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Vol. 13 Iss. 15
Volume 13 Issue 15 - 04/13/2005
This monthly column features news and issues affecting gays and lesbians in Canada and around the world. Look for it on the second week of each month, only in The Voice. A Cornell University expert says the term “gay adolescent” will soon disappear. According to Ritch Savin-Williams, professor and chair of human development in Cornell’s… Read more »
Firstly, part of my gradual maturing process as an individual is learning how to admit when I’m wrong, so here it goes… In a column a couple of weeks ago, I took a pretty sniffy attitude towards those people who have a keen appreciation for high quality wines. Quoting the cheeky and sardonic American writer… Read more »
Readers, this is the second of two issues featuring updates to previous columns. Dear Barb: My fiancé and I are planning our wedding. The problem is that my parents are divorced and both have remarried. I know tradition says my father should walk me down the aisle, but I don’t want to leave out my… Read more »
The AUSU Office is Moving this May The Edmonton Learning Center, which not only houses a number of AU services such as invigilation rooms and student advisors, but also the corporate offices of AUSU and The Voice, will be moving to a new location in downtown Edmonton in early May, 2005. The current location will… Read more »
Back when I was growing up in England, I was one of those sickly, pimply, anemic looking children who seem to catch every form of contagion going around. Bronchitis, walking pneumonia, measles, mumps, whooping cough, scurvy, ptomaine, toe jam, beri beri, yellow fever – you name it, and it’s a pretty good bet that I… Read more »
In June 2003 it occurred to me that our baby girl Hilary would be leaving home to attend university. By this time Roy had been trucking into the United States for about a year and a half. At that point I had already been home and “semi-retired” for nearly two years. It dawned on me… Read more »
A Tale of Two Provinces British Columbia and Saskatchewan both have the same problem. As our population grows older, there’s an increasing demand for health care professionals. Both provinces want to have more health care professionals available. Both provinces would also like to have them educated in their province rather than paying sufficiently high salaries… Read more »
Pitseolak Ashoona (1904-1983) Pitseolak Ashoona was born in Nottingham Island in the Northwest Territories. She was raised on Baffin Island and became a renowned Inuit Canadian artist. Pitseolak grew up living a traditional Inuit lifestyle that is reflected in her extensive artwork. She and her husband raised 12 children, some of whom followed her artistic… Read more »
As I struggle through the complex paperwork to finalize my second divorce, a difficult and unpleasant task at the best of times, I find myself becoming increasingly ambivalent and negative toward the notion of love and marriage. Why would anyone embark upon a legal arrangement that ends in failure almost 50% of the time? The… Read more »
Before we start critcizing so-called oppressive regimes in other parts of the world, I think we in democratic Canada should take a good hard look at some of the outdated and tyrannical laws with which we put the fascist boots to our own citizenry. I’m thinking specifically of those medieval and dogmatic statutes that stifle… Read more »
This column focuses on a wide range of issues affecting post-secondary students. Students are encouraged to submit suggestions and educational topics they are concerned about, or personal experiences with courses or university situations they feel other students should know about. If suggest a topic or a course alert for taking notes, contact djabbour@ausu.org QUEBEC STUDENTS… Read more »
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