AthaU Facebook Group Calgary study group. A call-out for students in or near NW Calgary to begin meeting for socializing, support, and accountability attracts some enthusiastic responses. Discord You’ve got mail! (Maybe.) Discussion in the #general channel mostly revolves around how to access student email after the upgrade. Some students are forgetting about the “u”… Read more »
Scholarship name: North American Van Lines Logistics Scholarship Sponsored by: North American Van Lines Deadline: December 15, 2022 Potential payout: $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be Canadian Citizens or permanent residents, and enrolled (or enrolling) as a full-time student at an accredited Canadian university or college in an undergrad degree program in Logistics or equivalent… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column underscores and outlines various… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, Nov 22, 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. Library Chat Wed, Nov 23, 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. Faculty… Read more »
On November 13th, it was confirmed that if I lived on my own, without the love and support my family, I would be well below poverty and potentially having to weigh the pros and cons of living in poverty or using government assistance in dying to end suffering (Human Concern International, 2022). Unbeknownst to me… Read more »
Last weekend’s bomb blast in Istanbul prompted us to delve into the archives to see what our Voices past have written about Turkey. East goes west. Jason Sullivan describes the massive overhaul to Turkey’s education system in the 1920s. “Women in particular benefited from Atatürk’s education reforms. Under the Islamist caliphate, girls had received little… Read more »
On January 3rd, 2009, something known as Bitcoin came to be. Back then, nobody outside of the gaming or pc community knew what this weird digital coin was, nor could they wrap their head around how it worked. If you wanted to get your hands on some Bitcoin you could buy it through this service… Read more »
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The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Jessica Young (she/her), a recent Human Resources and Labour Relations graduate currently residing in Calgary. Jessica stated, “In the spirit of reconciliation, I acknowledge that I live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe… Read more »
When I went through a trying time in the math department, my brother said, “Don’t care what other people think.” He said it because he cared about me. But I needed to learn how to operationalize it. I didn’t want to grow colder, which seemed to be a byproduct of not caring. But after some… Read more »