The more Friday the 13ths I’m exposed to, the less likely I am to believe they’re unlucky. You, for instance, are lucky to get this issue of The Voice Magazine because I’m thinking it’s going to be one of our stand-outs of the year. The only unlucky thing about it is that it’s coming out… Read more »
You’ve probably never heard of the travelling student, and I lay little claim to the title given how Athabasca has empowered so many students to study toward their degrees while travelling. But, between 2014 and 2016, I travelled across Quebec, Australia, and Thailand while working toward my degree in Professional Communications from Athabasca. During that… Read more »
Being able to freely say whatever you want is a right that people in North America value a lot. You can have any opinion or belief, no matter whom it goes against and it may offend others. But it is our right to be allowed to say, or at least believe those things. Alberta university… Read more »
Certain big credit agencies get a lot of attention for the credit ratings they give to various companies, organizations, even provinces or nations. Moody’s is one such. Very recently, they announced a downgrade of Alberta’s credit, based on their opinion of “structural weakness in the provincial economy that remains concentrated and dependant on non-renewable resources… Read more »
The October 17th council meeting was called to order at 6:34 PM. President Brandon Simmons was not in attendance initially as he was flying home from business in Toronto. The meeting attendees were informed that hewould try to call in around 7 PM. With no outstanding action items, the meeting promptly moved forward to discuss… Read more »
Some people may have the misconception that racism is over and done with and so we don’t need to worry our pretty little heads about it. The horrific crimes perpetrated by human beings against each other out of a sense of racial superiority are things of the past, and racism no longer exists except among… Read more »
Have you ever felt as though you were born in the wrong time period? I thought so! Me too. From my taste in music, fashion, and architecture to my views on political correctness, there are any number of ways in which I feel I am struggling upstream against the prevailing temporal currents. I have an… Read more »
It’s hard to believe it’s less than a month until Christmas. That means there’s only three more issues left of The Voice Magazine this year, and that it’s time to start thinking about what your personal pick for Best of the Voice Magazine will be. Like the university, we’ll be taking the last full week… Read more »
