A couple months ago I wrote to my family and friends saying that, using my paternal grandmothers wedding ring, I was making a commitment to give my heart to my God. Saying that if I was going to have a romantic relationship I was going to wait until seminary school. A couple weeks following this,… Read more »
Scholarship name: TD Scholarship for Indigenous Peoples Sponsored by: TD and AFOA Canada Deadline: January 16, 2023, 5:00 pm EST Potential payout: $10,000 per year for tuition, plus $5000 per year for living expenses, for up to four years. Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be First Nations, Metis, or Inuit; be members of a First Nation,… Read more »
Creating the Best Of editions is always a bit of a fun task. It gives me an excuse to spend a lot of time going through old editions of the Voice Magazine, remembering things that happened, both in the world at large and with the various Voice writers, over the course of the year. On… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Conversation starter. Nothing gives a thread traction like asking folks about their worst ProctorU experience. In amongst the gripes were posts advising students with ProctorU complaints to contact the exam unit, and perhaps also the student union. Discord Nothing is too crazy. Contributors in the #coffee-shop-lounge swap ideas for how to reward… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Ty-Lily Bussi, a 19-year old Labour Studies student residing in a small town near Niagara Falls, Ontario, who hopes to become a lawyer. On a personal note, Ty let The Voice Magazine know, “I come from an Italian immigrant family and we live about 15… Read more »
Dr. Goodaire swooped down the stairs of the Auditoria style classroom two wide steps at a time to deliver his first lecture of the morning for a Calculus I class. It was the first week of September 1992 and this was my first class of a six-year long engineering program at Memorial University. I was… Read more »
I decided to make beef stew a while back. It was a rainy, cool day, and something hardy was starting to appeal to me. I followed my last recipe, but then I thought about how I could improve it. I think this could be a metaphor for life, really. The changes to this recipe are… Read more »
How important can having a positive or curious mindset really be? According to Chris Voss, a retired FBI hostage negotiator with over 20 years of experience and who now trains other professionals while also teaching at Harvard, it is critical. Chris quotes research that has shown that a positive mindset and the positive emotions associated… Read more »
[Wanda’s been giving us comics and columns for years, since before I was editing the Voice Magazine. Like many of our regulars, I couldn’t really call something the Best of The Voice Magazine if I didn’t have at least one of her submissions in here. From issue 3035 in early September, this was the winner… Read more »
No one loves criticism. But criticism has its place—at least, self-criticism does when done right. But criticizing others is often a futile effort. Often, complaints lead to hard feelings and struggling relationships. But how do you correct someone who’s gone off course? Doling out criticism. How do you best criticize someone? By saying nothing and… Read more »