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U of A study examines how environmental and genetic factors impact stroke risk

A University of Alberta research team will receive $4.79 million in funding over four years to study risk factors involved in stroke development. The study will examine blood samples from 3,200 stroke patients to establish a blood-based biomarker for the risk of experiencing a stroke. Glen Jickling, a co-lead on…

Dear Future YEG: A digital tool for civic engagement made for youth, by youth

Campus celebrates Canadian Multiculturalism Day on Main Quad

Notes from Council: Motion to discuss Indigenous solidarity statement not accepted as part of agenda

BoG discusses IT security policy draft

Beloved or bully? Magpie crowned bird of Edmonton

Hazardous silence: Farm workers challenge Health Canada

Security measures alone won’t heal Alberta’s drug crisis

Selective accountability: Poilievre’s riding change to stay in House

Photostory: Wildrose Castle Jam

The Wildrose Castle Jam was a charity event for 4B Harm Reduction featuring seven bands, a lot of moshing, and drug and sex safety education. And it was so good, another local band, State of Decay, put a bill together the next day to play in the same bowl. Liam…

Angie Staines on educating about drug safety at the Wildrose Castle Jam

Photostory: ‘Life in Print’

Edmonton’s Avitas on their upcoming release

Social Intercourse: July 2

Diminishing third places and the students working to revive them

Third places are community hubs, separate from home and work, that allow for social interaction and leisure. Common examples include libraries, gyms, and cafes. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg first coined the term. In his essay, “Our Vanishing Third Places,” Oldenburg argued that “what suburbia cries for are the means for people…

Harm reduction on campus: Students pushing for more

The Greenhouse Effect: The potential for positive byproducts from the campus greenhouse

Understanding Reconciliation through FOOD!

The link between dietary restrictions and food insecurity