In a recent press interview, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau spoke about an “unconscious bias” impacting all Canadians. Now, more than ever, our cultural perspectives and unique identities are being called into question, especially in political and corporate sectors. Our increasingly globalized economy demands sameness, which is in direct opposition to natural human culture. In our… Read more »
Scholarship name: Tommy Douglas Scholarship Sponsored by: NUPGE Deadline: July 6, 2020 Potential payout: $2500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be children/grandchildren or foster children/grandchildren of members or retirees of the National Union’s Component unions or its affiliates, and be planning to enter the first year of a Canadian public post-secondary educational institution full-time in 2020…. Read more »
It is morning, oh my gosh, it is morning. Please go away, come again when I feel like it. Why did this bright sun wake me up? My eyes are closed, and I can still feel the pressure on my skin Today is a school day. Well, every day is a school day when your… Read more »
‘Performance-enhancing’ is a term synonymous with cheating, but a recent Athabasca University study focusing on boosting student retention in classrooms indicates that there is a new approach to learning which might truly enhance performance. This approach is called “interleaving”, and it allows for students to better retain and recall information weeks, months, and even years… Read more »
To continue with the grilling season meals, today, we are going to talk Potato Salad. It’s a hit or miss salad for most, but have you ever tried warm potato salad? I add a little something extra to this one, and it made a difference for me! In my article about accordion potatoes, I had… Read more »
The answer to the title is, yes, a villain could be a good guy. But in what sense? Good people can become evil. And villains can have good sides, even beautiful sides, especially at first. But how? Here is what fiction-writing expert Rayne Hall says about the making of a villain: Villains transcend boundaries. We… Read more »
Eunice Newton Foote was born in Goshen, Connecticut on July 17, 1819, and died September 30, 1888. Eunice was studying Global Warming and its effects in the mid 1800’s, the first person ever known to have done so. Foote became known for “theorizing that changing the proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would change… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, I have been in isolation for the last seven weeks, except for picking up groceries and prescriptions. Now that things are easing a bit and I am going out more, I find my anxiety level rising. I have always had anxiety, but it has basically been under control. I talked to another… Read more »
Last week, we published an article about vaccines. I was concerned about it then, and I wrote as much in my editorial. But I had looked at it, I had determined that the sources it referenced were indeed good sources, and that the article also contained references to current scientific reasoning, in some cases completely… Read more »
