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Children notice and internalize STEM stereotypes

According to Kate Luken Raz, a post-doctoral scholar in psychology at the University of Alberta, children’s concepts of fairness and equality start early.  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) stereotypes for both gender and ethnicity start “as young as three, four, and five years of age,” Luken Raz said. These…

UASU hosts first Women’s Health Day

BoG approves tuition increases and draft recruitment policy

Students react ahead of vote to remove EDI from U of A recruitment policy

Residence town hall brings students’ thoughts to the U of A

How free pancakes overshadowed tuition increase approvals

Pancake breakfasts taste much better knowing there isn’t a meeting regarding tuition increase being held at the same time. Recently, the Board of Governors (BoG) held a meeting to approve the increase in tuition and to address the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) hiring policy. At the same exact time,…

Alberta’s return-to-office order risks solving the wrong problem

How removing EDI opens the door to hate at U of A

Alberta’s red tape on sexual health education gets tangled

Maybe honesty isn’t the best policy for Poilievre

2026 Kreisel Lecture reflected on “place” with three awe-inspiring speakers

On Friday, February 27, the Centre for Literatures in Canada (CLC) hosted the 2026 Kreisel Lecture. It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the writer-in-residence program at the University of Alberta, which is the first and longest running writer-in-residence program in Canada.  The lecture was a great success. Despite the snowy…

Social Intercourse: March 25

Performance Review: Deadmau5 at Igloofest Edmonton

Photostory: Igloofest Edmonton

Performance Review: Last Dinosaurs at the Starlite Room

New School of Politics and Democracy sparks concerns from faculty

The University of Alberta and the Banff Centre have been the home of the Peter Lougheed School of Leadership since 2014. Now, the school has a sibling — the Peter Lougheed School of Politics and Democracy (PLSPD).  The U of A officially launched the PLSPD in October 2025. Its first…

Indigenous leaders struggle to make progress in GSA

2026 Predictions

The lives of students stuck in Gaza due to visa delays

From the archives: Wartime letters to the editor