College Archives Project
In 2002, and at the request of the National Council of the Australian College of Educators, Tony Ryan undertook the major task of reviewing College records from around Australia,..
Day: 15 November 2018
College Oral History Project
Beginning in 1994, Tony Ryan undertook recording extended interviews with significant educators around Australia. SA educator and children’s author Colin Thiele, …
When Words Fail Us
Ours is now a culture enamoured of social media, email, SMS messaging, chat rooms and all the gadgets of new era communication. We exchange words like never before…
Life Tipped Upside Down
Parents and health professionals caring for dying children have frequently commented that, when a child dies the proper order of things is somehow tipped upside-down:
So what is a good death?
The prime focus of In Search of a Good Death is palliative care, comfort and meaning at life’s end. It has been said that we live in a death-denying society. As one of…
