Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815 and died October 26, 1902. She was an American suffragist and a leader in the Women’s Rights Movement. She was also an abolitionist who, along with her husband, reformer Harry Stanton, attended the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840. In July, 1848, she compiled the Declaration of Sentiments,… Read more »
Clue to origins of life in Sudbury, Ontario Scientists have discovered a possible clue to the origins of life. A “team headed by Dublin’s Trinity College in Ireland have found geological clues in Sudbury, Ont. that may help unlock more secrets of life’s origins.” PhD student Edel O’Sullivan studied the Sudbury crater to understand it…. Read more »
Musician: Butcher Knives Album: Misery Throughout my studies at Athabasca University I have been encouraged to approach the world just a little bit differently and with an open and flexible understanding. I have spent hours mulling over a philosophical concepts originating from a culture much different from my own, determining the significant differences between an… Read more »
When I first started with Athabasca University I was unsure on how many courses I should take at once, or how long each course should take me. I tried to plan out my program without the necessary experience to understand these basic things. I see this question often in various AU social media platforms. And… Read more »
Want to consider yourself an expert? Than do something that K. Anders Ericsson, author of Peak, calls “purposeful practice.” Purposeful practice leads to better results than mindless repetitive practice. In fact, according to Ericsson, long-term, repetitive practice can sometimes deteriorate rather than improve skills. Ericsson says no known limitation to human potential has been discovered…. Read more »
University students, no matter what degree they are taking, require a healthy dose of creativity. I am not talking about those Arts students (of which I am one) who seek a career with words or music or visual art. Any degree requires a healthy dose of creativity to finish those essays and assignments and complete… Read more »
Whoever said, “summertime and the living is easy” probably wasn’t a homeowner. All winter you look forward to the warm weather of summer. Trudging through late winter’s grainy slush you begin to anticipate the smell of freshly-mown grass, the crisp taste of icy beers on the deck, a refreshing dip in the pool. You wait… Read more »
Heather Fox is an AU student from Alberta. She is in the BSC Human Science Major (PD) program and also works part time from home as the office manager for a counselling service. The Voice Magazine recently interviewed Heather by e-mail. Here’s what she had to say about school, touring Newfoundland, and why education is… Read more »
It’s a bit odd, when a disaster strikes, how many people are willing to help, and how far the help goes, yet, minus the disaster, we’re perfectly willing to let people suffer, starve, or far worse. What brought this to mind is the two new bursaries created by AU for victims of natural disasters. As… Read more »
You can’t Bury Them All poems by Patrick Woodcock “I sit in the palms of the street beggars you ignore, cover myself in grass and straw to watch mothers, unlike you, mourn. I sit on the back of seagulls defacing your monuments.” – Patrick Woodcock, from the poem “I sit on the backs of seagulls,”… Read more »