Opinion: Rape culture in American and Canadian universities
Did you ever attend university and feel unsafe walking around campus? Many university students in America and Canada did not. Rape culture was the…
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Exploring Maslow’s Hiearchy of Needs
The unconscious desires and needs of each individual: that’s the definition of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist dedicated to…
Valerie Pugh’s four steps to creativity
(Click on the cartoon for full-sized view) Valerie Pugh is a professor at the Art Institute of Vancouver, but her main form of expression…
Should I stay or should I go? Leaving home to study
Studying away from home: It is a decision that more and more young people are making as an option for post-secondary education. Many teenagers,…
What do your professors hate about you?
Just as any retail employee can tell you about customer behaviour that never fails to get under their skin, every university professor, no matter…
UBC lacking in red, white and blue
While the University of British Columbia is considered one of the premier postsecondary schools in Canada, and perhaps North America, there are not many…
KPU professor launches study on ‘social thinking’
How does the way we understand and relate to each other change as we develop throughout our lives? That’s the question that cognitive psychologist…
Opinion: Germany’s axing tuition fees highlights Canada’s soaring costs
“Tuition fees are socially unjust,” says Dorothee Stapelfeldt, president of the Hamburg parliament. Such a sentiment is shared by many Germans, but is evidently not…
Students prefer sticking close to home
B.C. art students seem tempted to stay in Vancouver because it’s a cultural hub and because of the beauty of Vancouver, even if other…
Opinion: Athletics should be more prominent in schools
Educators should be underlining the value of athletics and promoting it more in schools. For years, athletic departments, as well as other extra-curricular programs,…
New opportunities, challenges for graduating teachers
Graduates of British Columbia teaching programs are facing new opportunities and new challenges. As students finish their teaching practicums, they are faced with making…
Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Hands-on learning
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Fashion Program is seen as one of B.C.’s most reputable, hands-on fashion programs, running since the 1970s. “You can’t just talk…
Increased bullying needs more education, students say
Schools need to enhance bullying education, according to students and a student teacher. With youth internet and screen time dramatically increasing, bullying has become…
Studying in an overcrowded Surrey school
Most students and parents would agree that schools in the City of Surrey is becoming more crowded as each year passes by. Use of…
UN investigator sees issues with First Nation Education Act
A United Nations human rights investigator has recommended the Harper government retool its First Nations education legislation, with more First Nation buy-in. James Anaya,…
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