Post secondary tuition rates are increasing rapidly and out of proportion to cost of living and wage increases, putting a post secondary degree out of the reach of the majority of Canadians. Last week I took a brief look at some of the ways tuition has changed within only a few decades in Alberta. This… Read more »
Dear Sandra, I am in my second semester at AU and I love the courses and all my tutors. I decided to quit working full-time and devote myself entirely to school and this is where my problem comes in; I desperately miss having co-workers to interact with daily. Besides the minimal contact I have with… Read more »
Library Week All this week is Library Week in a number of provinces (see:http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200210/13374.html). Special events are being hosted at Libraries across Canada. If you have not made use of your public library in recent times, this would be a good time to go and take a look. Far from the stodgy old places of… Read more »
Edmonton… Alberta Learning Minister Dr. Lyle Oberg will lead representatives of Alberta’s education community on a mission to Asia, October 20 to November 6 to strengthen and expand international education initiatives in Japan, China, Vietnam and Thailand. The mission will promote Alberta’s world-class education system, international partnerships, opportunities to study in Alberta, and Alberta’s expertise… Read more »
Warning: Mature Content – Viewer Discretion is Advised. This message was once reserved for only a few shows, back when television only ran adult-oriented material late at night or on weekends. Usually the program in question was a blockbuster movie or some other special event. Today, liberal television standards allow adult content in earlier time-slots,… Read more »
LONDON, ONT. (CUP) — Not since the War of 1812 have so many Americans headed North – there are more American students coming to Canadian universities than ever before. Robert Best, vice-president-national affairs for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, said there are numerous reasons for the influx of American students. “Canada provides… Read more »
Earlier this year I wrote an article called “?Writing Fiction to Improve Your Non-Fiction Prose’ that appeared in the June 26, 2002, Volume 10 Issue 24 of The Voice. As a special Halloween inclusion into the paper, I would like to share with you the results of one of my own fiction writing efforts, a… Read more »
A local, free-paper film reviewer wrote about the newest version of Planet of the Apes and I was foolish enough to believe the reviewer’s trashing of Mark Wahlberg and the film. The reviewer said it was a clone of the original film shot by shot and word for word! My husband decided after seeing the… Read more »
For those trapped in their vacuums, glued to the wall by blobs of strawberry jam, obsessed by the quest for the perfect mildew remover, or oppressed by male oppression (the worst kind), The Voice’s Sandra had some sound advice last week: your prison is your own. So, guardian of your own destiny, run the vacuum… Read more »
Imagine having to cook everything you ate, from scratch, by hand, probably with food you grew, or from food you got from bartering with your neighbour, who probably lived 5 miles away. Plus, bake your own bread. An amazing concept! But it was done and it was done every day, regardless of how much food… Read more »
In the face of what is foreign, what is strange, and what is unknown, sometimes an individual or group of people will resort, or perhaps better, revert, to a fundamentalist position. Typically, we associate fundamentalism with religion, but it isn’t merely limited to that area of human experience and discourse. We can exhibit fundamentalism in… Read more »
(photo credit: Philip Head – photo supplied with article by CUP) EDMONTON (CUP) — A prominent researcher of Nazi medical techniques warned a full house of physicians and medical students to examine their social accountability, so horrors like the medical studies of Nazi Germany are never repeated. Entitled “Dementia of the Academe: Medicine in the… Read more »
ST. JOHN’S, NFLD. (CUP) — Although government officials are considering changes to the legislation outlining access to Canada Student Loans for refugees, advocates say the process has already gone on too long. Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) administers the federal student loan program under the Student Financial Assistance Act. According to the act, refugees cannot… Read more »
Show Times: 7:00 p.m. & 9:20 p.m. / Infoline: 433-0728 From the director of such acclaimed films as Roger and Me, The Big One and Canadian Bacon, comes a new documentary that examines US gun-obsessive culture. Bowling for Columbine, which won a Cannes jury prize this past May, is an incisive look at the gun… Read more »
Saturday, October 26, 2002 @ ACCA Centre, 3530 – 91 Street Infoline: 459-6781 / 450-3957 The Society of Friends of Nepal (SOFON) invites you to the Celebration of Nepal Day, hosted by well-known artist Urmila Garg (painter, weaver and ceramicist) who in 1983 founded Nepal’s first craft school, Kalaguthi and the Nepal Creative Arts Trust…. Read more »