It’s lonely being an AU student. Sitting here in my campus of one, I sometimes feel like the only student walking this path. Occasionally my campus expands to include a tutor or two, and a handful of virtual students on social media. Phone or in-person conversations with students are rare?and treasured. But I’m not alone… Read more »
The last essay for the last undergrad course at AU?after four years I expected the submission button to become easier to press. This proved to be wildly inaccurate. My final essay was, at least to memory, the most difficult to send. I was closing the door on a chapter of my life, and a chapter… Read more »
Hello AUSU members! As some of you may know, AUSU is in the process of updating our bylaw amendment process, which we are required to do in order to bring them into alignment with the Post-secondary Learning Act (PSLA) – the legislation that governs student associations in Alberta. Last year, AUSU was made aware that… Read more »
I dislike April Fools day. I realize saying that paints me as a grump with no sense of humor, but honestly, the entire notion of having to have a day (or rather, half-day as supposedly pranking someone after noon says that you’re the fool who didn’t know the rules) devoted to pranking people just seems,… Read more »
The federal Liberal government of Canada has pledged billions of dollars for infrastructure in its new budget. According to The Globe and Mail, the pledge is “$125 billion over 10 years” (The Globe and Mail, 2016). That’s a lot of money. And It’s for national, provincial, and territorial infrastructure, with increased funding for research and… Read more »
AUSU council appears to be on a lock-step march to amend Article 10 of its Bylaws. Astonishingly, some councillors?armed with what I can only describe as incomplete information?seem to believe that removing a valuable safeguard from AUSU bylaws is not only a good idea, but necessary. Article 10 currently prevents any AUSU council from amending… Read more »
CBC’s Canada Reads is an annual competition where panellists defend books that fit into a specific theme. This year the theme was growing and changing. The books that made the short list this year were Birdie, by Tracey Lindberg and defended by Bruce Poon Tip; Bone and Bread, by Saleema Nawaz and defended by Farah… Read more »
There have been continued discussions about the benefit of a call centre model of tutoring for the faculty of humanities and social sciences (FHSS). While this model has proven to be useful in certain faculties, I do not think it is a “one size fits all” solution. The FHSS is based on creative thinking, personal… Read more »
