Friday Message June 4, 2021 wicihitowin – Life Giving Energy, Convocation Details, and Plagiarism Extortion This week has been one of extremes – the tragic uncovering of remains of 215 children at the site of Kamloops Residential school, the opening up of COVIC restrictions amid falling case counts, and the final preparations for Convocation 2021. [...]
Hello everybody, This is my turn to share with you some information on behalf of Dr. Hyland-Russell and, at the same time, to honour your strength and determination to succeed. The first week of the spring term has proven to be challenging again. Our resilience has developed like never before, yet it has been put [...]
Hello all, My hope for you this weekend, as we inhabit the interstices between terms, is that you pause and ground yourself in the moment. Honour the journey you have been on throughout the last academic year, the challenges, your growth, transitions, and insights born in this year of unexpectedness. This week brought another round [...]
Hello my friends, Did you know that a group of Eagles is called an aerie, congress, convocation, jubilee, soar, spread, or tower? How appropriate, then, as we reach the end of term, the end of an academic year, and approach Convocation, that we learn from Eagle. Eagle, so our Indigenous Elders teach us, is the [...]
Congratulations! You did it!! You made it through the term to the end of classes. What a year this has been. Amid the uncertainty engendered by the lasting global pandemic, you have triumphed. Yes, it has been tough. Spending so much time online that your eyes are burning. Wondering how long it will be [...]
Amidst the normal year end frazzled nerves – whether you are a student finishing off those last assignments and studying for exams, faculty grading and planning exams, or staff closing out one fiscal year while advising, registering students, and planning for the next academic year – this year we have all been bearing the weight [...]
Yesterday Student Services leaders met for a day-long retreat to review what has gone well this past year and to plan for the upcoming academic year. Despite the uncertainty generated by the lingering pandemic and the toll that has taken on the staff who provide the out of class supports to foster your academic [...]
We are in the final weeks of the term and I know you are all focused on those last assignments and preparing for final exams. One of the great benefits of a university education is the opportunity to develop project management, time management, and leadership skills through coursework, extracurricular activities and student council. We also [...]
What a glorious time of year this is! The temperatures are rising, the snow is melting, and we are in the last month of classes for this term. You can feel and smell Spring arriving! Birds are chirping in the bushes and trees and spring bulbs will soon be popping their heads out of the [...]
How many of you have wondered if you belong at university or in your workplace? Most of us have at some point in our schooling and careers, and the feeling is not unusual. Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, fraud syndrome, perceived fraudulence, or impostor experience) describes high-achieving individuals who, despite their objective successes, [...]
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