Scholarship name: Student Essay Contest Sponsored by: Fraser Institute Deadline: June 1, 2023 Potential payout: up to $1500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be students studying in Canada or Canadian students studying abroad, and be either high-school, undergraduate, or graduate students in any discipline. What’s required: An online application including contact and academic info, along with… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, May 2, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Library Chat Wed, May 3, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page AU… Read more »
Looking for to build a professional network? Want to learn how to network more effectively with others in your field? Join us on April 13, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. MT for a Hot Topic session on networking in any profession. Host Trishtina Godoy-Contois, VP External at AUSU, will kick off the hour with a presentation… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Nursing a sick tutor. A student seeks advice on how to deal with impending deadlines when the (otherwise helpful) course tutor has been off sick quite a bit. Responders suggest contacting the course coordinator for assistance in getting marking done in time. reddit The rural internet crapshoot. A Saskatchewan student wonders if… Read more »
The current conflict in Sudan has prompted the evacuation of diplomats and foreign nationals. Our contributors have written on other facets of Sudan over the years. A.k.a. The one who has killed the cat. Wanda Waterman interviews Sudanese-born spoken word and hip hop artist Nazim Elnur. “I have ephemeral memories of being raised in the… Read more »
Ever look around your humble abode and say “one day this could all be mine – but cheaper?” Like millions of Canadians, affordable housing seems a distant dream. Yet, for the lower economic echelons, including not only workers doing full time labour at less-than-livable-wages but perhaps also a thousand or two AU students like you,… Read more »
Scholarship name: John Deere Canada 4-H Scholarship Sponsored by: John Deere Canada and 4-H Canada Deadline: May 31, 2023, 11:59 PM EDT Potential payout: $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be current members of 4-H in good standing; at least 16 years of age; Canadian residents; in their final year of high school or CEGEP or… Read more »
AUSU Bylaws Town Hall Mon, Apr 24, 5:00 to 6:00 pm MDT Online via Zoom Hosted by AUSU www.ausu.org/event/ausu-bylaws-town-hall/ RSVP through above link Library Chat Tues, Apr 25, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Library Chat Wed, Apr 26,… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group There’s always time for social. A student lists all that stands between them and the semester end of April 30 and invites others to share the same. Easily the most responded-to post this week (because it’s easier than working, right?) Discord Online working. A helpful post in the #general channel for a… Read more »
April 21 is World Creativity and Innovation Day, capping off World Creativity and Innovation Week. The Voice‘s archives are brimming with articles on creativity, and it was a challenge to narrow our focus to just two. Ontario poaches Alberta’s talent. In 2003, AU bid a fond farewell to Alan Davis, who moved on from his… Read more »