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WHAT: The University of Lethbridge, Bioinformatics Network Alberta (BIONET) and the Southern Alberta Genome Sciences Centre are hosting Advances in Cancer Research 2021 WHEN: Friday, January 8, 2021, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. WHERE: Online via Zoom. Meeting ID 917 1833 9421; Password 769778

A majority of Canadians continue to believe in God, according to the most recent national survey by University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Reginald Bibby (DLitt ’18). Bibby has been charting the God numbers through national surveys from the mid-1970s to December of this year.

University of Lethbridge kinesiology student Karlee Durfey and her family understand fully how your world can be turned upside down in a manner of moments and how that can lead to the creation of something totally unexpected.

People will be looking up to the heavens Monday evening hoping to catch a glimpse of the Christmas star — the great conjunction that will make Jupiter and Saturn appear very close together in the southwestern sky a few hours after sunset. On Monday, Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will share the same celestial longitude and appear to pass each other in the sky in what’s known as a great conjunction, because these are two largest planets in our solar system. Jupiter has an orbital period of approximately 12 years while Saturn’s is about 30 years.

WHAT: Dr. Daniel Brooks presents Children of Time: Putting Darwinism to Work in a Time of Existential Threat to Humanity as part of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI) Speaker Series. WHEN: Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, 2 p.m. WHERE: Free online Zoom session: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/97275486531

When Tanya Pace-Crosschild (BSc ’98), director of the Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, saw a call for proposals from Women and Gender Equality Canada in 2018, she immediately recognized an opportunity to develop a project to foster the economic empowerment of Indigenous women in southern Alberta.

The University of Lethbridge is excited to welcome Mike Frank (BA ’09) to his new post as director of Indigenous education and communications.

Interrupted and reimagined, Stories for British Museums, a new University of Lethbridge student art exhibition showcasing works inspired by the Mootookakio’ssin Indigenous object repatriation project, is now in the virtual space.

A new program bringing University of Lethbridge students together with local area businesses launched recently – with a goal of connecting students to the community while giving a much-needed boost to small businesses. Image

University of Lethbridge onboards to the new MyCreds™ | MesCertif™ credential wallet platform – the new official nationwide digital credentials platform owned by the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC). Today, the University of Lethbridge, located in Alberta, officially joins ARUCC’s National Network called