Thanks to a bumper year for fruit, I was given lots of free crab-apples from neighbours who couldn’t use their entire bounty. My frugal instinct wouldn’t bear to see them go to waste. So, even though I knew taking them would mean a bunch of work for me to do something with them, I accepted… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Chris posts about a Toronto AU meet and greet Oct 18 which other students hadn’t heard of but track down online. Nicole asks about accessing online exams through Lotus Notes; it turns out they are accessed through a direct link and not myAU. Sam wonders how to arrange a telephone quiz with… Read more »
What is CASA? CASA, or the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, was established in 1995. It was a response to post-secondary institutions recognizing the need for an organization to defend and promote student priorities at the federal level. It is a non-partisan, not-for-profit voice for Canadian students at polytechnic, undergraduate and graduate institutions. Its goals… Read more »
In my adventures sampling cuisines from around the world, I found a lot of the exotic is closer to home than we think. Particularly in supermarkets, it has become common to have one or perhaps a few aisles dedicated to international foods. You might occasionally browse the aisles and spot your favorite foreign spices or… Read more »
I dread analyzing classics. Where do I begin? One of our own Voice writers gave clues: notice the writing tricks that tickle you and the transitions that flow. So, I had a starting point. Yet I stubbornly wanted to study the classics from the scriptwriting point-of-view: scenes, characters, and, if not starring Adam Sandler, themes…. Read more »
“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” – William Wordsworth, from the sonnet “The World is Too Much With Us” Wordsworth might well have been describing the… Read more »
As an undergrad, I wrote a semester-long paper. In that paper, I cited many graduate-level books. I put citations on cue cards, heaped inside a box. When my professor saw my cue cards, she grinned, pleased, and said, “You cherry pick.” Cherries taste sweet, so I smiled back. But she sugar-coated her rotten cherries. She… Read more »
Scholarship name: JCCF 2017 Essay Contest Sponsored by: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms Deadline: October 15, 2017 Potential payout: up to $1500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be enrolled in a Canadian college or university. What’s required: An online application, along with a maximum 2500-word essay on “Should federal and provincial governments restrict public funding from… Read more »
Why did Margaret Atwood write a book that no one will read until long after she is dead? It sounds like a bad riddle, but it’s true. In 2014, Canadian author Margaret Atwood completed a story called Scribbler Moon. The story has been sealed in a vault in Norway and will remain unpublished and unread… Read more »
Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Info Session Tues, October 10, 10:00 to 11:00 am MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business https://business.athabascau.ca/event-details/athabasca-university-leadership-management-development-lmd-information-session-4-2-copy-copy/ register online at above link Manufacturing Management (MMC) Info Session Tues, October 10, 5:00 to 6:00 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business https://business.athabascau.ca/event-details/athabasca-university-manufacturing-management-mmc-information-session-4-2-copy/ register online at above link Online… Read more »