What is a wager? I was unsure of the definition, but all it took was a brief search on the internet for me to understand the word “wager” is sort of like the act of gambling. You place something, it can be anything, on the line unaware of the results. Learning this definition helped me better understand Pascal’s argument about the existence, or non-existence, of […]

Disturbance within an environment can have a substantial impact on the abundance of species present. Areas with high disturbance tend to foster low species diversity, while areas with low disturbance that tend to promote higher species diversity. In this study, the bird species diversity in natural settings was compared to that of a habitat with man-made characteristics. It was hypothesized that there would be less […]

Natural hazards have always fascinated me and therefore I made a decision to write this article on the subject. Earthquakes just like other hazards of nature are unpredictable and remain one of the most devastating among all natural disasters. A disturbing yet an inevitable fact for humans is that none of the measurement scales, science, or equipments is able to predict the exact way and […]

Women account for about 51% of our population, so why is it that we are consistently dehumanized (Miss Representation)? Women are pressured to live up to the expectations of the media. Tall and skinny with the perfect, clear skin and long, straight hair is being set as the ideal for girls and women around the country. With almost eleven hours a day of media a […]

Art Spiegelman (1986), a creator, author, illustrator, interviewer, and narrator uses the medium of comics to narrate the experiences of his parents, Vladek and Anja Spiegelman, Jews who’d survived the Holocaust. Jumping back and forth between the past and the present, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale tells two different stories; Vladek’s testimony as a Polish Jew during World War II, and Spiegelman’s (1986) interactions with his […]

High school and Varsity level sports in the past have been only for the toughest, most determined athletes, however, their commitment is not only tested on the playing field. According to Allan and Madden (2008), hazing has become a normal, and supposedly beneficial tool used to push new recruits to their limits and see how far they are willing to go for the team. Allan […]

Many peace settlements are patches on a horrible wound. Sooner or later the wound reopens and the peace disperses. “Peace settlements rarely create a stable peace. ” In reference to World War I, this statement is correct. The Treaty of Versailles was heavily criticized not just by Germany, but also the Allies. The Treaty of Versailles critically impacts Germany negatively, causes economic issues in Europe, […]

With word on the runway from British Airways’ cabin crew that there had been a rise in the number of independent female passengers, the airline has released the Global Solo Travel Study into the who, what and why of the trend across the world, and to understand which locations are the most tempting for true escapism. The BA Global Solo Travel Study of almost 9,000 […]

Introduction In the mornings of 11th September 2001, The World Trade in New York was attacked by a terrorist militant group. Shortly, a ‘war on terror’ emerged. . In 2003, president George W. Bush ordered an invasion in Iraq, with the suspicion that Iraq’s president Saddam Hussein was in the possession of a mass destruction weapon(WMD) targeting the US. In this essay, I shall explain […]

National Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Learning Conference were held from 16 to 17th April 2018, between 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. The venue for the conference was Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites, Richmond Hill. The category of the event lies under the Education and Training. The organizer for the event was the Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery (CIRR). The full […]