Timothy Sly: The regions that experienced SARS in 2003—Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Ontario—mostly demonstrated a stronger and more effective response to COVID-19. The one exception was Ontario, which still seems to be confused and indecisive.
Isaac Bogoch and Goldy Hyder: Currently some 35,000 COVID-19 tests are performed across Canada on a good day. We should aim to double that.
A new report says Canada needs a unified approach between the provinces on online screening and testing, and that some patients might be getting bad advice
Prof. Pettigrew on the Collegiate Learning Assessment
Take-home exams just aren’t the same
Students can be admitted without provincial exams
Doctors blame exam anxiety, heart condition
COYNE: The Tories were gaming the system, but transfers of campaign funds are not illegal
You may have seen that Nikki Finke posted a report on audience-testing data for Parks and Recreation, the new Amy Poehler show from the producers of The Office. Even granted that a) anything Ben Silverman executive-produces for his own network is an irresistible target and b) no one can resist speculating that a new, much-hyped show is in trouble, that seems like kind of a low blow. Focus-group responses don’t tell you much about how well the show is doing, and this report doesn’t suggest that it’s in any more trouble than any other show.
A new study finds negative stereotypes can mask people’s academic abilities