Alberta Party Gets Organized

It was great to catch up with Michael Walters today.  He is the former organizer for the Greater Edmonton Alliance and now working as an organizer for the new Alberta Party. The announcement of his appointment is out today I believe. He had an interesting observation in our conversation.  He said, “The fuel in your private [...]

What About an Education Charter for Alberta

Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd is a fellow traveler on the progressive political path for the Next Alberta and very involved in the Reboot Alberta citizen’s movement. He is promoting the idea of an Education Charter for Alberta.  I think it has merit and recommend you read his blog post for more information. You can sign the online petition [...]

CTV Interview on The Gun Sculpture Censorship

I did an interview on the CTV national network news last night on the UN censorship of The Gun Sculpture.  Here is the link to it.

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 [...]

So You Think You Want to be a School Trustee

Here is an other link to a blog post on campaign school workshop for serious candidates who are thinking of running for school trustee in the Fall 2010 elections in Alberta. I help present these events for the Alberta School Boards Association.  If you are keen to learn how to campaign and be a school [...]

Christopher Spencer Adds Historical Perspective on Progressive Movements

I received this guest blog from Christopher Spencer (CKLS on Twitter).  It is a very helpful backgrounder to the work being done within the Reboot Alberta community.  Reboot participants are grappling with the foundational questions of what it means to be a progressive in a 21st century Alberta.  Christopher gives us some Alberta based history on [...]

Is This the Winter of Stelmach’s Disconnect?

There is an astonishing poll results released today that says the Wildrose Alliance would form government in Alberta if there was an election call.  Here is the link to my blog post on the implications and the reality of that poll

Quilting as a Metaphor for New Progressive Politics

There is an interesting new Reboot Alberta blog post by Janet Lane.  She draws an interesting metaphor around quilting and the reality of what Reboot Alberta is all about as it proceeds to create a new political movement based on relationships not power trips. Curious?  Give it a read.

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: “The Argument”

AlexAbbound is once again writing about his impressions of Reboot Alberta.  In the conclusion of another thoughtful blog piece he sums up the challenge for Albertans, especially those who want to advance a more progressive and inclusive governing philosophy: “I look forward to continuing what we started in Red Deer this past weekend – in whatever [...]