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 »
Film: Inch?Allah Writer/Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Cast: Évelyne Brochu, Sabrina Ouazani, Sivan Levy, Hammoudi Elkarmi Genre: Drama ?The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.? Leviticus 25:23 The Slow, Inexorable Path to a Doomed Radicalization Palestinian urchins sift through the refuse of… Read more »
As I write this, we’ve just returned home from the annual provody ceremony at the Ukrainian Orthodox church a couple of miles from here. It is an important part of the Orthodox faith and something we’ve done since Roy’s parents died in the early 1980s. For six weeks after Ukrainian Easter (which can fall any… 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 »
School kids might be able to put away their pencils and head for the park, but that doesn’t mean everyone gets the summer off from their keyboards. For most of us, the writing continues, whether we’re tapping away on an essay, book, or that report for the boss. And while tablets are great for surfing… 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 »
All might be fair in love and war, but is it fair in fiction? Certain officials in the Philippines don’t think so, especially not when it comes to Dan Brown’s latest thriller, Inferno, which paints an unflattering picture of Manila. But does fiction have an obligation to mimic reality? The fuss over Inferno has to… Read more »
In the May 29 issue of the Edmonton Journal there appeared a half-page photo story with the headline, ?Chinese teen defaces Egyptian temple art.? The story has since appeared on TV. In a nutshell, a 15-year-old boy from Nanjing, China scratched, ?Ding Jinhao visited here? onto the wall of a 3,500-year-old temple. The vandalism got… Read more »
Film: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Director: Alex Gibney Genre: Documentary ?If anyone causes one of these little ones?those who believe in me?to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to… 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 »