Why’d the MLA cross the floor? To get to the other side. The latest news in Alberta politics, (aside from the Alberta Tuition Review, which, if you haven’t filled out already, you really should?even if You’re not from Alberta) is that a member of the Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta, Sandra Jansen, has swapped sides… Read more »
I’m not a fan of e-texts. I decided that I wouldn’t like them before I even encountered one. I avoided them at all costs. AU began converting courses from real textbooks to e-texts in 2013, under its E-text Initiative. At that time, AU announced that all courses with suitable texts would be converted to e-texts… Read more »
Learning through distance can feel like a solitary venture. Students are given contact with a tutor, and sometimes not even that when it is a course based on the “success centre” model. But it is important to connect with the others who are taking a journey like yours?a community of AU students. One such community… Read more »
The November 8th council meeting, which coincided with the night of the American election, lasted just under two hours and focused mostly on resolving issues related to the workload of the AUSU Executive. The meeting was plagued by technical difficulties from the beginning, resulting in some councillors participating solely through the teleconference system’s chat window…. Read more »
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One of the interesting things about democracy is that, being based on people, It’s never entirely predictable. The United States demonstrated that handily a few days ago, blowing all my predictions out of the water, and now the world is waiting to see what the results of that vote will eventually cause. This isn’t made… Read more »
When you dropped some money into a poppy donation box this month, did you stop to wonder where that money goes? Did you know that, if you are the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a veteran, and are in financial need, some of that money could end up in your own pocket? In Canada, poppies… Read more »
This month marks the first ever Canada Career Month. This new awareness month, sponsored by the Canadian Council for Career Development, is to discuss the issues in the current Canadian workplace in regional and national levels. The theme for the entire month is “Career Development Matters and Everyone has a Role to Play” but there… Read more »
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The first meeting for the newly elected Councillors was held October 13th, but aside from that, the meeting was fairly routine. As the meeting started, however, the new councillors were not quite part of the official group, as it first needed to go over old business, and then administer the oath of office. Agenda, and… Read more »