What if the reputation that Canada has received for being soft on money laundering, organized crime, and transnational crime could have been avoided decades ago? Well, it could very well have happened because almost 50 years before B.C. created the Cullen Commission and changed Canada’s trajectory for how we dealt with serious crime, B.C.’s Criminal… Read more »
I don’t believe that once we do something negative, we are always that negative thing. That belief is a judgemental view, and it stifles people’s growth. If we are eternal and we incarnate infinite times, then we’ve all been everything good or bad already. But the goal is not to wallow in a deficient self-identity. … Read more »
If you find yourself tired of the typical new year resolution chatter, don’t worry. This won’t be just another article urging you to drink more water, hit the gym, or quit your vices. Why wait for the next year to make positive changes, even if you’ve already stumbled on your initial resolve? In my case,… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »
As I get older, I place increasing importance upon self-improvement in both body and mind. Rarely a day goes by when I am not seriously reflecting upon all the ways that I can become even more self-actualized and humble. In pursuit of this progress, I incorporate gleanings from a variety of sources into my daily… Read more »
I stopped eating foods with added sugar, except for a restaurant business lunch every two weeks. That means having natural sugars, such as in milk, is okay. But it’s not okay for sugar to be in the “ingredients” list on the packaging. That’s because sugar on the ingredients list has been added and is unnatural… Read more »
Working on The Voice‘s Best of 2023 issue got us wondering about previous “Best of” issues. We took a stroll through the archives to find these articles, which were featured in the Best of 2013 and the Best of 2003, respectively. Here come the etexts! Christina M Frey looks at AU’s plan to convert text… Read more »
Recently I took the AU course PSYC478: Autism Spectrum Disorder. As the mom of a little guy with autism, I thought this would be a great course for me to learn more about my son’s disability. While my tutor was excellent, I was dismayed to find that my course materials were riddled with ableist language,… Read more »
