Non-criminal police interactions may have cost a racialized Canadian the opportunity to pursue employment with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) as a special constable. The applicant, described as “Middle Eastern” and “Brown” by police officers in general occurrence reports, saw the dispute get escalated to Ontario’s Court of Appeal after the Divisional Court sided… Read more »
Awaking from an unpleasant dream in which I was compelled to carry a plastic fast-food tray laden with food through a gauntlet of wheezing, jostling, and sneezing people it occurred to me what a mild sort of heroism to which my unconscious must aspire. Overcoming violent terrorists or bringing food to hungry refugees? Nope. All… Read more »
Immigrants are continuing to get accepted to Canada despite that there are housing shortages across the country, with many Canadians struggling to find affordable and adequate housing. So many immigrants have no option but overcrowding and living in such tight spaces; nobody should want that for themselves. Immigrants also happen to be taking up jobs… Read more »
I want to take the practical, theoretical model of unconditional love created by the founder of The Marriage Foundation and turn it into a proposed theoretical model for higher education. Researching if any online universities would enable me to do an online PhD dissertation to introduce a theory and in which department indicated that introducing… Read more »
The bigger we dream and the more splendid our vision, the more opportunities come our way. These opportunities could be academic research or scholarship possibilities, career opportunities, or even the creation of magnificent things with our own hands; no external help is required, although teams make brilliant things naturally. I won a scholarship, and I’ll… Read more »
The sport of “breaking”, a more formalized version of break dancing, took it’s place in the summer Olympics. Some can debate whether it should qualify as an Olympic sport or not, but what’s caught my interest is a story about an Australian competitor, Rachel Gunn, who apparantly has a very unique style, so far afield… Read more »
Connecting with your fellow classmates may be a challenge while attending a university like Athabasca, but AUSU is doing its best to mend the distance between students through online events. The AUSUnights Summer Bash, a Zoom event that took place on Friday, August 9, was replete with students from all over Canada who logged-on to… Read more »
Finally, Calgary summers are reaching peak temperatures after the later start to summer this year. One of my favorite activities in the summer is hosting a BBQ in my yard. Throughout the years, I’ve hosted a number of these events and thought I’d share my wisdom in hosting the perfect summer BBQ with friends or… Read more »
I learned today that to be highly effective in leadership roles, we need to love our people. We must nurture others so they flourish, spreading their wings to fly their most magnificent skylines. To help others prosper, I believe we need to be selfless. That’s because every big ego gets buried in the mud, so… Read more »
Private parking lots and their parking machines are not covered under any bylaws across any of Canada’s biggest cities, and it is creating problems nobody would have imagined could occur, such as the printing of parking passes that short people on time and result in people receiving wrongfully issued parking tickets. Despite that cities have… Read more »