RebootAlberta3.0 “Taking Action” is a GO!

If you think the existing political culture in Alberta is broken, the status quo is not acceptable and the trends and alternatives we are  offered by the dominant and conventional political parties are inadequate for Alberta to realize our potential then you will want to be part of RebootAlberta3.0. We need to renew our democracy, revise [...]

Committing Makes It So!

A small group of us have start to focus on the shape and content of Reboot 3.0 the next province-wide gathering a large group of progressive thinking Albertans.  We will get together in Edmonton Nov 5-7 to starting taking action to make a different kind of Alberta based on progressive values. We will outline a [...]

The Reboot “Weavers” Are Getting Together

Coming out of Reboot 1.0 was a group of thought leaders, facilitators and process design specialists who want to help advance the Reboot Alberta citizen’s movement.  We are getting together today to talk about the purpose and process of Reboot 3.0 We have seen a hiatus of Reboot Alberta events since Reboot 2.0 in February but it [...]

Can Alberta Progressives Get Our Political Act Together?

Here is a link to my other blog and commentary on the recent effort by Alberta Liberal leader, David Swann, to start a partisan based conversation on getting the Alberta progressive voice clear and conveyed and understood Please visit the Ken Chapman blog and comment on the effort and ideas.

Why the Chaos in Alberta’s Public Education System?

Don Braid has a great take on the topsy turvy policy of the province of Alberta in meeting its contractual funding obligations to Alberta’s teachers. It seems to me this deferral of funding for teacher contracts the province agreed to for 5 years of labour peace. This political manipulation seems to me to be also [...]

Reviving the RebootAlberta Blog

It has been a long time since there was activity on this blog but that is about to change.  This blog will become focused on citizen engagement and reviving democracy in Alberta.  It will mostly be written by me Ken Chapman and it will compliment my regular political blog at www.ken-chapman.blogspot.com. This blog will link to other [...]

New Blog “Inspired2Vote”

Sue Huff is a progressive and practical politician as a school trustee.  She is also an actor, writer and film maker so she is rooted in her cultural creativity as well. Coming out of Reboot Alberta she has started a new blog to inquire why 60% of Albertans did not vote in the last election.  She calls [...]

Canadian Blog Awards 2009

Round 1 Voting for the Canadian Blog Awards goes until Dec 12. Three Bloggers from the Reboot Alberta community are nominated in the Political category. Dave Cournoyer (a.k.a Daveberta), DJKelly and myself Ken Chapman are all nominated in the Politics category Daveberta is nominated in Blog Series too for his Smith vs. Board of Education work. Here [...]

Alex Abboud on Alberta 3.0: Thoughts on the Way Forward

Alex Abboud is attending Reboot Alberta this weekend.  He has posted his thoughts on the future of Alberta.  Alex says Alberta does not need a reboot, it needs an upgrade.  His point is that a “reboot implies that problems exist, but the current system will suffice to handle them.”  He disagrees.  Alex believes the system [...]

When Was the Last Time You De-Learned?”

I did a blog post on this concept and thoughts from Chris Hedges’ book “Empire of Illusion” that applies to the Reboot Alberta context. http://ken-chapman.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-was-last-time-you-de-learned.html