Todd Pettigrew

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

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All your profs are wrong about plagiarism

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

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I will curse you

Just as I was cursed.

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Ignatieff’s ’education’

The opposition leader escapes a lie through clever snobbery.

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Do universities need affirmative action?

Equity policies may have little impact.

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Sarah palinates bardigiously

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

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What I did right

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

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What I did wrong

Don’t make the mistakes I did.

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Are we tolerant enough, yet?

Reflections on the art of hating.

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Do Native Canadians have special knowledge?

Celebrating indigenous knowledge obscures the real problems Native Canadians face.

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Shari Killjoy vs Sir Kevin Lamenamer

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

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