devrait se poursuivre à moins qu'il arrive quelque chose de majeur au niveau de l'immigration.»

The Job of Leadership is Developing People

"Also, I grew to understand more and more that the job of leadership is developing people, and that it involves not doing everything for them, but sometimes allowing them to stub their toe. The work may not come in perfectly, but the learning was much more effective, and people felt empowered to own the outcome in a different way. Putting that into practice was very hard for me because it's very hard for me to see a problem and not try and fix it."

Deborah Dunsire, M.D., president and chief executive of Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company. From the NYT

Free Photoediting Software ... Reviewed!

Great post here that looks at free photo editing software rivalling Photoshop!

 

Mall Sky

Mall Sky, originally uploaded by Ian Kenney.

Rainbow Over Ottawa