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    Searching for Place in an Increasingly Hyper-Digital and Disembodied World

    Internet dependency and the growth of AI reveal a choice-point about place and belonging: to be natural or remain in programmed states of collective trauma.

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    Favourite Lessons From A Course in Miracles

    Somehow, life had enrolled me in an abstract version of A Course in Miracles before I had read the book. Here are some core lessons that I resonate with.

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    Manifesting a Vision for Education: Creating a Social Vision Board

    How can a vision that’s bigger than my life be manifested into the world? Let’s start by bringing the “vision” itself into the world with a social vision board.

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    Social Justice is a Vision, Not a Precondition; Decolonization Must Start From the Heart

    Despite the efforts, faulty paradigms in social ethics and knowledge production keep us cycling through the same colonial-based mindsets and behaviours.

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    If Knowledge is Power, Why is Academia Such a Disempowering Place?

    When knowledge production is fueled by uncertainty and university-endorsed values are based on judgements, we are building a society of fear and shame.

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