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The Art of Giving

Leanne Elias (BFA ’95 and MEd ’03) was a newly single mother of three young children when she applied to university for the first time. She had few resources and even less money, and the notion of finding a way to pursue an education while simultaneously ensuring that her kids

Research

Helping kids recognize the dangers of tobacco

You know that an educational tool needs updating when its major interactive feature is transparencies. Or worse, when the topic is tobacco and the coverage begins and ends with cigarettes and chewing tobacco in a world now faced with cigarillos and e-cigarettes. Fortunately, the University of Lethbridge’s Kathy Haight

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Spotlight on Research - 50 x 50

50 Research Chairs by the University of Lethbridge's 50th Anniversary in 2017 It's ambitious. It's aspirational. And above all it affirms the University's commitment to continuing to build one of Canada's leading research environments. “Research Chairs are high-profile academic appointments

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Taking a Big-Picture Approach to Health Care

For Dr. Brenda Leung, getting sick as a child meant facing a somewhat daunting remedy: a foul-tasting, homemade herbal concoction prepared by her mother that was tough to swallow – but that ultimately did the trick. “My mom would always brew these hideous teas, you know, noxious liquids, that I had

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Making Strides in Environmental and Medical Science

The horizon for sustainable energy and cancer treatment may soon become a little bit brighter, thanks to pioneering new research being performed by Dr. Nehalkumar Thakor. Thakor is the new Campus Alberta Innovates Program Chair of Synthetic Biology and RNA-based Systems at the University of Lethbridge. Appointed to the seven-year

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Rethinking Our Understanding of Brain Evolution

When it comes to the evolution of the brain, bigger doesn’t always mean better, says Dr. Andrew Iwaniuk (MSc ’00). Iwaniuk is the newly appointed Canada Research Chair in Comparative Neuroanatomy in the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge. Over his five-year term, he will

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Exploring How The Brain Recovers From A Stroke

“Neuroscience today is like how physics was in the 17th century. We are living in an era that is rapidly changing the way we think about the brain and its ability to process and remember information and recover from injury, just like 400 years ago when we had a rapid

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Field of Opportunity

From droughts and pests to crop disease and unseasonable snowstorms, farming in this semi-arid section of Alberta’s Big Sky Country comes with big challenges. But from the early First Nations peoples to the homesteaders of the 1900s to today’s technologically savvy crop and livestock producers, Albertans have a

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The Formidable Margaret Atwood

Regarded as one of Canada’s finest living writers, Margaret Atwood is a poet, novelist, story writer, essayist and environmental activist. Her work has received critical acclaim in the United States, Europe and, of course, Canada, and she has received numerous literary awards, including the Booker Prize, the Arthur C.

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History Lived Out

There are defining moments in each life. We remember the exact time, place and feelings that were sparked – those memories stay with us, shaping who we are and the journey we take.Dr. Gerhard Driedger’s story has been full of many such milestones, fanning a deep appreciation of history

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Global Citizens

Keen to make a positive difference in the world, a handful of University of Lethbridge students left their homes and families to work in developing countries this past year. What they couldn’t have known beforehand was how much they would be changed in the process.Their journeys were facilitated

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Classroom Yogi

There's a warmth to Kevan Bryant (BA/BEd '12) that's impossible to overlook Her eyes smile when she speaks. The tone of her voice is calm and assuring. Her skin practically glows. You feel good just being around her, and deep down you want to

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Dream Catcher

Grant Spotted Bull talks in a quiet and reflective tone. From the moment he begins to speak, you get the sense that each of his words is carefully measured. He’s purposeful in what he says, almost as though he’s creating a picture with the use of language – which

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Champions' Legacy

While the banner that hangs in the rafters of Nicholas Sheran Arena pays tribute to the accomplishments of the 1994 University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s hockey team, the true legacy of that group of young men is still being realized today. With as many as 15 players and coaches

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The Science of Success

Alumnus of the Year 2014 – Lawrence Johnson The research station at CFB Suffield outside of Ralston, Alta., has been the site of hundreds of military and scientific tests since 1941, and when Lawrence Johnson (BASc (BSc) ’78) was just 16 years old, he got his first job there – a summer

Campus Life

Destination Project moves forward with upcoming superweek

July 15 to 18 is the next superweek of design activities related to the planning phase of the science/academic facility and energy/utility centre that will comprise the two new buildings of the University of Lethbridge Destination Project. The customized Integrated Design process is the foundation for the framework

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Shedding New Light on a Dark Subject

A registered nurse and nursing instructor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, Peter Kellett, who is currently pursuing his PhD, is exploring
a topic that has intrigued him since his
days as a master’s student: the impact perceived masculinities have on the rates
of

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Driving Social Change

Collaboration and innovation, it seems, go hand-in-hand. After all, as the saying goes, two heads are better than one. But if two (or more) people are more likely to create something new than a singleton working solo, a critical question must be asked: what’s the best way to bring

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Healing Words

Karen Marie Ritchie was pretty much a typical 13-year-old in 1977. She loved animals and little kids, and as the fifth of six children, Karen was thrilled to be an auntie at a young age. She was known to get the giggles, and would often end up rolling with uncontrollable

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Family Pride

Spring came late in southern Alberta this year.  It’s a bitterly cold morning in March, but the sun is shining brightly through the windows of Markin Hall at the University of Lethbridge. The warmth in the room is palpable. It’s a spiritual sort of warmth – the kind you

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Laying the Groundwork

Larry Steinke (BA ‘94), the architect and head coach of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns track and field team, has cultivated a program of excellence over the past 15-plus years, and while the team continues to pile up medals at Canada West [http://www.canadawest.org] and Canadian Interuniversity Sport

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Alberta Spirit

Just north of Cochrane, there is a piece of land nestled in the rolling hills, basking in Alberta’s big sky and offering a coveted view at every turn. The land holds history: decades of hard work, honesty and integrity are entrenched in every foot of its fertile soil. “When

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Hidden Paths, Tangled Woods and Interesting Play Spaces

The way we study young people is taking on a whole new meaning at the University of Lethbridge, where researchers are using a holistic approach to understand their experiences, development and challenges. The Institute for Child and Youth Studies [http://www.uleth.ca/research/institute-child-and-youth-studies-i-cys], or I-CYS, is a research

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Big Thinking About Small Farms

In January, Lydia Ryall (BSc ’06) was named the 2014 British Columbia and Yukon Outstanding Young Farmer [http://www.oyfbc.com/recipients.html]. The honour recognizes farmers aged 40 and under who derive at least two-thirds of their income from farming. Nominees are evaluated on, among many things, their conservation

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Giving Spirit

Maria Livingston always aspired to be a university graduate, but she wasn’t always certain a university education was in the cards for her – at least not until she discovered the First Nations Transition Program (FNTP) at the University of Lethbridge.“I was out of high school for four years