What is your default answer when an opportunity or invitation comes your way? Do you automatically say yes without determining whether that is the ’true in your gut’ answer? Or does some survivalist instinct lead you to say no because that is safer, comfier, less demanding? Most of us have never stopped to figure out… Read more »
Winter may not technically be over yet, and odds are we’ll get a few more cold days sandwiched in among the bursts of warmer weather. But don’t let that stop you from getting a head start on your spring cleaning! This week’s links will inspire you to get busy cleaning indoors, even if a blizzard’s… Read more »
As the academic year winds to a close, chances are You’re hammering away on final papers, anxious to make your point in a way That’s clear and concise. Pronoun shift hampers both those objectives, and It’s a sneaky error that may have crept into your academic writing without you noticing at all. Pronouns As a… Read more »
Musician: Ben Caplan Album: Birds With Broken Wings The diversity of Canadian musical talent always astounds me. Every genre of music features prominent Canadian artists. However, there are many Canadian musicians that transcend the confines of genres, creating music that is very different. Halifax musician Ben Caplan can be counted among the genre-defying musicians with… Read more »
In a world That’s being so rapidly transformed by digital technology that you scarcely dare blink for fear of missing some colossal new breakthrough, It’s easy to forget that whatever patch of earth we’re standing on is millions of years old, or that being aware of the history of the human beings who occupied it… Read more »
Have you ever heard of the serenity prayer? You ask for help from God “to accept the things [you] cannot change [and] courage to change the things [you] can change, and wisdom to know the difference.” I often wondered about this prayer: it sounds sophisticated but doesn’t give any practical advice or direction. So, the… Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to take twice as long writing your essays so that your essays read ten-times better. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you… Read more »
Adien Dubbelboer, an instructor in the English Centre for Humanities in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, is the Academic Coordinator for Effective Writing and the Course Coordinator for English 255, Introductory Composition. She was kind enough to set some time aside from her busy schedule to speak to The Voice Magazine about the… Read more »
The oil downturn and the future knowledge economy means our country has two houses ? so to speak. One housing the resource-based sector of the economy. Another housing the human capital sector of the economy. I consider both houses? contents important. But, I argue, we need a balanced economic plan for the next 5, 10,… Read more »
The first day of spring is still two days away, but I feel like It’s already arrived. An unmistakable aura of spring hovers above the lingering snow, bringing with it a sense of renewal and optimism. I took my first walk along our rural road this week. Walking is unsafe in winter when snowbanks hem… Read more »