Oh, Canada! These are my heritage moments

That’s right, it is Canada’s 141st birthday today and for many people including myself, it is somewhat a day of reverence and I have several traditions which I have upheld for many a year. One of them is seeking out Canada fireworks because nothing says pride like huge non threatening safety first explosions of light in the sky. That statement seems a little passive aggressive but I promise it isn’t.

One of these traditions, and this should surprise no one, is to make a top ten list of things I love about Canada. So in grand tradition, here is “The Jenn Prosser loves Canada so much she often thinks about how awesome it is”. Besides this wicked list, which you really should check out, other things I like to do is check out wicked trivia about Canada, like THIS Canada Day quiz, or this little ditty from CBC or this:

But beyond all that I really really like watching Canadian Heritage moments until I am reciting lines like a washed up actor from Degrassi Junior High (which in itself is part of our heritage).

After I have done this I throw on my favourite version of Oh, Canada (and here’s the words, just in case…) and settle in for a great night of fireworks with a feeling of pride to call this country home.

Happy Canada Day.

Jenn Prosser, VP Academic

I’m down for the CAUS!

Wooie Edmonton!

Recently Adam and I traveled to  Edmonton to try on being an Oilers fan for a couple days…( HAHA just kidding, I really don’t even follow hockey…). We were there for the annual day long series of meeting with those representatives from The Ministry of Adavanced Education and Technology departments as well as CAUS’s Annual General Meeting.

The meeting’s were very informative and chock full of everything we need to know in order to best work with the Alberta government to serve student’s needs. Basically I left with enough acronyms in my head to develop a new spy code for lobby groups.

The meeting was a round table with rep’s from the ministry as well as CAUS, ACTISEC and the GSA and included the opportunity to talk with Minister Horner about future plans for students across Alberta. There was some great discussion around students housing and deferred maintenance on student residency’s. The issue of affordable and quality student housing is something that CAUS is really focusing on this year and if you have any concerns/ideas/thoughts on this issue please feel free drop me a line at su.academic@uleth.ca.

I will be posting my official travel report for the AGM and AET shortly. So stay tuned for more fun and good political times.

Jenn Prosser, VP Academic