An Interview with Dr. Eve Robinson about U of C’s Environmental Science field schools and how they help students build confidence, leadership, and adaptability through hands-on research.
The University of Calgary (U of C) recently held the Canadian Landpower Mobilization and Modernization Conference on March 26 - 27. The conference featured a wide variety of panels and discussion for how the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will employ research and technology in order to modernize. The keynote speakers included
The “Reaper of Death” stomps its way to Earth Sciences Jared Voris, a PhD student at the University of Calgary discovered a new species of Tyrannosaur. Discovered in the heart of Dinosaur Provincial Park by John and Sandra De Groot and brought to the Royal Tyrrell Museum; Voris spent the
Psychedelics and Cannabinoid Therapeutics (PaCT) lab is a lab at the University of Calgary which aims to uncover how psychedelics and cannabis can be used to combat mental illness. Keira Aubin, a PhD student working at PaCT lab, is currently organizing a study on how stress affects behavioural adaptability in
Most people do not think about parasites often. When they do, they think of gross things in jars, horror stories from travel medicine or an easy metaphor for a drain on resources. The members of the Host–Parasite Interactions (HPI) group, on the other hand, are positively fascinated by parasites
Research and the creative and performing arts are two concepts that aren’t expected to collide, but Christine Brubaker blends the two opposing worlds together with her ongoing research. Brubaker is an associate professor here at the University of Calgary. She works in the School of Creative and Performing Arts
Julian Branch is a Regina-based board member of Prevent Cancer Now, a small Ottawa NGO that focuses on cancer prevention through public education and policy. A former journalist, he began investigating the issue of asbestos contamination in the municipal water supply in 2012, after discovering that Regina had roughly
On Jan. 29, students and faculty gathered in the MacEwan Student Centre for the President’s Town Hall, where President Dr. Ed McCauley, Provost Dr. Sandra Davidson and the rest of the executive leadership team discussed updates on major projects and answered questions. “There’s no big announcement, no specific
In 2025, 109 experts from around the world came together in Lausanne Switzerland for the Female/woman/girl Athlete Injury Prevention (FAIR) International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus to decide the best ways to improve the rate of serious injury for women and girls in sports. From this conference, the group
The University of Calgary had recently saw the implementation and success of the pilot and research program, Trauma Resilience Informed Practice (TRIP) and Exploring Mental Health Barriers in Emergency Rooms (EMBER). EMBER is the overarching research program that has taken place in the last six years, and TRIP is the
