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Each year, the University of Lethbridge’s Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience celebrates Brain Awareness Week (March 11 – 17) by providing opportunities for the public to learn about advances in brain research from our neuroscientists.

There’s a culture building at the University of Lethbridge, one that will take centre stage Feb. 26 to Mar. 1 when the campus recognizes its first Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Week.

Dr. Sandra Dixon is a registered psychologist, an award-winning researcher and an associate professor in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Education.

Can you hear it, sense it, feel it? Reverberations shake the grounds, deafening roars rattle the windows — is it the echo of dinosaurs once again roaming the southern Alberta landscape? No, it’s the joyful sounds of thousands of children, families in tow, playing at the University of Lethbridge’s dinosaur-themed Play Day. Whether you’re a child or simply getting in touch with your inner child, Play Day has become the premier Family Day event in southern Alberta, embracing the power of play to connect friends and family. WHAT: Play Day 2024

An impressive roster of leaders will grace the University of Lethbridge campus for its inaugural International Women’s Day Leadership Conference on March 13.

University of Lethbridge professor Dr. Sidney Shapiro weighs in on the possibilities of AI Artificial intelligence (AI) is certainly a hot topic — some people tout it as the next best thing for increasing productivity and reducing costs while others are concerned robots will be replacing workers. Every day brings a new headline, and the average person may be left to wonder whether AI is a good or bad thing. It’s both, says Dr. Sidney Shapiro, a Dhillon School of Business assistant professor with expertise in data analysis and AI.

February is Therapeutic Recreation Month Tannis Chartier, a third-year University of Lethbridge student in the Therapeutic Recreation Program, is providing meaningful opportunities for unhoused people to enjoy recreational pastimes like bingo, movies and karaoke. She got the idea for the Resilient Rec YQL program when she began volunteering at the Soup Kitchen in 2020.

Inland waters including ponds and wetlands are one of the largest natural sources of methane. Pound for pound, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Now, a University of Lethbridge-led study has found that many of the ponds and wetlands dotting the Canadian Prairies emit less methane than predicted in part due to their elevated salt content, making previous estimates highly inaccurate.

The first stage of a collaborative multi-phased approach to enhance health and well-being on the Kainai Nation is underway in a good way, and today the project between the Blood Tribe Department of Health Inc. (BTDH) and University of Lethbridge was named — Sokkinakia’pi.