[t]../articles/images/Column-Editorial.jpg[et]Just today, the new AU Executive blog was put up, and in it, President Shawna Wasylyshyn outlines a couple of upcoming changes to the fees that AU students will have to pay. The first is that the tuition for international students is being given a “market adjustment”, which essentially is business-eze for “significant price increase… Read more »
I’m not a fan of working vacations. To me, vacations are a necessary respite from the ever-present pressures of everyday life. School is one of those pressures. Accordingly, whenever I go on vacation, I usually leave the textbooks at home. This summer was different. Although I had built vacation time into my study plan, I… Read more »
Over the weekend the fires in BC continued to grow in size and number. Athabasca University has a plan for students affected by natural disasters, if you are being directly affected please contact the Student Union they can help you. The number of evacuations grew substantially. The city of Williams Lake, as well as the… Read more »
Ghandi once said, “live as if you were to die tomorrow and learn as if you were to live forever”. The Japanese certainly took the second part of the quote to heart. Living forever is a skill, and there’s a certain focus and rigor in the way Japanese people learn to master this art. The… Read more »
The big issue lately has been the federal government’s decision to settle its case with Omar Khadr for what is rumored to be about ten million dollars. There’s been a lot of reaction to this, with most Canadians thinking its wrong that we reward a person who was an admitted terrorist for the other side… Read more »
For students affected by the wildfires in BC, like those in Fort MacMurray before, Athabasca University is offering help in the form of free extensions or exam rebooking fees, free replacement of materials, and even allowing full refunds for students who decide they’ll need to withdraw from their studies for a time while they sort… Read more »
In the southern interior of BC wildfires are raging. There have been, according to recent reports, about 10,000 people evacuated from their homes. What makes this so difficult to fight is that there are so many fires, it isn’t a single blaze that is threatening but several, meaning resources are being spread across the province…. Read more »
Driving home from my most recent AU exam, I reflected on how lucky I am in my choice of invigilator. Because I’ve used the same invigilator for around a dozen AU exams, the process is familiar and stress-free. And stress-free is what I need on exam day! My current invigilator wasn’t my first choice. For… Read more »