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Researcher Rebecca Purc-Stephenson led a new study to provide a better understanding of farmers' perspectives when it comes to drawing up a succession plan. (Photo: Getty Images)
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Business

Study tackles challenge of Canada’s family farming legacy

As a historic generational shift looms, researchers look at how to help farmers plan for succession.

  • May 01, 2025
  • By Bev Betkowski
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A º£½ÇÉçÇø researcher is testing a cancer exercise app with the hope that it could bridge the gap in access to exercise oncology resources for cancer survivors in rural and remote communities. (Photo: Getty Images)
Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Exercise app could bridge access gap for cancer survivors in rural and remote communities

An app with personalized features could offer much-needed support for survivors to improve their health, study suggests.

  • April 30, 2025
  • By Adrianna MacPherson
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The playoff beard’s growth from non-existence to ubiquitous tradition offers insights into how cultural norms emerge, spread and change over time, according to a º£½ÇÉçÇø anthropology professor. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Society and Culture, Research

How playoff beards grew from Swedish roots to hockey tradition

Other cultural norms emerge, spread and even transform in much the same way, says anthropologist.

  • April 29, 2025
  • By Michael Brown
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The ACCESS Open Minds project began in 2016 with efforts to make mental health services more accessible to young people. (Photo: Getty Images)
Science and Technology, Business, Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

º£½ÇÉçÇø research opens doors of access to youth mental health services

Students and researchers contribute to cross-Canada study that has changed service delivery for the better.

  • April 28, 2025
  • By Gillian Rutherford

º£½ÇÉçÇø In The News

  • April 29, 2025

    Turing Award winner Richard Sutton (Science) says the next frontier of AI lies in merging natural and artificial minds.

  • April 29, 2025

    Tasha Hubbard’s (Native Studies) latest documentary tells the story of the 2014 Buffalo Treaty, an agreement now endorsed by over 80 First Nations, committed to restoring buffalo herds to Indigenous lands.

  • April 29, 2025

    Jill Kowalchuk (Education) worked with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) to find high-school teachers’ AI-related concerns and what resources would help them in teaching.

  • April 29, 2025

    Andrew Leach (Arts, Law) says the oil and gas emissions cap will be the first thing on the agenda under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government.

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Statements & Announcements

Expanding opportunities for Albertans: LIFT Centre to lead on life sciences

º£½ÇÉçÇø centre to advance research, train the workforce of tomorrow and expand access to high-demand fields.
28 February 2025

Statement on the Passing of His Highness, The Aga Khan IV from the º£½ÇÉçÇø

05 February 2025

Remembering a ‘giant of Prairie politics’

Peter Meekison, beloved political science scholar and co-architect of the Canadian constitution, leaves an enduring legacy.
31 January 2025 By Geoff McMaster

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