Have you recently been diagnosed with DEAD? Does this diagnosis leave you feeling marginalized or perhaps even overrun by the world around you? Do not despair. The prognosis is more hopeful than the acronym suggests. You can likely live a long and mostly satisfying life. You can stand proudly by your bookcases, breathe deeply, and… Read more »
We are now right in the middle of the nomination period for the next AUSU Council election. This is the group of students, like you, who get together to try to decide how the AUSU contribution you provide with each course registration would be best used to benefit students in general. Like many post-secondary institutions,… Read more »
I’ve scoured books on listening, yet I still miss half of what people say. I hardly recall lists of tasks relayed to me, and I miss half of what is spoken in the movies. However, I figured out a way to truly listen, and this technique applies to visual learners. It’s simply to visualize everything… Read more »
As per my article from last week, I had a quick visit to see my grandma who was recently hospitalized. Despite the slightly somber atmosphere, I did get the chance to change my Canadian palate and try some locally beloved dishes. There were so many things I craved that I was ecstatic to try again. … Read more »
Something incredible occurs when we align with a motive of love and service toward all beings. We get flung into a frenzy of activity where things we didn’t know how to do, we suddenly can do; where opportunities that seemed impossible appear at every turn; and where, despite not having the required skill, every detail… Read more »
In the six thousand years or so since the birth of human civilization, it has surely never been easier to envision the ultimate, quite possibly imminent, seemingly inevitable demise of our species. Nuclear brinkmanship, overpopulation, underpopulation, technological uprisings, climate catastrophe, epidemiological devastation, alien invasion, zombies, parasites—from the fanciful to the all-too-plausible, there’s seemingly no end… Read more »
Black history month is a unique month. It allows different societies to reflect on one of the cruelest crimes against humanity ever perpetrated, one which lasted around 250 years in the U.S., and there were even moments in Canadian history that involved some elements of slavery. However, what makes the U.S. and Canada stand out… Read more »
A bunch of long articles and a fight with Windows Update has caused some issues with the issue, but there’s a lot in here that I’m happy to provide. Starting off with one of the most in-depth Minds We Meet I’ve seen in a while, Josh Flis gives us some unusual and interesting ideas for… Read more »
Out of all my personal stories, none might be less believable than my path to becoming a “academic investigative journalist”, a term I coined as a result of my academic approach to investigative journalism, which often focuses on public policy matters. What began from a desire to improve my writing and to get into a… Read more »
