If you’re overwhelmed by a project or a paper, then these six tools will prime you for success. Recommended by Shelley Hitz, author of How to Write a Book From Outline to Finish Line: 10 Simple Ways to Outline Your Nonfiction Book they should reduce procrastination, increase productivity, bolster clarity, and add to higher grades…. Read more »
If you’re struggling at university, rest assured that many students with amazing potential also struggle. And I know you have amazing potential. We all do. But we also all have setbacks that could lead to failure. A high potential student might have a learning disability, a track record of underperformance, life challenges, or any other… Read more »
If you read last Friday’s article, you discovered how easy it is to start a business. What’s more, I showed you how you could start one this very second. Keep in mind, the business was a proprietorship and not a corporation or partnership. Now, let’s dive into ways you can fund that business when you’re… Read more »
Recent attempts to redress historical societal injustices through grassroots social movements and convictions of high profile individuals reveal a move toward the creation of a more inclusive society; one in which the lives of those historically silenced are now being increasingly heard. The attempts to rewrite often inaccurate and offensive narratives that surround many communities… Read more »
As a wee lad my Father would sometimes bring me out to his forestry job sites. Amidst towering conifers that seemed to hold up the sky he’d say “Listen!” and, amidst the stillness of nature, we’d hear only the whispering breeze. Though science was the essence of Dad’s work and framed my upbringing, those golden… Read more »
Scholarship name: Villa Charities Scholarship Program Sponsored by: Villa Charities Foundation Deadline: June 30, 2020 Potential payout: $2500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, be registered in a full-time undergrad program at an accredited Canadian university or college, have a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and have an interest in Italian… Read more »
Happy belated Mother’s Day to all of you Mother’s out there. I realize its after the fact in saying this, but I made sure to remember to honour my wife, albeit some of it last minute. As a chef I used to work would say, “typical male.” For Mother’s Day we made sure that my… Read more »
This is one of those social distancing times that people are going to notice, and, sadly, I expect we’ll see a spike in deaths in four to six weeks that will coincide with those who just didn’t believe that the virus is all that bad. And the results will be too tragic for even schadenfreude,… Read more »
While we’re self isolating it can be pretty easy for all the days to start to blend together. After all, not only are your own trips curtailed, but those subconcious cues, the noise of the traffic outside, the procession of people walking by the house, those have all been disrupted as well. People are coming… Read more »
Q: What do you call a fish without an eye? (Pause, wait for tension to build.) A: A fssshhh! That joke would have elicited more eye rolls had it been pronounced aloud, am I right? Words are the barter of banter, but they form different landscapes depending on their mode of expression. Our learning at… Read more »