December 31, 2013 6:28 pm
On behalf of Canadian cell phone provider, Wind, Vision Critical recently conducted an online survey of 1,501 Canadians to determine what they would give up in order to keep their smartphones.
November 1, 2012 3:45 pm
The B.C. based app may be just what Saskatchewan’s indigenous languages need to recover their lost speakers. The total number of indigenous language speakers in Saskatchewan fell by 0.94 per cent between 2006 and 2011, a difference of over 2000 people.
September 6, 2012 5:29 pm
Have you ever thought that you need to meet more of your school mates, but you’re just too shy and/or apathetic to actually go out of your way and talk to people? Well, now University of Regina student can reach out and connect with other students where you’re most comfortable: from behind your phone.
February 17, 2012 12:59 pm
Programmers working at the Autonomous Agents Laboratory at the University of Manitoba may have developed the world’s first humanoid-robot ice-hockey player.
January 27, 2012 10:40 am
Are you a social media addict? Do you text even while socializing with people face-to-face? Is your smartphone the one true love of your life? If so, you aren't alone — but is there help?
Science & Technology
Social approval may be a factor in PTSD
Opinion
Not all who skip out on post-secondary are missing out
Arts
Commemorating residential school survivors through art
Sports
Bouldering gains popularity in B.C.
News
Newfoundland job cuts and hiring freeze to potentially affect students and graduates
Arts
Edmonton filmmaker strives for horror film glory in Canadian competition
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.