TORONTO (CUP) — Students who take a year off between high school and university have higher employment rates than those who burn straight through, according to a new study. Youth aged 22 to 24 were the subjects of a study released by Statistics Canada . . . on January 7. The study found that the… Read more »

At Home: Newfoundland sees funeral crime wave in January A 46-year-old Newfoundland woman has been charged with theft following a funeral on January 7. The police who made the arrest say that the woman had been a volunteer at the Anglican church in Harbour Breton where the funeral was held, and thus in a prime… Read more »

Since variety is the spice of life, here’s a mixed bag of goodies to enjoy over the weekend. Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School Now if they could only furnish you with this in pint-sized form. Museum of Talking Boards And you thought it was just Ouija boards! Sun Jars A little project to bring… Read more »

OTTAWA, WINNIPEG (CUP) — A recent projection of post-secondary enrolment is predicting an acute shortage of students in Canada’s colleges and universities. Non-traditional applicants are the key to survival, says the report. ?We wanted to put forward a series of what-if scenarios,? said Patrice de Broucker, one of the authors of a Statistics Canada report…. Read more »

Watch for a brand new look, coming to the Athabasca University website soon! AU is working with Yellow Pencil, an Edmonton company specializing in website construction. Yellow Pencil has been evaluating the existing content on the AU site to help develop ideas for a new look and feel. Their creative director has also been looking… Read more »

At Home: Canada’s aboriginal population has risen at an exceptional rate A recent report released by Statistics Canada shows that the total number of Aboriginal Canadians has reached the one million mark?an increase of 45 per cent over the last ten years. Comparatively speaking, this means that the native population (this includes people grouped under… Read more »

It’s no secret that you can do just about anything online these days, but all that variety gets buried under itself. Here are a few things you might have missed. DaniDraws It’s not so much a do as it is a collection of how to. Drawing tutorials in text and video. Zoho A host of… Read more »

TORONTO (CUP) — If Canada does not develop a national strategy for post-secondary education, we risk falling behind in the globalized knowledge economy. The Canadian Council on Learning 2007 report on strategies for success in post-secondary education encapsulated their entire report in that singular recommendation. ?There’s no question that not having a national strategy weakens… Read more »

At Home: Canada increases trade with China amidst criticism from human rights activists David Emerson, Canada’s International Trade Minister, has ended his two-day visit to China this week and feels that despite some mutual political unrest Canada stands to increase its trade with the Communist country. Many Canadians, as well as international citizens and governments,… Read more »

Students in AU’s Centre for Science are sure to be ?bugged? by this news: biology professor Dr. Robert Holmberg retired at the end of December. Dr. Holmberg has been developing and teaching courses at AU since 1974, including BIOL 204: Principles of Biology I, BIOL 205: Principles of Biology II, and BIOL 345: Ecology. Along… Read more »