Once I went to Hawaii and hiked through a rain forest. The air smelled like a chef’s souffle and the waterfalls and plant-life looked more alive than the tourists. I ducked under a tree that grew what looked like giant bananas. And I hula danced in a pond teeming with life. What if we could… Read more »
POLI 301 (Governance, the Public Sector and Corporate Power) is a three-credit course that explores the changing relationships between business, society, and government in contemporary Canada. This course has no prerequisites; however, a previous course in political science, public policy, or public administration/management is recommended. This is a senior course and as such students are… Read more »
Dear Barb: Christmas is over and the Christmas bills are starting to roll in. I didn’t realize I had spent so much money, even though I was trying to control my spending this year. It’s so frustrating. Although I had a great Christmas, the feeling is being spoiled by all these bills. I would like… Read more »
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On Monday, I contacted the president of AU, the executive director of AUFA, and the president of AUSU asking some questions about the possibility of a strike by the AU Faculty: questions about what it might mean, what their planned responses were, and what they thought the problems were that needed to be resolved to… Read more »
Ah, January and February in the northern hemisphere. Those bleak winter months when, at least where I live, the short days and long nights prowl restlessly about, like angry black dogs, in the darkness just beyond your personal campfire of routines and basic comforts. Stray too far from that security and warmth, and who knows… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Chanelle is looking for info on course success rates and Angela provides her with the link. Several posters a week ask about service standards for marking assignments and exams; does no one look at the links on myAU? (try the Student Services tab at the top and scroll to Service Standards! Or… Read more »
Doug Ford recently announced changes in the Ontario Student Assistance Plan (OSAP), Ford’s government also introduced other changes such as tuition cuts (which are welcomed), as well as changes in grant eligibility. But many students in Ontario have complained and worry about what these changes will mean for them. Before the changes, people whose families… Read more »
Last week I wrote about belief narratives and how the things that we are told sometimes, unknowingly, stick with us and alter how we see ourselves or what we can do. There is another side to this as well, sometimes we are stuck on who we believe we are and what we believe we want… Read more »
