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Six Tips for Working over the Holidays

The holidays are here.  Are you looking forward to time with family and friends, great food, movies and games, and some needed rest and jollity?  Sounds nice, doesn’t it? But what about assignments?  Studying?  Your work? Is it possible to stay on top of our academic or work goals over the holidays? With some careful… Read more »

What We Do Now Will Determine Our Life

What did we do so far today?  This past week?  Whatever we do is a good determiner of what our life will become.  So, what are we doing now? During the past week, I compiled a 3500-word article for The Voice, wrote two more articles for The Voice, wrote and submitted a ten-page final report… Read more »

The Untold Chapter in the Story of the Hard-Working Immigrant

Hard-working immigrants have been championed for helping Canada become what it is today.  Whether it was the Chinese immigrants who came to work on the railroads in the 1880s or whether it was the waves of immigrants that followed every decade after World War 2, fleeing dictatorships, communism, and other hardships, the common thread that… Read more »

Editorial—An Unexpected Gift

Here’s a fun one for you.  A few days ago, I received an email from Canada post telling me that there was a shipment on the way from Athabasca University.   Right there was some surprise.  Apparently, some of the graduate courses still receive actual textbooks.  Of course, I didn’t know what it was until it… Read more »

ChatGPT Skyrockets New Year’s Resolutions

I have a growing New Year’s Resolutions list, and ChatGPT is already making some of the resolutions come true.  It can do the same for all of us.  Four items that are prominent in my New Year’s Resolution checklist, which some of us might like to pursue, include the following: Start a side business on… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—Mobilizing for Christmas

Amidst a backdrop of stockings hung with care, many adult students this time of year find themselves comatose and crawling into bed for that famed long winter’s nap”- with studies far removed from both heart and mind.  And yet, what should to a slumbering mind’s eye appear?  The return of the annual gift season to… Read more »

Unreported Funding to Universities and the Rise of Antisemitism

I have compiled various news articles that discuss the billions of undocumented foreign funds received by universities and the implications of foreign funding on the rise of antisemitism in the US and Canada. I adore our Jewish community.  The Jewish community has contributed enormously to the betterment of my life and provided a theory of… Read more »

Is it Safe to Eat Seafood?

I’ve always been a huge fan of seafood with its flavor and health benefits.  Fish are vitamin-rich and contain fewer calories and saturated fat than red meat.  When I’m cooking soups or brothy dishes, seafood adds an umami flavour that brings a complex flavor profile to everything I make.  However, as concerns about pollution, contaminants,… Read more »