Scholarship name: Generation Google Scholarship Sponsored by: Google Deadline: April 23, 2024 Potential payout: $5000 CAD Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be currently enrolled as a full-time student in a Bachelors program at an accredited university or college in Canada or the U.S. for the 2024-2025 academic year, or currently enrolled as a high-school senior for… Read more »
Facebook: PSYC 375 is hell. A student asked about three courses, one of which is PSYC 375. Replies suggest that PSYC 375 is “pure hell” and “absolute hell.” One student clarified that it’s about the history of psychology, and other students said it requires memorizing the textbook, including some unimportant details. Reddit: What’s it like to… Read more »
I initially wrote this article about the positive impacts of visual communications, focusing on humor, creativity, and the benefits of visual communications, especially when speaking with people with Alzheimer’s. However, visual communication has since transformed my world by over 360 degrees, so I’m inclined to rewrite this article from scratch or rewrite this intro to… Read more »
The Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists recently organized a discussion on the integration of Generative AI in the newsroom. The event’s speaker was Florent Daudens, the director of national and international news gathering and deployment at CBC/Radio-Canada, who teaches digital journalism at the University of Montreal. Some of the attendees included journalists… Read more »
A loved one wants me to pay over $20,000 worth of debt. But who wants to spend the next 10 to 40 years grinding down debt? Not me! Although it’s necessary, I can’t get excited about paying off debt. But what excites me is paying down $5,000 in debt while planning the dream holiday: four… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Ramanpreet Narang (she/her), a new AU student, who is also known as Princy. This Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting major currently lives in Moncton, New Brunswick, “’The Epicentre’ or ‘The Heart of Maritimes’”. She acknowledged “that the city of Moncton is situated on the traditional, ancestral… Read more »
Do you want to slow down and appreciate the little things in life? Do you want to watch and ponder the lone crow sitting on a distant branch? To consider how someone’s eyes can hold you as firmly as his hands? To sense that slight shift in mood when a rhythm changes? Poetry can help…. Read more »
Canada’s health care system is considered by many to be its single-most defining national characteristic and Tommy Douglas is who Canadians have to thank for it. Prior to Douglas’ universal health care system, it was not uncommon for Canadians to get sick and only be able to turn to their family, neighbors, or church. Trained… Read more »
In theory, as an abstract concept, I am very much drawn to the idea of spring cleaning. The springtime, after all, should be a time of renewal. Tabula rasa. A time to make a fresh start by purging the accumulated clutter of the past year from our lives. And, God knows, my home could use… Read more »
