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Jacqueline P. Leighton, PhD, RPsych

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    Children's Right to Education
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Apr 19
    • 1 min

    Children's Right to Education

    The term has ended and I finished the academic teaching term by writing an opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal. It was published April...
    And here we are...again?
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    And here we are...again?

    The year 2021 is drawing to a close. And thank God for Twitter. Yes you read this correctly. Thank God for Twitter because I have needed...
    The other 9/11: Tyranny arrives unannounced
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    The other 9/11: Tyranny arrives unannounced

    I should have posted this last month to mark the 48th anniversary of Chile's coup d'etat. The coup occurred on September 11, 1973. The...
    Beware or Behold the Twitter Mob!
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    Beware or Behold the Twitter Mob!

    On August 17, 2021, I got attacked by my first Twitter Mob - exciting but tiresome. Most of them anonymous with names such as Alberta MD...
    To all the silent good people....
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Aug 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    To all the silent good people....

    The theme for this post is again freedom. Freedom to think; freedom to speak; and freedom to act. Especially now as we are watching our...
    Resolve in the face of the (woke) crowd
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Resolve in the face of the (woke) crowd

    As a researcher, professor, and libertarian, I embrace the responsibility I have at the university. I feel privileged to work within an...
    So I chose Noam Chomsky for a reason
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Jun 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    So I chose Noam Chomsky for a reason

    The development video of the month is none other than the great Noam Chomsky. He is a linguist and has contributed more consequentially...
    Challenging Ourselves to Think
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • May 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Challenging Ourselves to Think

    I've chosen Steven Pinker's Human Nature and the Blank Slate as the human development video of the month (May) for two reasons: Pinker is...
    Please let 2021 be better!
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Please let 2021 be better!

    On new year's eve I reflected on the past year. Some of it was good but starting in March 2020, there was quite a bit that was not so...
    Inaugural post: The perspective behind my observations
    Jacqueline Leighton
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    Inaugural post: The perspective behind my observations

    This is the first blog post of my updated website. The views I share here do not necessarily reflect the views of my students, research...
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