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This open event, hosted by The Canadian Association of Research Libraries and co-sponsoring organizations including Canadian Research Knowledge Network, Library and Archives Canada, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Internet Archive Canada, Digital Research Alliance of Canada, and the Digital Preservation Coalition provided an opportunity for those at Canadian institutions who have strategic or operational responsibility for long-term access and preservation of digital content to learn from each other about progress, practices and policies for digital preservation in a Canadian context.
Academic Writing Resources and Research 4
The University of Alberta provides a variety of writing supports that are accessible, learner-centered, relevant, and responsive to the community's diverse needs.
ACCES Research Group 10
The Alberta Continuing Care Epidemiological Studies (ACCES) was a province-wide research program involving over 2,000 older adults residing in designated assisted/supportive living facilities (DAL) and in long-term care facilities (LTC) between 2006 and 2009, their family caregivers, and the facilities in which they lived. The objectives of ACCES were: a) to examine the health, social needs, and quality of care of older adults in DAL and LTC facilities in Alberta, b) to identify the mix of services provided to these residents, including assistance from family caregivers, and c) to examine health outcomes across settings, taking resident and facility characteristics into account.
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, Department of 557
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science offers thesis programs leading to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, as well as course-based programs leading to Master of Agriculture, Master of Engineering and Master of Science degrees. The Department has active research programs in the following areas of specialization: Animal Science, Plant Science, Food Science and Technology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Bioresource and Food Engineering, Rangeland and Wildlife Resources and Bioresource Technology
Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of 37
The Faculty of ALES is where global challenges are met with innovative solutions. Every day, world-class research is conducted by the finest minds in the natural sciences, social sciences and business. While we are one of the oldest faculties on campus, our cross disciplinary approach, and commitment to excellence, positions us uniquely to provide solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems.

Recent Submissions

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Desktop publishing for scientists: Copy editing, design, and choosing and using software
(2026-01-05) Danks, Hugh V.
This article explains how to turn a scientific manuscript into a desktop publication of high quality. Four related tasks serve to present the content in the form most valuable to readers. First, the manuscript has to be copy edited to remove minor errors and ensure consistency throughout. Second, a thoughtful design must be crafted to make the publication useful and attractive. Third, a desktop-publishing program suitable for the targeted product should be chosen. A final step is to master the program and implement the design to produce a publication that is properly laid out and error free. Copy editing removes faults in language and organization, and standardizes all of the elements according to chosen styles. An efficient procedure consists of developing a copy-editing style sheet, looking for major errors by an initial read, and then, in turn, examining general content, detailed content, citations and their references, and language. Text details are then standardized throughout, before an overall check and a last read. Design demands attention to many aspects of layout, typography, images, and colour. It will be successful if basic principles are followed to achieve utility and simplicity. In particular, harmonious typography and sufficient space between components avoid a cramped and busy appearance. The choice of a suitable program for desktop publishing is dictated mainly by the form of the intended product. A complex program is not needed if a simple one would suffice. However, most scientific publications of professional quality rely on software with diverse capabilities. Those options are explained here. The few advanced candidate programs are briefly reviewed. Substantial time must be spent to learn how to use an advanced program. Developing a desktop-publishing style sheet favours consistency. Following a fixed procedure to prepare each document guarantees that nothing will be forgotten and avoids unnecessary respacing. Basic parameters can be set first, and overall formats established. Text should be imported next (and details finalized if necessary), normally followed by design graphics if any. Tables, images, and other content can then be inserted and spaced page by page to give good appearance and flow to each page and to the document as a whole. Another check for errors, as well as verification that file(s) are correctly formatted for export, completes the process. Diligent attention to copy editing, design, and desktop production ensures that the scientific information in every publication will be presented to full advantage.
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The Hill Times, Wednesday, January 14, 2026
(2026-01-14) Hill Times Publishing
The newspaper of Parliament.
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The Hill Times, Monday, January 12, 2026
(2026-01-12) Hill Times Publishing
The newspaper of Parliament.
Access status: Open Access ,
The Great Canadian Class Study (GCCS): Rethinking Social Class in the 21st Century
(2025-10-16) Maroto, Michelle; BayatRizi, Zohreh; Durou, Guillaume
Access status: Open Access ,
The Forest - Where We Belong
(2026-01-07) Oh, Eunna
My artistic practice centers on forest landscapes that bridge imagination and reality, embodying the sublimity of life’s perpetual cycle: birth, decay, and renewal. As a mother of two children, I also understand the forest as a womb-like space that nurtures all forms of life. For me, the forest is not only the root of existence but also a partner with whom we share life. This maternal perspective deepens my conviction that the forest is a place of belonging, resilience, and healing. As a Canadian artist who immigrated from South Korea, I am deeply influenced by the traditional Korean worldview that all living beings of the forest–along with inanimate elements such as rocks, soil, and water–possess spirits. Within this belief, the forest is honored as a sacred site of healing. This philosophy closely resonates with the Cree worldview in Canada, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life and recognizes that the forest as a living, spiritual being endowed with life-giving forces (see note 1). Note 1: Debora, McGregor. “Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Forest Management Community-based Approaches Achieve Greater Success,” The Forestry Chronicle, 2002, 833-835