The popularity of the recent Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown reveals vistas of societal curiosity about how outsiders come to be revered as catalysts for collective social action. Yet, wherever a big celebrity story abides, the smaller everyday life realm appears. To that end, we might ponder a famous Dylan lyric within a 21st… 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 »
Humans are affectionate creatures. We can’t help it; we give affection to things that we like, and we can get attached to nearly anything, from cars to shoes to lamps. The problem with this habit is that it can lead to “humanizing” things: that is, we can attribute human-like emotions, and even souls, to the… 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 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 »
The best way to describe the significance of Alvin Finkel on Athabasca University would be through the following experience he related to me interview in mid-December: “One colleague, as I introduced myself to a new Registry employee who asked “and what do you do here?” interrupted to say “you don’t ask Alvin Finkel what he… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Octavio Gouveia, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology student, currently living in Toronto, Ontario. He stated, “I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional lands of the Indigenous peoples of this area.” On a personal note, Octavio is “a Brazilian-Canadian living in Toronto.” … Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Christine Sabourin (she/her), a 35-year old Bachelor of Arts in Psychology student from Cornwall, Ontario—“with roots from an even smaller township of Monkland, Ontario,” (where she spent her “formative years”). She added, “I acknowledge and am grateful to live, learn, play, and work on the… Read more »
On November 21, 2024, President Jan Lehmann initiated the AUSU council meeting on Zoom at 6:01 PM Mountain Time. AUSU Councillors Tammy Monro and Aiza Nazarmatova were absent. This meeting focused on AU Strategic Plan 2024-2029, AUSU Financial Support, AUSU Tuition Advocacy, AUSU Events & Projects and AUSU committee appointments. The November 21, 2024 council… Read more »
Past. Present. Future. The past documents Canada’s history with lawfare, an ancient societal approach where those in positions of authority leverage that authority to suppress and control lower levels of society, which has been with us from Canada’s colonial beginnings. The present is seeing lawfare in action and institutional powers being weaponized against Canadians. There… Read more »