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People who believe that healthy eating is expensive are misguided. Healthy eating is cheaper than unhealthy eating, and healthy foods simply feel better. One’s mood is happier, sugar cravings become nonexistent, the skin and brain become healthier, weight gain woes disappear, and so many more positives arise, including longevity. I have a decent diet now… Read more »
Facebook: Courses without exams. A student requests suggestions for courses that don’t have exams. Recommendations pour forth including Psych 478, HERM 322, and almost all history classes. Reddit: Did your AU degree get you a job you love? A student asks whether an AU degree will lead to a job that is liked or, better… Read more »
When we step away from dogmatic fears about AI and pop culture concerns, we find that there are earnest researchers seeking to usefully apply technology to distance education. To that end, this AI and digital learning research assistant posting covers an array of locales “that use basic Natural Language Processing techniques include tokenized, n-grams, and… Read more »
The Foreign Interference Commission’s call for public feedback on the issue of foreign interference (FI) from this past summer resulted in more than 200 written submissions, 624 questionnaire responses, and consultation meetings held with 105 individual members of diaspora communities. A 39-page report detailing those submissions was recently released by The Commission, covering a variety… Read more »
An Image of Vundabar Via Loma Vista RecordingsVundabar is an indie rock band best known for their top track, “Alien Blues,” which currently has over 600 million streams on Spotify. Renowned for its unique sound, Vundabar began publishing music in 2013 with its first album, Antics. In March 2025, the band will release its seventh… Read more »
Ottawa recently hosted a three-day consultation related to immigration that resulted in a Canada-wide gathering of more than different 400 organizations that work with and serve refugees and migrants. In addition to offering up various themed workshop sessions, one of the perks for attending the conference was a keynote presentation on the power of communication… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Hailey, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology student currently based in Surrey, British Columbia. On a personal note, Hailey grew up in a small town in the interior of BC, where her life was split between her grandparents, her dad, and, when she wasn’t working… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »
It was funny how the roses never seemed to mind the rain. Instead, they seemed to embrace the water that fell on them, cushioning the drops with soft fuzz that wrapped around them comfortingly. Jenny could find no comfort from the roses now. Not when they had supposed to have been comfort for someone else…. Read more »