Holiday closures: Athabasca University Closed Sat, Dec 23 to Mon, Jan 1, inclusive Reopens Tues, Jan 2, 8:30 am MST Full phone service resumes Thur, Jan 4, 9:00 am MST More info at: www.athabascau.ca/news/announcements/athabasca-university-holiday-closure-2023 AU Library Last day to order materials: Mon, Dec 18 Closed Sat, Dec 23 to Mon, Jan 1, inclusive Reopens Tues,… Read more »
December unfurls and with it an advent of events, shopping, stress, and school. The frenzy carries excitement and consternation and messes of decoration and mind. Then there’s the matter of wrapping gifts; at AU we all probably have a study desk, a more comfortable clime for wrapping parcels than the floor. This could lead us… Read more »
Originating from Southeast Asia and abundant in countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia durian is a popular tropical fruit that many North Americans have never seen before. With its odd, spiky appearance, it looks almost alien to us. Its taste and looks are as strange as they come, and while some revere it as the… Read more »
If I am a hedonist—and I definitely am—I partly blame Aladdin and his magic lamp and the secret cave of wonders that he discovered. Or, at least, an amateur theatrical pantomime adapted for children from the story, which is included in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, that famous collection of Middle Eastern folktales. I… Read more »
Facebook: Timeline to reschedule AU exams. One student asked about the latest date for rescheduling a Proctor U exam. Another student replied that it can be taken anytime before the scheduled date, with a five-day buffer afterward. A third student suggested scheduling exams for the last date of the course for more flexibility. However, a… Read more »
The holidays are here. Are you looking forward to time with family and friends, great food, movies and games, and some needed rest and jollity? Sounds nice, doesn’t it? But what about assignments? Studying? Your work? Is it possible to stay on top of our academic or work goals over the holidays? With some careful… Read more »
What did we do so far today? This past week? Whatever we do is a good determiner of what our life will become. So, what are we doing now? During the past week, I compiled a 3500-word article for The Voice, wrote two more articles for The Voice, wrote and submitted a ten-page final report… Read more »
Good fiction’s infused with all the senses; like Christmas morning, there’s sights and sounds, flavours and feelings, thoughts and memories. For me a wondrous childhood holiday moment was my Mother giving me a half teaspoon taste of gravy and asking my single digit self: “does it need more salt?” Perked up to my full youngster… Read more »
Hard-working immigrants have been championed for helping Canada become what it is today. Whether it was the Chinese immigrants who came to work on the railroads in the 1880s or whether it was the waves of immigrants that followed every decade after World War 2, fleeing dictatorships, communism, and other hardships, the common thread that… Read more »
