On Thursday February 24th, Olive Dempsey, Amanda Mitchell and Councillor Andrea Reimer from the City of Vancouver (and the Greenest City team) will talk to us about policy issues within the Greenest City file (but obviously we will be able to discuss the larger policy implications of these issues). Furthermore, I want to call your attention to Greenest City Camp which will take place on March 5th, 2011. If you have the time to attend you should consider doing so!
I just read about how the UK’s ‘evidence-based’ health policy is coming under scrutiny and criticism. Check this post from Boing Boing. Given how much emphasis I have placed on empirical evidence, this post is particularly relevant to our in-class discussions.
As indicated in today’s class, here is the text of the assignment for before class on Thursday, February 10th, 2011.
Individually
Pick a Canadian policy issue where you see the need for self-organization (examples):
…. (your choice)
What kind of basic rules and norms would you try to enforce, and who would be both the target population and the responsible parties for enforcement? (according to evolutionary theory)
Post your reflections on this POLI 350A blog post (email me your pseudonym) before the beginning of next class.