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.
In Ontario, the province’s homeowner warranty program is called Tarion. Tarion’s key responsibilities revolve around facilitating the fair resolution of disputes between homeowners and builders over warranty coverage, repairs, or customer service, and accessing warranty claims to determine if they are valid. When a builder fails to address a valid warranty claim, Tarion resolves the… Read more »
Policing is far too important and far too complicated to give credence to any idea that suggests that we get rid of the police or make it harder for the police to do their job. Law and order are the two things that allow for Canada to be Canada: the Canada that the world knows… Read more »
The dirtiest and biggest secret when it comes to private airports and the airline industry has to be that large amounts of contraband drugs are flown into Canada or between provinces at them and that these airports are under no obligation to have security levels equivalent to the major airports in Canada. What may be… Read more »
“People of goodwill and passion can change the course of the future.” The most important part of that quote is the word “goodwill”, as it represents something more, often signifying friendly, helpful, or cooperative feelings or attitude. Goodwill is also the key driver behind the skill of being able to convert and to bring people… Read more »
There has always been a collector’s market for exclusive collector cards and other mint condition items from the past, but the start of COVID-19 really elevated this niche community, and helped propel the world of collecting to a whole new level. For instance, the most expensive card ever sold was a 1952 Mickey Mantle card… Read more »
The interconnectedness of our world today all but guarantees that if one country is dealing with a crime epidemic, those problems are bound to cross international borders and seep into other countries, thus turning it into somewhat of a pandemic. And that seems to be the problem that troubles Canada: South America’s cocaine manufacturing problem… Read more »
There might not be another person that is as identifiable by a single word repeated four times over like the late Leonard Cohen with “Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah”, but there is so much more to his life than his most recognizable song, Hallelujah, which he first recorded in 1984 and which peoples still listened to… Read more »
The recent four-part series on organized crime and national security series in The Voice Magazine profiled the various policing stakeholders including police agencies as well as police leadership associations, and how they functioned in the grand scheme of things. However, how things function in theory might not always be how they function in practice, so… Read more »
Society’s seemingly singular understanding of how one can damage their liver and get diagnosed with fatty liver disease might be attributed to the popular belief that if a person does not indulge in the dangers of drugs and alcohol, then indulging in life’s simple pleasures courtesy of sweets and pastries should be okay. The reality… Read more »
A person’s “identity” can be one of the most complicated aspects of a person and even more so in pluralistic societies that are a melting pot of identities. Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home is a book that explores the idea of identity in a globalized world, focusing on exploring early Ukrainian Canadians and their connection… Read more »