I have a confession to make. Chronologically I am 27 but emotionally I act like I am, at most, 12. It is not because of developmental differences. Or, my favourite rationalization for the past year and a half, the effect of invisibility syndrome. I have to take responsibility here. I am 28 years old in… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, May 2, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Library Chat Wed, May 3, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page AU… Read more »
Looking for to build a professional network? Want to learn how to network more effectively with others in your field? Join us on April 13, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. MT for a Hot Topic session on networking in any profession. Host Trishtina Godoy-Contois, VP External at AUSU, will kick off the hour with a presentation… Read more »
For a while, I didn’t work. First, I was knocked out of the ring due to ten years of severe anxiety and chronic disease. During that time, I’d search for ways to make extra money. And indeed, nothing I searched seemed to result in anything that would make much money. Since healing myself of anxiety… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Lisa Spencer-Cook (she/her), an Applied Studies student from Red Deer, Alberta, which she acknowledged is “Treaty 6 and 7” territory. Lisa let us know a bit about her educational journey. “I originally started a Psychology degree, and most of my courses have been Psych and… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Nursing a sick tutor. A student seeks advice on how to deal with impending deadlines when the (otherwise helpful) course tutor has been off sick quite a bit. Responders suggest contacting the course coordinator for assistance in getting marking done in time. reddit The rural internet crapshoot. A Saskatchewan student wonders if… Read more »
The current conflict in Sudan has prompted the evacuation of diplomats and foreign nationals. Our contributors have written on other facets of Sudan over the years. A.k.a. The one who has killed the cat. Wanda Waterman interviews Sudanese-born spoken word and hip hop artist Nazim Elnur. “I have ephemeral memories of being raised in the… Read more »
I was out walking my dog late on a mild spring evening a while back, when I passed by an elderly woman who was sitting on the front steps of her house playing an accordion. I recognized the piece of music as Bob Dylan’s When I Paint My Masterpiece. There was an old elm tree… Read more »
Ever look around your humble abode and say “one day this could all be mine – but cheaper?” Like millions of Canadians, affordable housing seems a distant dream. Yet, for the lower economic echelons, including not only workers doing full time labour at less-than-livable-wages but perhaps also a thousand or two AU students like you,… Read more »
Politicians are a bit like polliwogs: they hatch in all sorts of marshes, bogs and, er, swamp settings. Each would-be orator emerges as a frog and ribbits to anyone who’ll listen, creating a popularity contest where the loudest and brashest croaker wins. As students, we become political through our studies; by definition, our essays demand… Read more »