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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.
- The University of Alberta provides a variety of writing supports that are accessible, learner-centered, relevant, and responsive to the community's diverse needs.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
Insight into government, July 11, 2025
(2025-07-11) Dolphin, Ric; Dolphin Media Inc.
Alberta's independent newsletter on government & politics.
A Mind Reaching Out
(2025-06) Yu, Zijia
He sat quietly beneath the tree, not speaking, not moving much, just thinking. Above him, the branches hung down gently, like something unfolding from within. For a moment, it felt as if his thoughts were drifting upward, silent at first, then slowly taking shape, branching, curling, tracing soft lines through the air until they became part of the tree itself.
Each branch seemed to echo a mental process: some looping back, others extending far, delicate, tentative, alive. The scene reminded me that thoughts don’t always stay inside our heads. Sometimes, they drift. They reach out, connect, and anchor themselves to the world around us. In neuroscience, we talk about circuits and networks. But here, in this quiet space, the brain and nature didn’t feel like separate systems. They felt like different expressions of the same thing — structured, organic, and always reshaping the way we exist in the world.
Theatre for Change
(2025-06) Ukoh, Valentine
This image captures an open-air theatre performance unfolding in a rural community setting. The audience, composed of local residents seated on benches and the bare ground, is visibly engaged—some leaning forward, others responding with laughter and gestures. At the center, actors use minimal props and vivid expressions to dramatize a pressing community issue. This moment symbolizes the transformative power of theatre when rooted in familiar spaces, languages, and cultural practices. My research explores Theatre
for Development (TfD) as a dynamic tool for communicating change and development. This image embodies how participatory theatre creates shared spaces for dialogue, awareness, and collective problem-solving—where community voices are not only heard, but activated toward meaningful social transformation.
Emergent Landscapes: Urban Gardens and Bicycle Infrastructure Explored in Painting through the Lens of Human Ecology - Material Culture
(2025-06) Thomson, Jill
This research painting represents spatial interior and exterior relationships of material culture within the dense confines of cities in North America and ancestral Holland. It is a personal remembering and observing of unexpected entanglements among buildings and wild spaces, kitchens and gardens, sitting rooms and forests, where vibrant cities with the familiar vernacular of neighbourhood architecture and public space are travelled on multiple planes. Paths are created by people walking around homes, front yards and gardens and by cycling past local shops and green spaces. The complex interconnectivity among humans, things and the natural world are rendered intuitively through washes, drip marks, and brush strokes. Memories of material relationships—riding and discovering balance on a Dutch-styled bike and helping my children to bike—are a ‘coming home’ to ancestral landscapes that give structure to the painting. Material things created by humans transcend time through memory and overlay places and spaces to create a sense of belonging. The painting's pathways afford renewed connections to cities, bring spaces alive, and provide people with agency, balance and possibility.
Steel Canvas: Abstract Expressionism in Stainless Steel Surfaces
(2025-06) Thome, Allison
The image reveals the secret artistic life of a laser printed stainless steel sample caught in its "un-presentable" state, before it has been thoroughly cleaned. It highlights a hidden world of abstract expressionism that exists on every sample but is often unseen. The dynamic swirls, scratches and textures are created by polishing compounds, grease, and other contaminants that form a composition across the steel canvas. Though striking, this art needs to be erased to give way to another critical imagery beneath: the grain structures that tell the true story of the material's printing process. The accidental artistry has to be removed before the deliberate scientific analysis can commence. My research characterizes these advanced manufactured materials, requiring spotless surfaces for accurate analysis. Yet there's a contradiction knowing that before every publishable microscopy image exists this temporary gallery of accidental art. This image celebrates that paradox - the moment when scientific preparation and art intersect, reminding us that scientific process contains hidden moments of unexpected beauty typically lost in the pursuit of publishable data.