By Danise Simpelo, July 23 2021—
On June 9, a University of Calgary UToday email was released with a link to the statement made by the University of Calgary President Ed McCauley on Islamophobia.
This came in response to the … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, July 8 2021—
On June 21, the Students’ Union (SU) released an official statement on the University of Calgary’s decision to permanently keep the credit granted option.
This means that students will be given the option of … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, June 22 2021—
Nathan Lachowsky, a professor at the University of Victoria is at the forefront of the largest national bilingual sexy survey for gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit and queer men and non-binary people (GBT2Q).
On April … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, June 11 2021—
Asian Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May, highlights the many achievements and contributions of those of Asian descent.
For the year 2021, the Government of Canada released the theme for this year as … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, June 3 2021—
The Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking hosted a three day virtual event to help make the University of Calgary a zero waste campus. This event gave undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral scholars the opportunity to … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, May 17 2021—
On March 15, UCalgary students and instructors immunized Indigenous seniors at Circle of Wisdom Elders and Seniors Centre. This was an Indigenous-led immunization clinic with the objective of vaccinating Calgary Indigenous seniors aged 65-plus … Read the rest
By Cristina Paolozzi and Danise Simpelo, April 30 2021—
April 30 marked Colour Night this year — a celebration to welcome in the newly election Students’ Union (SU) representatives for the upcoming school year.
This years’ festivities took place over … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, April 14 2021—
New Quality Money projects have been approved by the Students’ Union (SU).
On March 29, the SU released the list of the approved Quality Money projects with a specific focus this year on equity, … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, April 1 2021—
On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, an article written by the UCalgary Student and Enrolment Services Staff was released that presented the three recipients of the 2021 Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) Awards for … Read the rest
By Danise Simpelo, March 30 2021—
On March 23, the SU released a statement regarding the heightened escalation of anti-Asian hate crimes happening in both Calgary and Canada.
The statement publicly denounces these acts of hatred and promotes to stand … Read the rest
