Karen Fletcher lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her husband and three young children. She is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Science program with a Major in Mathematics at Athabasca University. She hopes to complete a masters and a PhD and to eventually work as a university professor teaching mathematics. This is her story. Can… Read more »
Credit cards are not the source of all evil. Yes, you read that correctly. They are not our friends, but neither are they our foes. They are objects, and objects don’t have intentions. This would be like saying a carrot stick or a textbook intends to murder us in the middle of the night. Although… Read more »
I’m writing this late on a Saturday morning, drinking Irish coffee, still dressed in my fake-silk chinoiserie bathrobe, the one that’s decorated with orchids and small blue dragons. It’s a cloudy day, but every now and then the clouds part, and sunlight comes pouring through my window, like the visual equivalent of condensed milk flowing… Read more »
Rat race fatigue got you down? Maybe the demands and expectations of what life was supposed to be have paved over those empty lots in your mind you once explored with abandon and zeal. Sometimes something new is needed to break out of this funk. And, as if on queue, a clarion cry echoes through… Read more »
So, you’ve got ambitions beyond your AU degree? Perhaps a master’s degree or a PhD? But what if AU doesn’t offer the master’s or PhD program you desire? Well, Paul Lloyd Hemphill, author of 25 Top Secrets Expensive College Consultants Reveal Only to Their Clients about College Admissions, has got you covered. According to the… Read more »
Thor Simonsen is a creative entrepreneur and the mastermind behind Ajungi (AH-YUNG-EE), a collective made up of 19 Nunavut singer-songwriters whose debut album is being released today (November 22). The idea for the recording project came to Simonsen via his role as Creative Director of Hitmakerz, a record company in Iqaluit that supports the development… Read more »
One of the changes that the Alberta government has made with the new budget is to remove the tax credit that used to be given to students for full-time or part-time studies, along with the corresponding tax credit given for textbooks. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of tax credits as a form of student… Read more »
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Scholarship name: 10 Words or Less Scholarship Sponsored by: StudentScholarships.org Deadline: November 30, 2019 Potential payout: $500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be between the ages of 14 and 25, and attending school in Fall of 2020. What’s required: A comment of ten words or fewer on any post on the MyScholarships Facebook page describing why… Read more »