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.
Pipelines and protests are two things that are synonymous with one another in Canada. When it comes to protesting pipelines, Indigenous Canadians are prepared to spend serious jail time to have their voices heard. Few Canadians are likely to be aware of everything their historical grievances involve, apart from maybe general suggestions of uprooted communities… Read more »
The topic of race might be one of the most contentious issues for many Americans, and there have even been debates about America’s founding document, The Constitution. Those debates have often involved some Americans making the argument that they have not always seen themselves reflected in that constitution. It feels like a claim that even… Read more »
Athabasca University (AU), dubbed “Canada’s fastest growing university”, is Canada’s premier university when it comes to providing long-distance learning. The origin story began in 1970, in Athabasca, Alberta, and some of its milestones include signing an agreement with Correctional Services Canada to provide learning opportunities to federal inmates and provide them with the skills to… Read more »
Black history month is a unique month. It allows different societies to reflect on one of the cruelest crimes against humanity ever perpetrated, one which lasted around 250 years in the U.S., and there were even moments in Canadian history that involved some elements of slavery. However, what makes the U.S. and Canada stand out… Read more »
Out of all my personal stories, none might be less believable than my path to becoming a “academic investigative journalist”, a term I coined as a result of my academic approach to investigative journalism, which often focuses on public policy matters. What began from a desire to improve my writing and to get into a… Read more »
Before transcribing the digital footprints imprinted over the digital world, sharing with the world how they translate to tell the story of Canadians as being the most eccentric, ballsiest, and greatest hackers to ever walk the digital world, some absolute truths need to be established first. To start, hacking is extremely illegal in Canada, and… Read more »
On December 14th, 2023, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released their final report on its inquiry into anti-Black racism by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) titled, “From Impact to Action”. The report included over 100 recommendations for actions that could be taken by the TPS to improve culturally-sensitive interactions for Black communities’ members when… Read more »
On November 7th, 2023, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (The Committee) published a 101-page special report titled, “Special Report on the Federal Policing Mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police”. The study was initiated at the start of 2021 and concluded in the second half of 2023, and it set out three… Read more »
X (formerly Twitter) might be the social media platform with the most potential. It may be the ultimate “newsflash” app due to the way it allows users to customize their notifications and, given how all breaking news tends to drop over the app, includes everything from trashy tabloids and who broke up with who to… Read more »
One of the rarer criminology angles that is explored has to do with the specifics of money laundering and the intersectionality of the issue with other parts of Canada’s society. As someone who has been trained and certified in FINTRAC’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (an annual requirement for anyone who works in the… Read more »