My experience with Wikipedia has been a source of frustration. I shared The Marriage Foundation’s unconventional views on unconditional love, which lasted a day or two. And then it was promptly deleted. Then, I attempted to contribute to a page on AI and consciousness, citing a large-scale longitudinal study, only to have my comments dismissed… Read more »
Canada is home to over 200 different ethnic groups and 200 different spoken languages, and there are over 60 different Indigenous languages that are spoken across the country. Diversity is a part of every city across Canada, big and small. One of the advantages of living in Canada’s biggest and most populated cities is that… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, Sep 10, 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 Has a Library? Navigating the Library Website and Search Tools Tues, Sep 10, 1:00 to 1:30 pm MDT Online via MS Teams Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/news/events/au-has-a-library-navigating-the-library-website-and-search-tools-2… Read more »
As a child on a farm, I enjoyed bringing treats to the chickens, cows, and sheep. On occasion, during a humid summer, caterpillars would bloom freely on feral apple trees in our pasture. I’d climb up and tear down some branches infested with pulsing hordes of caterpillar nests. Then I’d drop the branches amidst our… Read more »
Among some of my favorite breakfast items from Chinese bakeries include these pork floss buns. You might be wondering, “what the heck is pork floss?” Pork floss, also known as “rousong” in Chinese, is a dried, fluffy, and flavorful shredded pork product that is commonly used in East Asian cuisine. It is made by stewing… Read more »
As alluded to in last week’s column, planning and hosting a party in real life can be an onerous undertaking: exhausting, time-consuming, prohibitively expensive, and usually disappointing. In contrast, putting together a celebratory event solely on the plane of the imagination is a more or less stress-free affair – especially if you follow my carefully… Read more »
Luxembourg is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a small country wedged between Belgium, France, and Germany. The city is in the south of the country, at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers. Luxembourg’s site on a plateau has given it strategic importance since Roman times. The city has, at… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Alaa (she/they), a student living in British Columbia who is currently enrolled in PSYC 289: Psychology as a Natural Science. (She recently completed PSYC 402: Biological Psychology). Alaa mentioned, “I am so grateful to be studying, working, and living on the traditional unceded lands of… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Chimaraoke Obinna (he/him), a Bachelor of Professional Arts in Human Services program student living in Calgary, Alberta. Chimaraoke stated, “I acknowledge that I live, work, and study on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina… Read more »
I used to really enjoy a good get together from time to time. But I find that I have yet to get back some of the desire to attend social gatherings that I lost during the peak COVID-19 years. Just as it takes many cups of coffee each morning to boost me up to the… Read more »