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U of A researchers make advancements in gene therapy

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…

U of A cuts funding to university-affiliated daycares, effective January 2026

Notes from Council: 2025–26 councillors appointed to committees

Gathering marks one year since the Palestine solidarity encampment

Professors publish book on the corporatization of higher education at the U of A

Hudson’s Bay may soon be gone, but Indigenous Peoples remain

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…

Alberta’s measles outbreak is the cost of 20 years of anti-vaccine misinformation

Car vs city: Are bike lanes the new battleground?

Alberta votes, Ontario decides: Why disenfranchisement runs deep

Canada shouldn’t deal with Musk or his companies

Noam Gonick on his documentary ‘Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance’

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.…

Edmonton duo Mox Jet on their recent release and what’s next

Creators of ‘Crip Trip’ on what inspired their new show

Social Intercourse: May 7

Two U of A students tie for first place in 2025 CLC poetry contest

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