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Self-Publishing With LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
When I was first approached by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing back in February 2014 I was rather surprised. My MPhil dissertation in Sociology had been collecting dust in the depths of University...
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At A Glance: Creative Studies For The Caring Profession
Published By Gill & MacMillanCreative Studies for the Caring Profession is an excellent resource tool for professionals and students alike. Published in 2010 by Gill & MacMillan, Denise Lyons,...
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Re-Defining the 'F' Word: Grade Inflation in Colleges & Universities
The Need for Better ReportingPhoto © Janemitchinson.caTo 'fail' a student is becoming increasingly difficult in lieu of grade inflation. Why are colleges and universities dumbing down their programs?...
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Markers, MindMaps and Me
Pony up & Make A Difference!Sometimes it's worth spending the $7 on a package of 50 different coloured markers, and bringing them to class. It's only fair to say that if you ask your students to...
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Crash! Bash! Boom! Pow! What Was That Sound? ONOMATOPEIA!
By Mindy BauerDo you sometimes find yourself lost for words? Mindy Bauer lends her vocal talents with onomatopeia! A song I came across Sociology Source one day when I decided to introduce the idea to...
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How You Can Improve Your Presentation Skills in 8 Easy Steps!
Remember Me?Photo © Steve IsaacsRemember acetates? There were two type of professors who used them. The kind who photocopied information onto them and the type who wrote in messy handwriting. Either...
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The Wicked Academic - Call For Submissions!
There is No Time Like Now To get Started!The Wicked Academic is an independent peer-reviewed online journal and blog website with the goal of providing cegep and undergraduate students, staff and...
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Health Education's Best Kept Secret - Scott Fried!
Poster and Words © Anabel Piñero and Zoë ConstantinidesPhotos © Scott Fried“Making a Connection: Intimacy in the Age of Social Media” By Scott FriedScott Fried, New-York-based youth health and sex...
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Annotate This!
You Sick Bastard, You!Photo © MGMIf only students knew the truth. That like them, we too find ourselves silently crying inside, or at the very least whimpering, as we bring out the dreaded Assignment...
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At A Glance: Cult Fiction By James and Brendan Dwyer
Available @ Amazon"Municipal City: the only place on earth where you can be anyone. Anyone from your favorite movies, books, TV shows, comics, video games or any cult media you can imagine. This is not...
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SNIPPETS: The Motorcycle as a Cultural Icon By Cordell Drew
Photo @ The Bike ShedMotorcycles have been part of popular culture for many years. Though many have ridden them, others who haven't have commented both positively and negatively about bikers and...
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SNIPPETS: Exploring MISS-Representation By Florence Leduc
Available to Watch via NetflixTo empower someone means to give that person the power to do something. The way someone is usually given power lies in how he or she is perceived by others: someone...
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SNIPPETS: Zombies in Popular Culture By Marilyne Trépanier
In our society, many events have created fear among the public. Some of the events include, but are not limited to, the World Trade Centre terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to ongoing wars...
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A Word on the Mae Sot Education Project (MSEP) By Mary Purkey
Photos & Words © Mae Sot Education ProjectThe Mae Sot Education Project (MSEP) is a community project based on the campus of Bishop’s University and Champlain College – Lennoxville in Sherbrooke,...
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SNIPPETS: Exploring Fear in Animals and Humans By Laurie St-Pierre
Fear is an emotion felt by all animals on the planet, including humans. Fear usually comes with a belief that something or someone is dangerous. It is something unpleasant and it is caused by a threat...
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SNIPPETS: Barbie On My Mind By Camille Arsenault
For more than fifty years, Barbie has been influencing young girls all around the world with her super skinny body, her amazing long hair and her inexhaustible wardrobe. You see, Barbie is an 11.9...
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SNIPPETS: Exploring Anger and Aggression in Animals and Humans By Astrid Syme
What Makes You Angry?Anger is an emotion that like other emotions is hard to understand the root cause. Carol Tavris (1982, p. 37) looks at what Freud considered to be the reasons for the existence of...
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SNIPPETS: Anthropomorphizing Animals By Sophie Gagnon
Herbie The Love BugPhoto © Walt DisneyAccording to Guthrie (1993), an anthropologist, anthropomorphism is really close to animating. He explains the differences between both terms and how we can relate...
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Welcome to TheWickedAcademic.COM!
In just two short months we have already reached an audience of over 4000 views on our blog site for The Wicked Academic! It is largely thanks to students who have allowed us to share their work via...
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Behind Closed Doors: Overcoming Elder Abuse!
Photo © Oakville NewsA growing trend in elder abuse is leading provincial governments in Canada to reflect upon the state of elderly citizens. According to the Institut de la statistique du...
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