Last night, Carissa Halton’s book, Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood, received a 100% approval rating from all 17 members of an Edmonton book club. Her book introduces readers to a cast of diverse characters in her Alberta Avenue neighbourhood and invites them to consider the social and economic forces that shape […]
Category: Light-hearted
Selections from I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006 by Ellen Schoeck. “You adopt a plan, then you change the plan. There are so many opportunities here. You have to work hard to take advantage of everything that’s offered. The key thing is that there is this one […]
I’m not sure that many of you working in offices have ever received an email like this on a Friday morning. Or any morning, for that matter. But around our offices this happens from time to time. I’ve been here for more than six years now and had the pleasure of watching squirrels, jack rabbits, […]