Through the ages
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Find a story
As Time Goes By
Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsWriters of Interest
Community
Visitor count
- 18,381 hits
Tag Archives: change agent
Back Home and Back to Basics
History never really says goodbye. History says “see you later” – Eduardo Galeano Between dealing with the “normal” aging process of a non-conventional body and watching the erosion of disability rights I have been withdrawing into a numbness. I feel … Continue reading
The Aging Challenge
“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength” – Betty Friedan Having spent all of my life with a disability I have learnt never to take anything for granted. If I accepted every “assumption” that … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged aging, baby-boomers, belief systems, change agent, cognition, denial, Eden Ryl, independent living, Pack Your Own Chute, retirement, seniors, technology, Terry Wiens, veterans
Leave a comment
Stuck in the Middle…
“Most ‘Monty Python’ fans are, of course, baby-boomers, who have long been a nostalgic lot and are growing more so as they totter towards old age” – Terry Teachout There is an old adage that goes “being in the right place … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Disability, Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged #StudentDemandAction, activism, baby-boomers, change agent, Civil rights, Cognitive Dissonance, Emma Gonzalez, Gerontologist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, polio, Senator Marco Rubio, seniors, Terry Wiens
Leave a comment
With Fear as the Warden!
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear” – Mark Twain Another foggy day out there and no wind to help dissipate it. From my window I can see the huge Canadian flag as still and … Continue reading
On the Issue of Survival
“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change” – Leon C. Megginson Many years ago I read a number of books written by Leon Megginson, an academic considered by … Continue reading
Reframing the Senate
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to chose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt I was just catching a snippet on the news regarding the newly appointed Senators. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Disability, Philosophy, Politics, seniors
Tagged change agent, Disability, healthcare, political change, regulatory systems, Senate appointments, Terry Wiens
Leave a comment
The Decomposition of Healthcare – Part 4 Discharge
My experience in the NRGH just re-enforces my resolve to push the federal Minister of Health’s position that “transformational change” is needed. Our current system is broken beyond repair. One has to question, at what point do you stop using body … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Disability, Personal Life
Tagged change agent, Disability, healthcare, Nanaimo, philpott, Terry Wiens, transformative change
1 Comment
