THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

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2024-06-04

Canadian Diversity and Right Wing Hate of Justin Trudeau

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Yes, Justin Trudeau is a mediocre Prime Minister, but that is not why the right hates him. Nor is it because of carbon taxes or provincial ...
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2021-08-20

How Should We Judge Historical Figures

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Should historical figures be judged by the best things they have done or the worst. Should they be judged by the standards of today or of th...
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2021-04-19

The future of Laurentian University is in the hands of a flawed process and an anti-education government

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When Laurentian University was founded it was not to create a profit making enterprise but to create an educational institution to serve the...
2020-04-26

COVID-19 and Education in Ontario – An Imaginative Approach

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Let me start by saying that I understand that hindsight is a big advantage and some may ask why didn't I think of this sooner and my r...
2019-04-24

Primitive vs Civilized Societies

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As someone born in 1950 and raised and educated in a Eurocentric culture I learned early that civilized societies are intellectually,...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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