By Babur Ilchi, June 18 2015 —
The Haskayne Students’ Association (HSA) is developing a mobile application for business students at the University of Calgary.
HSA president Ryan Wallace thinks the app will help Haskayne students get more involved in … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 18 2015 —
Oil sands development must stop. That was the message of 100 Canadian and American academics who signed a letter sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament last week.
Climatologists, … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 11 2015 —
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its report on Canada’s residential school program last week. The report made 94 recommendations on how to improve the relationship between Canada’s aboriginal population and broader … Read the rest
By Daniela Veiga, June 11 2015 —
Two University of Calgary students won an international prize for their refugee shelter design. The masters of architecture students were tasked with designing refugee shelter prototypes in EVDA 782, a senior research class.… Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 11 2015 —
The Students’ Union will push MacHall’s food vendors to disclose ingredient lists.
The concept was a central part of arts representative Shubir Shaikh’s platform during the SU election. He said many groups on … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 11 2015 —
New documents regarding market modifiers came to light last week after the Metro newspaper filed a freedom of information request. Three market modifier tuition hikes at the University of Calgary were approved by … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 4 2015 —
The University of Calgary Students’ Union has reached the final hurdle with open textbooks — getting professors to actually use them.
In 2014, $2 million was set aside by the government of Alberta … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 4 2015 —
Everybody’s favourite quasi-healthy dessert is coming to campus. Frozen yogurt will be available in MacHall starting in the winter semester of 2016. Students’ Union vice-president operations and finance Sarah Pousette made the announcement … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, June 4 2015 —
Among the myriad of campaign promises made by the New Democratic Party in last month’s provincial election, bringing back the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP) went largely unnoticed. But STEP may be the … Read the rest
By Daniela Veiga, June 4 2015 —
Students involved in clubs at the University of Calgary have reason to be excited about returning to school next fall. The Students’ Union has proposed a $10,000 increase to the funds available to … Read the rest
