Library Chat Tues, Sep 12, 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 Writing to win graduate awards and scholarships Tues, Sep 12, 12:30 to 1:45 pm MDT Online via Microsoft Teams Hosted by AU’s Write Site and AU Faculty of… Read more »

AU Facebook Win a Gift Card for $200. Enter a draw to win an Amazon gift card for September by writing a course review for the AUSU Peer Course Review Service. Visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AUSUCourseReview.  Reddit 2-Day Course Extension? A student who became ill is concerned about the AU course contract ending tomorrow. The student is seeking advice on where… Read more »

This intriguing posting covers COVID-19 and medical caregivers within relevant research literature.  Qualitative studies, including media articles and narratives, will be combined and summarized as part of an ongoing data review.  The successful applicant will gain invaluable experience and skills in the unique scientific art of qualitative research. Like many invisible or even marginalized aspects… Read more »

September generally brings an influx of new students to AU.  We dug in the archives (but not too deeply) for some still-current advice for new students. Take a deep breath.  Tara Panrucker lists eleven points of advice for new students.  “Deadlines, long assignments, piles of research looming, and new jargon can all be taken in… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Sep 5, 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 Who, me? Cheat?: ChatGPT and Generative AI Tues, Sep 5, 12:30 to 1:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Write Site, AU… Read more »

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH ON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE SURVIVORS’ EXPERIENCES Have you ever been subjected to violence by an intimate partner? Did a law enforcement officer respond to an incident of abuse? Are you 18 years of age or older?  We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study of intimate partner violence… Read more »

Scholarship name:  William M Farley Memorial Award Sponsored by:  Canadian Western Agribition Deadline:  October 1, 2023 Potential payout:  $1500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be passionate about agriculture and have participated in CWA as a participant or volunteer themselves or with their family, be enrolled in any academic program in a post-secondary educational institution, and be… Read more »

Facebook AU Psychology Courses Fill the Gap. A Master of Counselling student wants to apply to the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP). However, the student requires at least seven more psychology classes. Another student responds that many AU classes can be used to meet the psychology requirements for the CAP. Another student recommends the AU psychology… Read more »

It was Kelowna’s unhappy turn to fill news headlines this week.  We turned to The Voice archives to visit the area in other times. A matter of hours.  Twenty years ago, Rebecca Flann describes the surreal experience of, while returning from an outing to a lake, getting caught up in a convoy of evacuees.  “The… Read more »

Scholarship name:  Syncrude/Athabasca University Aboriginal Scholarship Sponsored by:  Syncrude and AU Deadline:  September 30, 2023 Potential payout:  $2000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be residents of Alberta and of Aboriginal ancestry (Status/Non-Status Indian, Inuit or Métis), and current or new AU students studying full-time in AU’s Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Management, or Bachelor of Science… Read more »