The Future of Fort Calgary Includes More Perspectives
New president and CEO knows the potential of the landmark and she has big plans to meet it
When the Complaints Start Piling Up
An attention-seeking subset of the population has had the power to suck a disproportionate amount of time and resources out of health-care services. A new assessment tool is helping frontline staff diplomatically hold their ground.
Who’s Afraid of Cancer?
Stress, anxiety and depression can leave cancer patients and their loved ones feeling helpless and hopeless. An increasingly valued and urgent discipline, psychosocial oncology is transforming the way people live with cancer
10 Books, Films, Podcasts and Music For, By or About Strong Women
UCalgary faculty, staff, students and alumni share their recommendations as we celebrate International Women’s Day
When Nine Million Viewers Learn a Little More About Something Really Complicated
Sometimes, a five-minute animated video is what is needed to break through the information clutter and start our education around mental health. Anees Bahji collaborates with TED-Ed to create those videos, and they’ve reached millions of people.
Providing a Good Quality of Life is the Least We Can Do
Maria Camila Ceballos knew she wanted to care for animals. She just didn’t know it would be in Canada and in the field of animal science.
When Video Games Become the Sophisticated Texts of Higher Learning
We can learn a lot about each other and the rules we live by through how we play them
Rockets, Radio Waves and Risky Satellite Missions: 7 Ways Space Research is Taking Off in Calgary
For decades, space tools have been designed, built and operated by UCalgary’s makers and thinkers
A Lab Paving the Way for Better, Greener Roads
It’s all around us, but few of us pay much attention to the science behind the asphalt that makes up our walkways and roadways. A lab at the University of Calgary pays very close attention to the complexities of what the rest of us take for granted.
Everything I Know About Democracy, I Learned in Elementary School
With the current bleak outlook on global democracy, it’s crucial that our future leaders are capable of critical, empathetic dialogue. Education researchers say that starts when our kids open a book.
10 Questions with Rajeev Nair on Volcanoes
Hidden within these potentially explosive formations is a lot of information about the history of the earth. It’s also cool to know they can be found deep underwater and way out in space.
The People at the Centre of the Brutal and Messy History of Slavery in Maritime Canada
The story of slavery in Canada is often distorted by an American narrative or told as a collective experience. A UCalgary scholar gets specific by meticulously detailing the lives of hundreds of enslaved people in the Maritimes. Here are some of their stories.