Share Your Feedback and Win Big with AUSU As a student at Athabasca University (AU), you have the unique opportunity to study in an online environment that can provide convenience, flexibility, and customizable learning experiences. However, it also comes with its challenges. That’s why the Athabasca University Students’ Union (AUSU) exists – to advocate for… Read more »
For National Take a Hike Day on November 17, we thought we’d traipse through some hiking articles Voice writers penned almost two decades ago. Beach vacations? Who needs them. Zoe Dalton extols the virtues of embracing winter in Canada. “Think about the main difference between being young and loving the winter, and being ‘more mature’… Read more »
If you’ve ever packed a lunch to work knowing that your midday break won’t find you faced with a Food Court of tasty options, this is the brown-bagging research project for you. This fascinating project is about rural food options within the Albertan town of Drayton Valley – an area recently beset by forest fires… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, Nov 21, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page The writing process series: Writing the paper Tues, Nov 21, 12:30 to 1:30 pm MST Online via Microsoft Teams Hosted by AU’s Write Site www.athabascau.ca/news/events/the-writing-process-series-writing-the-paper Register through above… Read more »
Facebook: How to resubmit an assignment? One student reported that his TA asked him to resubmit an assignment, but he was unable to locate the option to do so on the platform. Another student suggested that the TA should revert the original submission to a draft status, which would allow the first student to delete and… Read more »
Scholarship name: Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Sponsored by: Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program Deadline: December 1, 2023, 11:59 pm PT Potential payout: up to $28,000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants; graduating from high school or completing their first year of CEGEP or have completed high school; are planning to or… Read more »
November 11th’s Remembrance Day is on the minds of our writers, and every year The Voice publishes several articles marking the day. Never forgotten. Max Birkner uses his personal experience to draw relevance to Remembrance Day for younger generations. “My parents emigrated from the neutral country of Sweden in 1973. They had very little idea… Read more »
Scholarship name: Boster Bio Scholarships Sponsored by: Boster Bio Deadline: November 30, 2023 Potential payout: $1000 USD Eligibility restriction: Applicants must have been accepted into a research position in biology or medical-related lab on a full-time or substantial part-time basis (minimum 9 credit hours worth of research work for the next two semesters); for high… Read more »
Facebook: How to prepare a document for a phone quiz. A student asks whether phone quizzes provide time to sort through notes to locate the answer. Another student says to prepare a two-column, one-page document. Another student says to set up headings and collapse them. (Another option is to create heading styles throughout a longer… Read more »
This research assistant posting seeks to “investigate resources, approaches, limitations, and obstacles within Western academic philosophy for engaging in conversations with philosophical thinkers who are marginalized by or outside of the discipline as it is traditionally conceived and practised within the academy.” Ethnography, known in some contexts as audience participation, is at play here. That’s… Read more »