Open Sources (Ep. #530) Show Notes for July 31, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting ready to go on summer vacation, but before that we’ve got some serious business, and in the case of one topic we mean really, really serious. We will once again tackle the ongoing tragedy in Gaza before coming back home to Ontario where education is on the menu again, from your local school board to post-secondary education. Also, we’ll keep the education conversation going with this week’s guest. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #530) Show Notes for July 31, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #527) Show Notes for July 10, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph we’re doing a Law & Order riff. With political barbecue season underway, we look to the police beat by talking about potential civil rights violations in a major Ontario prison and the province-wide chain of stores that apparently can sell an illegal product with (near) impunity. Don’t worry, we’ve still got some political chat for you… local politics! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #527) Show Notes for July 10, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #525) Show Notes for June 26, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, our hats are on our heads, not in our hands! Our glorious premier stuck his foot in his mouth again, just in time for National Indigenous Heritage Month, and speaking of foot in mouth we’ll talk about the ongoing and confusing state of developments in our newest Mideast quagmire, and in the interview we will talk to an old guest about her new job! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #525) Show Notes for June 26, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #523) Show Notes for June 12, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’ve got fighting words. People are riled up here in Ontario about some more bad bills, and people in the U.S. are riled up about another week of living in Trumpland including his most dangerous moves against civil liberties yet. If you’re a Canadian concerned about these things, you might want to listen to this week’s guest because he has some ideas on how to fight back! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #523) Show Notes for June 12, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #520) Show Notes for May 22, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we get back to basics, and by “basics” we mean our two favourite agitators. Yes, it’s time again to talk about the two Ds, Donald and Doug. One is turning American democracy inside out and the other is turn provincial environmental policy upside down. And for the interview? We will get an education with our special guest, a teacher! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #520) Show Notes for May 22, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #517) Show Notes for May 1, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph we get back to normal. No more election talk for at least a year now. Well, maybe a bit more election talk. We will talk about everything we didn’t know on election night and what it means, and then we will get back into the normal work of proctoring developments at the Ontario government and Guelph city council, and on the subject of the latter, we have a guest for that. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #517) Show Notes for May 1, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #504) Show Notes for January 30, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we have to shake off the winter blahs and get into election mode! Doug Ford has called a snap election in Ontario for incredibly specious reasons, and we will get into that, and we will also get into an election issue that we should be talking about with a special guest expert on the subject. In other news, the federal Liberals are still trying to find a new leader. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #504) Show Notes for January 30, 2025” →