Landing : Athabascau University
Log in to see any non-public content on this page
Athabasca University | AU Student/Staff Login |  Invited Guest Login
 
Menu

Welcome to Athabasca Landing!  Ghandi

If you have an AU login or are an invited guest, this is your site. You can use this site to share, communicate and connect. Just log in with your usual AU username and password to join in.

Only a tiny fraction of the posts on this site are visible while you are not logged in. Log in to see more!

If you wish to become an invited guest, please contact an AU staff member, who may make the request on your behalf.

The Wire (click here for the full Wire interface)

More wire posts

Recently recommended content

Other AU sites that might interest you

Main AU website

entry point to the University.

MyAU 

your personal entry portal to AU facilities.

AU library

find books, online journals, help with resource discovery and more.

AUSpace 

an archive of publications, articles, books and other publications by AU staff and graduate students.

The AU Research Centre

find out what people are researching at AU.

AU e-lab

an open and interactive virtual lab space dedicated to discovery and demonstration for tertiary online education, through workshops, e-Portfolio, and a virtual tool cupboard.

TEKRI

The Technology-Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute site, providing links and information about the TEKRI network of learning technology researchers and their work at AU (such as the Landing).

Athabasca University Store

A place to buy AU apparel, parchment frames, etc

Service status 

A place to find out the current operating status of AU systems as well as keep tabs on planned outages, etc.

The Voice Magazine

A magazine by and for students of AU, freely accessible via the Web.

Site statistics

Users:7019 (4 online)
Blogs:12711
Files:10545
Bookmarks:4905
Wiki sub-pages:4671
Wire posts:4157
Discussion topics:2812
Polls:120
Groups:464

Things we have been posting recently

Random posts from the last few months

AU News

Do you like to read ? Turn your love of reading into a degree. Do you want to improve your critical thinking skills and your writing? The Literary Studies program is meant for you. And an MA degree can lead to career advancement and may change your life. We focus on fine books but also the universe […]
18 hours ago
Trading places Three teams from AU’s Faculty of Business are currently competing in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Trading Challenge. At the end of the preliminary round, two of AU’s teams have finished in the top ten per cent of challengers and will go on to the one-day CME Market Education Conference in Chicago. “Our students […]
February 27, 2015 - 8:46am
Approximately 11 per cent of Albertans and a similar percentage of Canadians are employed in health care and social assistance. The sector includes both social work and human services. In the future demand will be high for supervisory and management staff The broad set of skills needed to work in human services, a generalist form […]
February 26, 2015 - 11:37am
Dear students, I’m sure many of you are aware of recent social and media coverage about the financial challenges we are facing as a university. Some of that coverage has gone as far as to suggest that Athabasca University is in danger of closing down, or being taken over by another institution. I want to […]
February 24, 2015 - 9:16am
Learning to Learn Online is a five week online course – and it’s free! Anyone can register regardless of experience, education, age, gender or location. The course is designed to be a fun and engaging experience in online which actually helps you become a better online learner! Participants will learn about themselves as learners and […]
February 19, 2015 - 9:52am
Friday, June 12, 2015 – an Honorary Doctor of Laws will be conferred in recognition of her ongoing commitment to community, and her mentorship of Aboriginal women and youth. Ms. Clarke is the owner of Claire Clark & Associates, and was the founder of the Aboriginal Women’s Professional Association (AWPA), an organization committed to the […]
February 18, 2015 - 1:56pm
Dr. Jeff Vallance’s new book Fighting Breast Cancer with Exercise is now available on iTunes. He talks about the book, and his reason for writing it. Q: What’s the concept of the book, in a nutshell? Jeff: Fight Breast Cancer with Exercise is one of the first evidence-based, patient-centered exercise resources designed specifically for breast […]
February 13, 2015 - 2:57pm
I believe governments need to implement a comprehensive new approach to nutritional education and nutrition policy, something I call “strategic nutrition”. In my new paper published in the journal Public Health Nutrition, I argue traditional approaches to nutrition have not worked in combating the epidemic of various nutrition-related diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease […]
February 10, 2015 - 2:39pm
The Undergraduate Student Orientation team is happy to announce that, after a full review and update,  the online orientation is now being re-launched. The goal of the project has been to gather information spread across many pages and resources into a comprehensive, single-stop experience for new and prospective AU students. Additionally, the tool is developed […]
January 16, 2015 - 11:00am
When Louann Poirier’s cancer came back in 2014, she was told she had only a few months to live. She had been diligently working away at a human services degree from Athabasca University for over a decade, but now she feared she might not have time to finish it. And it was a dream she […]
December 15, 2014 - 9:00am