$2M boost for the development of new varieties of wheat
Five-year agreement with Canadian Wheat Research Coalition will support development of new varieties of earlier-maturing, higher-yielding wheat for Western Canadian growers…
Student helps unearth the story of a 3,000-year-old tragedy
Master’s research reveals clues into the lives of four people who perished in a fire in the late Bronze Age…
Students bring Indigenous perspectives to Wikipedia
Increasing the diversity of voices and having a few people making small and steady changes can lead to a big movement…
Archeology can play a powerful role for Indigenous rights
New director of U of A institute sees her mission as reimagining the relationship between archeology and Indigenous histories…
Democracy may not always be the best form of government
We’ve been taught in the West that democracy is the ideal form of government. But is it?…
Ontario taxpayers shouldn’t bail out Laurentian University
A bailout would only encourage risky financial decision-making at other universities…
U of A rises 20 spots in global ranking of top universities
Quality of faculty members and research performance bolster best-ever showing in latest CWUR rankings…
Virtual U School makes a big impression on young students
The program gives students in Grades 4 to 9 from Edmonton and Indigenous and rural communities in Alberta a week-long exposure to life on campus…
U of A is the world’s 64th most sustainable university
Ranking acknowledges what the university has been doing and how it has been contributing to sustainability…
Covid-19 an educational catastrophe for disadvantaged kids
At least 6% of students in Canada have no access to online learning and 200,000 young people have lost complete touch with their schools…