The Landing is a place where AU staff, students and friends can connect, share and communicate.

It's about ownership

The Landing is owned by its inhabitants: anyone and everyone who is logged in can blog, create wikis, share files, podcast, share bookmarks, create groups, engage in discussion and much much more.

It's about controllable privacy

For practically everything you create, you decide exactly who can access it - how much or how little you reveal is up to you.

It's about trust

Because everyone has a verified identity, you can be sure that people are who they say they are and are accountable for what they say and do here.

Athabasca Landing is a secure, social media system operated by Athabasca University Canada's Open University. Like all social systems, the Landing gains value as it assists community members in meeting, interacting, supporting and encouraging each other and their collaborative activities. We thus invite you to explore the many tools and functions of this system. By adding content and inviting your colleagues to do so as well, we enrich and enhance our distributed learning community.

If you have questions, suggestions or concerns about anything you see on the Landing, please email Landing@athabascau.ca

What's in a name?

Athabasca Landing was named after the original settlement that grew into the current town of Athabasca, Alberta. Athabasca Landing served as a debarkation site for paddle steamers and human powered craft heading north to the Klondike gold fields, northern settlements and the Arctic Ocean. The Landing served historically as a source of community, provision and support. This online version of Athabasca Landing aspires to provide these same services to current and future members of the Athabasca University Community.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CONTENT ON THIS SITE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ITS CREATOR(S) AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OR OPINIONS OF ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY.