I’m sick.  It’s been coming on since yesterday, muscle pain and headache, that I was hoping was just a minor thing, but today it seems to have ramped up more than usual.  Still, we have some interesting stuff going on, so I wanted to make sure I got The Voice Magazine up today, at least… Read more »

Scholarship name:  Ad Standards Scholarships Sponsored by:  Ad Standards Deadline:  February 28, 2023 Potential payout:  $1500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be students enrolled in an undergrad advertising or marketing program at a Canadian university or college. What’s required:  A completed application form, along with a current academic transcript, a letter of recommendation, and a maximum… Read more »

National Coffee Break Day is marked every January 20.  There is no shortage of coffee references in past Voice articles, and we selected two with little in common except coffee. Students in town.  Antonia Cruz relates how she set up a coffee group for AU students in Toronto.  “There I was, on a cold rainy… Read more »

AthaU Facebook Group Motivation magic.  Seems like the posts with the most responses are those asking about motivation, as one student—who put a pause on studies for two months and is struggling to resume—discovers. Discord Time to apply.  A soon-to-be-finished student asks for clarification on when to complete the apply to graduate form and others… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Jan 24, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Writing Forum: MLA and documentation Tue, Jan 24, 12:30 to 1:30 pm MST Online via Microsoft Teams Hosted by AU’s Write Site www.athabascau.ca/write-site/writing-forum.html No pre-registration needed; access through… Read more »

It’s that time of year when we start to think about more dinner parties and having family and friends over.  I challenged myself to develop a unique recipe that would be good for sharing with others or just with the family.  We have three children, and they love spaghetti with tomato sauce.  When we add… Read more »

I find that skincare in the winter becomes very hard especially living in a dryer climate such as that in Alberta.  Not to mention an uptick of eczema flare-ups and other irritated skin conditions that ensue with winter.  My partner has a case of keratosis pilaris where dry rough patches and tiny bumps can be… Read more »

The purpose of health care is to provide the sick with succour.  Psychological care, however, is more complex than a series of band-aids and boo-boos.  What if society itself is, as the Ghostbusters’ script reminds us, “too sick to survive”?  (Reitman, online).  An unpleasant theory laced with hyperbole, if ever there was.  Yet perhaps when… Read more »

The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Katherine (she/her) from Lethbridge, Alberta, who is a double major student in Psychology and Anthropology hoping to continue to a masters of counseling.  Katherine stated, “In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the… Read more »

I have a confession to make; when I get close to the end of something I freeze.  Whether it is the end of a book, consistent therapy sessions, or, admittedly, even my undergrad, I always seem to drag things out to avoid having to confront change.  More simply, I confess that, while I talk a… Read more »