Alek Golijanin is an Athabasca University alum. He has represented Athabasca University at a number of competitions both at the Provincial and International level. Alek’s articles revolve around his passion for learning and innovation, as he summarizes research and presents it in ways that compels readers and continues the tradition of life-long learning, and some of the articles are even inspired by investigative journalism shows like CTV’s W5, CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Marketplace, and CBS’ 60 Minutes.
“Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 1858.
Back in 2023, I wrote a Valentine’s Day Special titled, “The Gospels of a Gentleman”, for all my fellow gentlemen, similar to how Beyonce wrote a song for all her single ladies. My article, however, was written to assist my fellow gentlemen on how to best position themselves to experience success on the “international day… Read more »
On January 28th, The Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions (Foreign Interference Commission) concluded with the release of their findings (Hogue Report), which comes in seven volumes. Two sentences, one at the start of the Hogue Report and one from the “A Word from the Commissioner” section combine to sum up the… Read more »
The Canadian Human Rights Commission (The CHRC) is unable to accept human rights complaints from people who are without legal status to be in Canada. For such individuals, if any of their human rights, those enshrined under Canadian law, are violated, they are unlikely to be able to file a human rights complaint if they… Read more »
The automotive industry is experiencing major layoffs and plant closures around the world, and automaker executives are going on record and taking identical positions, to blame China and Chinese automakers. Few of those executives have bothered to reference the fallout from COVID-19 or the global recession, and none have mentioned how automating roles will help… Read more »
On January 6th, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the country to announce that he would step down as Prime Minister after the Liberal Party of Canada decided who their next party leader would be. That speech was available everywhere, played live and without interruption over the radio and television, and it was also possible… Read more »
“The oldest stories ever told are written in the stars. Stories of time before man and gods, when Titans ruled the earth. The Titans were powerful, but their reign was ended by their own sons: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.” (Clash of the Titans, 2010) Now, what the hell does Greek mythology have to do with… 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 »
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 Foreign Interference Commission concluded its public hearings phase over the Fall, with Stage 2 and then a subsequent Policy Consultation Hearings phase. Stage 2 of the Foreign Interference Commission lasted around 4.5 weeks and featured around 70 witnesses, including current and former Directors, Commissioners, and other leadership officials across different agencies and departments as… Read more »
The Policy Consultation Hearings portion of the Foreign Interference Commission examined the issue of foreign interference (FI), from an academic and industry practitioner lens. The Hearings were made up of 7 roundtable discussions that included over 40 academics and industry practitioners. The purpose of the roundtable discussions was to offer up a high-level nonpartisan discussion… Read more »