Dr. Jennie Smillie Robertson was born February 10, 1878 in Hensall, Ontario, and died in 1981 in Toronto, Ontario. She was Canada’s first female surgeon. Dr. Smillie began her career as a teacher until she could save enough money to attend Kingston’s Ontario Medical School. When she graduated in 1909, she had to do her… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Kelly is taking her first e-text course and seeks advice on e-readers. Julie seeks feedback on PSYC courses 400, 470, and 476. Ian wonders if AU students can access U of Calgary’s library. Other posts include PLAR, plagiarism software, assignment grading, and courses ENGL 308, HSRV 201, MUSI 267, and ORGB 386…. Read more »
Dr. Angie Abdou is an assistant professor in the English department, specializing in creative writing. Dr. Abdou’s own creative writing has won awards and media recognition. Please fill us in on the range of course you have taught or designed at Athabasca. Dr. Abdou: I am in charge of the writing courses, primarily. I do… Read more »
Dr. Maiga Chang is an associate professor in AU’s School of Information and Computing Sciences and is the New Initiative Chair on executive board of the IEEE Technical Committee of Learning Technology. His research interests include mobile learning and ubiquitous learning, museum e-learning, game-based learning, educational robots, learning behaviour analysis, data mining, intelligent agent technology,… Read more »
This week, we have the council connection report that looked at the meeting where the changes to AUSU Bylaws were approved, as well as changes to the Referendums and Plebiscites policy. AUSU members now have no binding powers over the organization or AUSU Council, with the exception of being able to choose Council during elections?elections… Read more »
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Dear Barb: Hi, I have been with my boyfriend for five years. He suffers from bipolar disorder and, over the course of our relationship, has gotten worse. I love him a lot, but my life is consumed with his illness. Each day is dependent on how Gary feels. If he has a good day, then… Read more »
Readers of this space won’t be surprised to hear I love reading. When actually sitting down with a book, no matter if electronic or paper, isn’t possible, the next best thing for me is listening to audio books. Because I refuse to pay full retail for them what ends up in my vehicle is always… Read more »
