Toshifumi Yokota, professor of medical genetics at the University of Alberta, and the Yokota Lab are working to advance techniques to help patients with genetic disorders. For Yokota, the path from a childhood in northern Japan to an innovator holding the position as research chair in muscular dystrophy at the…
The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest company in Canada, having existed centuries before Canada was officially founded as a country. But, in March, HBC announced that it would be closing down and liquidating all of its assets. The announcement seemed inevitable. The current Canadian economy has shown that…
Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance will be making its Edmonton premiere on May 17 at the Metro Cinema. It is one of several queer films being shown as part of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival. The documentary shows Canada’s history of the 2SLGBTQI+ community’s struggle for their rights.…
In October 2024, the University of Alberta announced it will be ending the swimming program. For the program to keep running next season, the U of A requested a $6 million endowment. The University of Alberta Swim Team Alumni Society (UASTAS) moved away from this effort. They turned to form…
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…
The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest company in Canada, having existed centuries before Canada was officially founded as…
Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance will be making its Edmonton premiere on May 17 at the Metro Cinema.…
Toshifumi Yokota, professor of medical genetics at the University of Alberta, and the Yokota Lab are working to advance techniques…
You know things are bad when diseases from medieval paintings start to make a comeback. Next thing you know, Alberta…