Features

Minds We Meet—Amanda Lipinski

Amanda Lipinski is a councillor of Athabasca University Students’ Union.  She lives in Prince George, British Columbia and is studying in the Bachelor of Management Program while completing her Management Studies Certificate and management Diploma.  Amanda is married and has two children. You live in Prince George, British Columbia.  How did you originally find yourself… Read more »

Minds We Meet—Emmanauel Barker

Emmanauel Barker is the Governance and Advocacy Coordinator for the Athabasca University Students’ Union.  Here we get to know one of the newest members of the AUSU staff. What brought you to AU? I initially heard of Athabasca University from a close friend who works at another Albertan institution, and I was immediately interested in… Read more »

Minds We Meet—Brittany Daigle

Brittany Daigle is an Athabasca University Students’ Union Councillor.  She lives in Toronto, Ontario and is enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Major in Computing and Information Systems.  Here is her story. How did you come to AU? Coming out of high school I attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia for Neuroscience.  While at… Read more »

Minds We Meet—Christine Hudder

Christine Hudder is an Athabasca University Students’ Union Councillor living in Quadeville, Ontario.  Hudder is a wife and the mother of her two boys, Corbyn and Atticus.  She works as the Managing Editor for a weekly newspaper and volunteers with the 1st Madawaska Valley Scouts.  Also, Hudder has earned several awards for her writing.  How… Read more »

Minds We Meet—Darcie Fleming

Darcie Fleming is a second-year undergraduate student at Athabasca University enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology program.  She is a councillor in the Athabasca University Students’ Union, a wife, and a mom.  After three decades of work and experience in the non-profit sector, Fleming chose to return to school with the eventual goal… Read more »

Minds We Meet—Natasha Donahue

Natasha Donahue is an Athabasca University Students’ Union Councillor serving as the Vice President Finance and Administration, and an undergraduate student at Athabasca University.  Donahue is working towards an undergraduate degree in science with dreams of working at CERN and the Perimeter Institute.  She is a mom with a passion for science and a long… Read more »

Meeting the Minds—Dr. Bob Barnetson

Dr. Bob Barnetson is a Professor of Labour Reations at the one and only Athabasca University.  Professor Barnetson has experience working for the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Board, Alberta Labour Relations Board, and the Alberta government. You teach Labour Relations at AU.  What does that entail? Labour relations examines employment relationships from both a technical and… Read more »

Not with a Bang, but a Whimper

No trumpets sounded when I submitted the very last assignment for the very last course of my AU degree program.  Silence again when the final marks were posted for the course and my AU transcript preview dropped its last “In Progress” notation. Finishing the requirements for my degree should fill me with elation.  So why… Read more »

Armchair Motorcycling

Last week, Lake Erie tossed frigid waves over the pier at Port Dover, Ontario.  Will that stop thousands of motorcyclists from attending the traditional Friday the 13th gathering?  Nope.  Even when Friday the 13th falls in the dead of winter, motorcyclists don their cold-weather gear and cruise on two wheels into the small community of… Read more »