Dear Members, You may have recently seen information on the internet speculating about the future of Athabasca University. These reports suggest that the Alberta government may broker a merger between AU and University of Alberta, and that this may result in drastic changes to the services and programs offered to students AU students. We want… Read more »
There’s just no pleasing some people. In Alberta we were despairing of ever seeing the sun again or having the mercury climb higher than the mid-teens. Now, as we sizzle through the first few days of a forecasted prolonged heat wave, many of us are moaning about that. Without air conditioning, the activities of daily… Read more »
Dear Members, You may have recently seen information on the internet speculating about the future of Athabasca University. These reports suggest that the Alberta government may broker a merger between AU and University of Alberta, and that this may result in drastic changes to the services and programs offered to students AU students. We want… Read more »
Ever since Paula Deen’s first cookbook hit the shelves, the Southern celeb’s recipes have been raising blood sugar and cholesterol. Now, her very public problems are raising something else: an interesting question about where to draw the line between an author and her work. Should we judge a book’s merit by its author’s morality? Deen’s… Read more »
Film: The Boxing Girls of Kabul Director: Ariel Nasr Producer: Annette Clarke for the National Film Board of Canada Genre: Documentary ?Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.? Susan B. Anthony The Female Dilemma, Writ Large The Afghan girls train in a compound where women were once publicly flogged, stoned,… Read more »
When one gets busy, It’s so easy to forget and forego stuff. Important stuff like life lessons, good habits, and best practices. Stuff like taking time for friends and family. Hard-won weight loss becomes a slippery slope when I forget that I can’t have certain foods in the house. That for my health and well-being,… Read more »
Dear Members, You may have recently seen information on the internet speculating about the future of Athabasca University. These reports suggest that the Alberta government may broker a merger between AU and University of Alberta, and that this may result in drastic changes to the services and programs offered to students AU students. We want… Read more »
Ah, summer. Time for relaxing pursuits like reading on the beach or playing games at the cottage. For book lovers, there’s an even better combination: games about all things literary. Kick off your sandals, pull up a deck chair, and get ready to challenge your novel know-how. The best place to start is at the… Read more »
My body is getting weary and my mind is turning to mush as my work as festival coordinator shifts into high gear. Each day I start with an intended to-do list with about 25 items on it: the most time-sensitive, critical items. If I were using Steven Covey’s matrix, these items would fall in the… Read more »
