The topic of sports has been on people’s minds lately, with the current NHL hockey season ramping up for the playoffs as well as the recent Olympic and Paralympic games in PyeongChang. In Part two of our interview with AU’s Creative Writing professor, Dr. Angie Abdou, she talks about her upcoming books that combine her… Read more »
For many people, writing a book and seeing their name in print is their ultimate dream. Athabasca University’s creative writing professor, Angie Abdou, has taken her passion for writing and written several successful novels, including The Bone Cage, The Canterbury Trail, and her latest novel, In Case I Go. But does the life of a… Read more »
Mia LJ is a young alt-R&B artist and producer, known for her multi-instrumentalist talents, her skill as a producer and audio engineer, and her precociously sudden rise to music career success. Exercising total creative control of her own works, the self-taught artist Mia also shares her gifts via projects with other artists. She recently collaborated… Read more »
Okay, you probably will believe them, but it’s how these stories are supposed to be titled, right? With voting for the AUSU Election starting in just a few days (On February 28!) we rushed to get a number of questions out to the candidates to help you make your decision. Candidates were sent the questions… Read more »
Cpl. Lisa Grandmaison balances working full time as a File Manager/Recruiting staff for the 36 Canadian Brigade Army Reserve Recruiting unit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with studying toward her Bachelor of Business Management at AU and taking care of her one year old daughter Sophie. Originally hailing from the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, a… Read more »
Ross Tyson is the Executive Director of the Athabasca University Graduate Students’ Union. He earned a BSc and Med at the University of Alberta. Here he took some time to sit down and talk about how he found AU and the AUGSA, the tasks and responsibilities associated with the position, the open university environment, the… Read more »
Each year, Athabasca University invites a Canadian writer to be its Writer in Residence, an invited artist who serves as a resource for students, faculty, and the university and writing communities. This year, AU has chosen Richard Van Camp. He is a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from Fort Smith, NWT. He is… Read more »
Paddy Storey, originally born and raised in Alberta, now lives with her husband, her teenage daughter, 19 horses, one miniature pony, two donkeys, five dogs, four puppies, and two cats on a cattle ranch North of Quesnel, surrounded by the trees of beautiful British Columbia. She also has a son that recently graduated and has… Read more »
Recently, The Voice Magazine was invited to discuss education issues with Alberta’s Advanced Education Minster, the Honorable Marlin Schmidt. We wanted to get a picture of the current issues facing Alberta education and politics; issues that apply not only to Athabasca University but also the overall climate of post-secondary education across Canada. Alberta’s NDP government… Read more »
James Greenwood-Lee is an Assistant Professor in Applied Math with the Faculty of Science and Technology at Athabasca University. Some of his scientific contributions include work on complex intervention modelling capturing the dynamics of adaptation. It was research on health looking at complex systems, health interventions, and the ways in which intelligent agents change behaviour… Read more »