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Truth & Reconciliation – Will Your Next University Program Have a First Nations’ Content Requirement?

During a recent research project on students’ unions in Canada I came upon a motion passed by the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU): [Be it resolved] that the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union call on the University of Saskatchewan to commit to implementing Indigenous content into the curriculum of every University of Saskatchewan College… Read more »

Fly on the Wall – The Chattering Class

While walking for a study break I looked up and noticed five squirrels silently scampering along a mesh of branches above my head. After hearing so much spring squirrel ruckus in recent weeks their stealthy passage came as a surprise. “Hmm,” I thought, “perhaps I’m seeing another side of squirrels.” Maybe all conflict contains more… Read more »

The Girl in the Pink Sweater

I see this girl, wearing the pink sweater. I look at the freckles and big eyes and remember growing up in an average small town and in an average family. That seemed like such a long time ago, but even now some of those memories of what she went through make my muscles tense and… Read more »

Grandma

I still remember the feeling when I came home to Grandmas? house after an evening out with friends. The kitchen was softly lit with an under-the-counter fluorescent bulb, displaying a neat and orderly the kitchen. I could hear the low murmur of the television in the next room and I knew Grandma and Grandpa were… Read more »

Understanding Our Fear

It seems that often what motives us to do, or not do, something is fear: fear of missing out, fear of heights, fear of danger. Sometimes these fears are justified and keep us from doing things we do not want to do, and will serve no purpose for us. While this topic can be wide… Read more »

In Search of Fisherman’s Tea

If you live in Southwestern Nova Scotia and place a “For Sale” sign in the window of a car parked in your dooryard, be prepared to provide the Bluenose Tea Ceremony to any potential buyers, especially buyers from the more traditional cultures here?the African Canadian, the Mi?kmaq, the Irish, the Scottish, and the French?who’ve been… Read more »

Interview with the Director – Behind the Scenes at AU Press

Fellow undergraduate students might or might not know about the university press for AU called AU Press. It is an important resource for the representation of the academic and scholarly aspects of the university. Recently, Scott Jacobsen interviewed the acting director and marketing and production coordinator, Ms. Megan Hall. What are the tasks and responsibilities… Read more »

Hits and Misses – AUSU’s Annual Report

AUSU’s annual report for 2016 was presented at the Annual General Meeting on April 7, 2016. If you weren’t at the meeting?and I suspect you were not?you missed the official presentation of the report to the membership. Not to worry. You can access the AUSU 2016 Annual Report from AUSU’s website?look for Annual Reports under… Read more »

Comic – The Non-Partisan

— This, from the August 12th issue, was the last comic before we started the graphic novel “The Doppelgänger Cure”. So was a contender just because of the significance of that, but what sealed it was the nomination came with the note, “Kinda sums 2016 up.” Happy New Year, folks!

A Special Christmas Memory

As my husband and I decorated our Christmas tree, my mind trailed off to past years, especially one particular Christmas with my mom. Although I didn’t know it at the time, this would be the last Christmas day that I ever remember spending with my mom. I was a young girl, maybe eight or nine… Read more »