INTERNSHIP Professional Internships in Vancouver and Toronto Canada Term: Throughout the year Length of Position: 12-24 weeks Experience Required: no Participants Travel to Canada Independently Typically Participants Work Independently Typically The Application Process Time Is 6 weeks The InterNeX internship exchange is a program managed by WAYNE communications that arranges tailored internship placements for international… Read more »
To list events in your area, e-mail voice@ausu.org with “events” in the subject line. BODY, SOUL & SPIRIT EXPO 23-25 September 2005 – Calgary, Alberta http://www.bodysoulspiritexpo.com/ Cost C$10; weekend pass C$25 Fri 3pm-10pm; Sat 10am-9pm; Sun 11am-6pm If you are seeking options to improve your life, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, expand your consciousness, or improve… Read more »
Martha Stewart is back. Only someone reawakening from a coma would question what all the fuss is about. All the rest of us know she has just finished serving five months of house arrest following a stint at a woman’s prison for lying to a grand jury. The sheer number of words and images this… Read more »
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William Safire’s Rules for Writers http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/protein/pert/safire.rules.html Remember to take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors! Altered Dimensions Home Prepare to immerse yourself in the mysteries of popular paranormal research. Strange New Products http://www.strangenewproducts.com/ It’s been evident for years that we’ll make and buy just about anything. Experiment: Cardboard Boat http://www.lakeviewford.com/boat/ What I… Read more »
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CATCHING ON IN ONTARIO The provincial government in Ontario seems to be catching on that education for the neediest is a good thing, and actually recognizing that a post-secondary education today is very different from the days when the politicians attended (Ontario, 2005). Changes to the Ontario Student Finance program will see the eligibility requirements… Read more »
I’ve carefully planned it all out. In university laboratories across this great country, teams of scientists are working around the clock researching ways to bring our love back to life. Working on my behalf, Stephen Hawking and Madame X are comparing quantum mechanics and star charts, searching for a loophole in the way things are…. Read more »
When I was a child, except for a few bouts of ideologically inspired vegetarianism in my teen years, I never gave too much thought to the food that I put in my stomach. Going to McDonald’s after swimming or basketball practice seemed like the ideal, tasty way to get my blood sugar levels back to… Read more »
“A Learning Alberta” Recently, the Alberta Government announced a comprehensive review of the Alberta post-secondary education system. Many discussion documents were placed online, and all stakeholders were invited to respond and make suggestions on our how post-secondary system can be improved. The students of the four universities of Alberta have responded through a document drafted… Read more »