In 1918, the First World War came to an end after a long four years. Even though the vast majority of us in Canada were not even born at the time, we still remember. Most of the men fighting for our country were conscripted at a very young age. The women basically kept Canada running… Read more »
The Voice Magazine was recently able to conduct a Q&A with Joshua Whitehead, the new Writer-in-Residence (WiR) at Athabasca University. On October 1, 2020, Whitehead was announced as the WiR for the 2020-2021 term, a yearlong position previously held by celebrated authors, Katherena Vermette, Esi Edugyan, and Hiromi Goto. WiR’s typically spend 60% of the… Read more »
Often when it comes to scheduling our day, we block off chunks of time for allotted activities, we jot down to-do lists of items, and we’re lucky if we get to half the items on the list. Is our time management fundamentally flawed? What can we do to be more productive and feel less mentally… Read more »
The Voice writers are getting into the Halloween Spirit a little early this year, with a few articles giving a nod to Halloween, just before I take a week off to celebrate the holiday myself. (The fact that this means I’m free to try to avoid all news about the US election for the last… Read more »
Being a career-centered workaholic, I’ve always been enthused by the idea of networking (strange I know!). However, networking gone wrong can create feelings of anxiety and repulsion toward ever going back to having a semi-formal networking conversation again. I’ve been there. I’ve felt the same discomfort sitting in a conversation where I was ill-prepared to… Read more »
I don’t do sappy. However, the world around us has changed. Everyone seems isolated—more so than before—and I feel like the majority of the planet has no grip on reality. We all scroll through hundreds of social media posts, from real and imaginary friends, claiming if anyone needs to talk they should reach out. But… Read more »
Have you ever listened to a K-pop song or watched a K-drama? For all newbies, K-pop/K-drama stands for Korean pop and Korean dramas. The past few years, Hallyu Wave (Korean Wave) including South Korean music, dramas and movies have become increasingly popular. Korean music and Korean dramas have been popular in many Asian countries such… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had the chance to chat with AU’s Women’s and Gender Studies Professor Tobias Wiggins in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) about his recent initiative, the Transgender Studies Salon at Athabasca University (AU), along with some of his current and past research. Background and Current Work Professor Wiggins obtained… Read more »
