News Releases

Aug. 13, 2024 — It’s official, the Lethbridge Post-Secondary Pancake Breakfast is now an annual event! Lethbridge Polytechnic and the University of Lethbridge are once again inviting the public to a free pancake breakfast during this year’s Whoop-Up Days celebration.

Several University of Lethbridge researchers are collaborating on recently announced projects funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grants.

As Olympians test the limits of their performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a University of Lethbridge animal behaviour researcher has co-authored a paper that is unlocking the way scientists can measure performance constraints — the factors that place limits on just how far and fast we can physically perform.

Dr. Ken Holyoke will be the first to tell you how much he loves to talk — especially about archaeology — and that enthusiasm has been recognized with a national award.

A unique opportunity offered by the Dhillon School of Business at the University of Lethbridge allowed a group of Indigenous students to learn about and experience the culture, history and business practices of the Māori people in New Zealand.

Media are invited to interview participating Master of Education students and organizer Dr. David Slomp at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16 in the Science Commons Atrium (Level 7) Master of Education students at the University of Lethbridge will team up to tackle this year’s challenge centred around teacher well-being and how to structure educational systems and organizations to promote teacher well-being and student learning.

Media are invited to meet with SHAD students on Friday, July 12 at 10 a.m. at the Simulation Health Centre located in Markin Hall M2018 and M2020 At the beginning of July, the University of Lethbridge welcomed high school students from across Canada for the first time through Shad Canada, a program designated for students in Grades 10 and 11.

Multiple athletes and coaches with University of Lethbridge Pronghorns ties will represent Canada in Paris beginning July 24

Dr. Gerlinde Metz, a University of Lethbridge neuroscientist, Dr. Gerald Giesbrecht from the University of Calgary and Dr. David Olson from the University of Alberta have received a One Child Every Child Strategic Catalyst Award worth $50,000 to look at maternal social isolation as a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes and developmental trajectories in their offspring.

The University of Lethbridge’s first Indigenous Chancellor, Charles Weaselhead, has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada. Image