Alek Golijanin is an Athabasca University alum. He has represented Athabasca University at a number of competitions both at the Provincial and International level. Alek’s articles revolve around his passion for learning and innovation, as he summarizes research and presents it in ways that compels readers and continues the tradition of life-long learning, and some of the articles are even inspired by investigative journalism shows like CTV’s W5, CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Marketplace, and CBS’ 60 Minutes.
“Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 1858.
The world became a less safe place after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, and even more so after the terrorist attacks in Southern Israel on October 7, 2023. The terrorist attack in 2001 saw just under 3,000 Americans lose their life that day and… Read more »
Hearing someone say “kissing disease” may invoke images Pepe Le Pew, the skunk who goes around trying to kiss every female skunk he can get his paws on. It is precisely the fun-sounding lovey-dovey nature of mononucleosis’ nickname that has taken away from just how serious this viral infection truly is, with research seeming to… Read more »
After digging into the issue of safety and security at private airports and with private airplanes, “black flights”, and navigating between U.S. stakeholders, the last stop involved connecting with Canadian stakeholders, including professional associations, governmental departments and agencies, and legislators. A quick rendezvous prior, with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), indicated that… Read more »
Managing clients is a learned skill, it is not an innate skill. Those who do it the best might even refer to managing clients and juggling responsibilities as a science, and they are not far off. Whatever industry one finds themselves in, even in a non-professional setting, there is a general set of rules when… Read more »
A 2016 research study published in the Canada Medical Association Journal estimated that over 50% of Canadians were susceptible to developing diabetes over the course of their lifetimes. The study was headed by a group of researchers at the University of Calgary, and it involved interpreting data provided by the province of Alberta. Despite that… Read more »
The Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols were a part of international law that was supposed to define the rules of war. The idea was that, if the world bought into this universal set of rules that wars could somehow be honorable, but the reality is that the “rules of war” are somewhat of an… Read more »
If a vote was held to identify Canada’s most trailblazing province, that recognition would likely go to the province of British Columbia. What distinguishes B.C. from other provinces is its transformative approach to addressing mental health and substance use from a crisis-response approach to a wellness promotion, prevention, and early intervention, where people are connected… Read more »
One of the most interesting aspects of U.S. public policy is that there are federal laws enacted that enshrine federal agencies and their departments with the ability to create their own policies on how they want to go about achieving their mandates. What makes this so unique, when compared to a country like Canada where… Read more »
Public speaking is often one of the most reported fears among people. Even people who graduate with degrees in language arts, who learn about reading, writing, listening, and speaking, they too struggle when it comes to giving presentations and the public arts in general. What is crazy about all of this is that public speaking… Read more »
A recent increase in the number of organizations that have been branding themselves as policy-related thinktanks and institutes has seen some of them take positions like stating that Canada has no issues when it comes to its public policies. These organizations are taking a rather extreme position on the different challenges that are facing Canada,… Read more »