The election is over, the results as was suggested would happen by the previous polls, and Danielle Smith and the UCP have retained a majority government, albeit a much smaller one.  While it would have taken less than 2000 votes in crucial ridings to send things the other way, our first past the post system… Read more »

I spent a weekend recently in Vancouver and Nanaimo, BC.  It was the first weekend BC trip I had made for a long time, since pre-COVID.  As an Albertan, weekend adventures in BC are the perfect getaway because they are so convenient.  The plane ride is only about an hour and a half.  The coastal… Read more »

Is it anti-feminist to want to be a domestic goddess or a housewife?  Not when we throw in skills like IT and home repair.  And not when we don’t have to be female to gain the status, either.  All we need is the intense desire to be the best homebody ever. But it’s not enough… Read more »

I write this flabbergasted.  Once again my feminist course, this time contemporary theory, shows disability to be something that one tries to avoid or escape, etc..  This time using how a woman who wanted to commit assisted suicide wasn’t facing discrimination because she wasn’t allowed to have someone help her practice individual autonomy with life… Read more »

Writing about the case of Karamjeet Kaur and 700 should-be Canadians was a very unpleasant experience.  Worst of all, it seemed as though journalists, immigration lawyers, and academics with expertise in immigration all seemed to accept the narrative that this was a bogus admissions letter issue, and it seemed as though we would be poised… Read more »

The First 48 is one of the most popular crime documentary series that provides a glimpse into real-life violent crimes by focusing on the first 48 hours of an investigation.  Thankfully, “The First 48” in this article refers to the total amount of hours it took me to identify and locate the persons who got… Read more »

Is rapport any good?  It’s more than reasonable!  It’s blissful when done right.  We can walk into any storefront, greet the cashiers, smile, say it’s nice to see them, and ask how their day is.  And do they ever love it!  We can thank them for their service, compliment their strengths, and encourage their dreams. … Read more »

Each week, I get to pick three articles that I want to feature on the website.  These three are “above the fold” as it were and are more likely to have people click into them to check them out.  Naturally, the first thing that goes into these is our student interviews.  Meeting fellow students, being… Read more »