This unique research opportunity entails “investigating what interventions exist to support healthcare professionals to understand and use their conscience for ethical decision making.” The goal, logically enough but also juicy enough to merit some emotional involvement, is the creation of an academic “baseline sense of how conscience has been taken up for healthcare professionals in… Read more »

Scholarship name:  Odenza Vacations College Scholarship Sponsored by:  Odenza Vacations Deadline:  May 1, 2024 Potential payout:  $500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be residents of Canada or the U.S., be between the ages of 17 and 24 as at September 1, 2024, and have a GPA of 2.5 or greater. What’s required:  An online application along… Read more »

This research seeks to explicate the interactive therapy region of reality as it relates to our friends in the transgender community.  As allies, it behooves us to understand “the ways in which a clinician’s unconscious prejudice can be felt, and potentially acted out, within various medical settings.” For instance, if therapists unwittingly project their biases… Read more »

Facebook: AU telephone quizzes? A student asks what the AU telephone quizzes are like. One student with phone anxiety requested and received a format change to an open-book written exam. Another student also experienced anxiety and blanked out during the phone exam.  Another student has severe anxiety and was advised to email the tutor for… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Apr 16, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page The Writing Process Polishing the Assignment Tues, Apr 16, 12:30 to 1:30 pm MDT Online via MS Teams Hosted by AU Write Site www.athabascau.ca/news/events/the-writing-process-webinar-series Register through above link… Read more »

The unusual but tragic shooting at a school in Finland earlier this week got us musing about life in the land of Nokia and Angry Birds. Moving to Nokia town.  AU student Carmen Boudreau-Kiviaho describes life after moving from Canada to Finland.  “Although she finds the weather comparable to Ontario’s, Carmen notes that the Baltic… Read more »

Like other global cultures, Chinese people have come to inhabit cities all over the world.  Geographers (such as in AU’s undergrad course World Regional Geography) term these folks “Chinese overseas”.  This research assistant opportunity seeks two workers to investigate “architecture design, planning, historic & heritage preservation and conservation” in various Chinatowns.  Now, if you’re like… Read more »

The Future of Architectural Education Tues, Apr 9, 9:00 to 10:30 am MDT Online Hosted by AU Centre for Architecture www.athabascau.ca/news/events/online-lecture-the-future-of-architectural-education-5 Register through above link Library Chat Tues, Apr 9, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Library Chat Thur,… Read more »

Scholarship name:  Generation Google Scholarship Sponsored by:  Google Deadline:  April 23, 2024 Potential payout:  $5000 CAD Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be currently enrolled as a full-time student in a Bachelors program at an accredited university or college in Canada or the U.S. for the 2024-2025 academic year, or currently enrolled as a high-school senior for… Read more »

Facebook: PSYC 375 is hell. A student asked about three courses, one of which is PSYC 375. Replies suggest that PSYC 375 is “pure hell” and “absolute hell.” One student clarified that it’s about the history of psychology, and other students said it requires memorizing the textbook, including some unimportant details. Reddit: What’s it like to… Read more »