University Spotlight: Acadia University

In the next few weeks, I will be covering a selection of universities across Canada.  By doing this, I hope to help some of you readers that are undecided about university applications. The first university to be featured is Acadia University. It is a mostly undergraduate-based university with 3,000 students and 211 full time instructors.…

Canadian Universities: Too Asian?

Like many graduating high-schoolers, I will be applying for post-secondary education this year. In fact, compared to some of my colleagues, I am already one of the late ones to apply. This rush to grab available spots in universities is perhaps why one of the newest articles in Maclean’s magazine has caught my eye. The…

Shopping for a Canadian university

It’s October, and most of the Grade 12 students need to start to think about going to university. Oct. 25 was an orientation night where some of the top universities in Canada went to William Aberhart for students to ask questions. I spoke to many schools, and here is some of information I received. The…

Stressing about Uni- The Ups and Downs

Many of us, including me, are going off to university this year. Whether it be to Waterloo, Queens, Western, McGill, or any other fabulous school, we’re leaving the safe haven of Calgary, where most of us have grown up and lived our whole lives. We’re going to be living by ourselves, probably in residence, and…