Scholarship name: Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Sponsored by: Terry Fox Humanitarian Awards Program Deadline: February 1, 2017 (see “Tips” below for important info) Potential payout: up to $28,000 over four years Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, have completed or will complete high school by June 30, 2017, and planning to… Read more »
I have always loved learning. I was the kid in school that enjoyed being there (mostly). One thing that Athabasca University taught me was that I had the ability to teach myself, if I had the proper sources. AU gave me the resources to continue to learn beyond the figurative walls of the university. In… Read more »
As an online student, I miss not using more of my senses for learning. Although each student has their preferred learning style (visual, auditory, tactile) learning goes deepest when multiple senses are engaged. My brain gets fogged in when I rely too heavily on one sense. To combat the fogginess of too much solitary reading,… Read more »
January is a time of new beginnings?and also the ubiquitous resolutions. These plans and goals are all made with a lot of optimism and the best of intentions, but they always seem to fall away by February. Breaking New Year’s resolutions seems to be as much a part of making them! Psychologists say that January… Read more »
Jason Sullivan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He graduated from high school in Summerland in 1999. In 2002, he took a 10-month horticulture program at the College of the Rockies in Creston. He came across Athabasca and began a double-major in sociology and history in 2004, and completed the degree in 2014. What do… Read more »
So it turns out that our first regular issue of The Voice Magazine for this year is being published on a Friday the 13th. Fortunately, I’m not one that takes many superstitions very seriously. Of course, you won’t catch me walking under a ladder, but that’s more just common sense—I don’t like to have things… Read more »
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— This, from the August 12th issue, was the last comic before we started the graphic novel “The Doppelgänger Cure”. So was a contender just because of the significance of that, but what sealed it was the nomination came with the note, “Kinda sums 2016 up.” Happy New Year, folks!
Dear Barb: I grew up in a farming family, three previous generations of farmers. So it was always expected that me and my brother would become farmers. My brother is heading in that direction, but I chose to go to university instead. My parents are heartbroken that I did not choose farming. I can tell… Read more »
we’re now four months into 2016. If, like me, you began the year with a pristine new planner, how’s it looking now? Are there entries for every day? Is it serving your life and your purpose? Is it a glorified daily to-do list? Is it a record of your life for posterity? Planners are available… Read more »