Todd Pettigrew

Todd Pettigrew, PhD, is an Associate Professor of English at Cape Breton University. Follow him @toddpettigrew.

It’s not stealing, and saying that it is does more harm than good

Just as I was cursed.

The opposition leader escapes a lie through clever snobbery.

Equity policies may have little impact.

Sarah Palin isn’t Shakespeare; she’s Dogberry. Not that she knows who Dogberry is.

A "take" is the opposite of a mistake. Did you get that OED people?

Don’t make the mistakes I did.

Reflections on the art of hating.

Celebrating indigenous knowledge obscures the real problems Native Canadians face.

The latest threat to the delicate sensibilities of children? Rhyming.