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Dr. Michelle Hogue (MEd ’04) has been teaching at the University of Lethbridge for about 20 years. She is a professor, researcher, coordinator of the First Nations Transition Program at the U of L, a 2013 Alumni Honour Society inductee and winner of the...

Article - /unews/article/dream-weaver-hogue-connects-history-and-heritage-new-futures-aboriginal-learners - January 11, 2016

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The University of Lethbridge is southern Alberta’s university and as the U of L begins the planning process for its 50th anniversary celebrations in 2017, it is looking to the broader community to help plan the festivities.“This really is about bringing...

Article - /unews/article/community-participation-will-be-key-50th-anniversary-celebration - January 13, 2016

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University of Lethbridge Pronghorn athletes continue to excel in balancing their athletic endeavours and academic pursuits as 46 student-athletes achieved Academic All-Canadian status for 2014-15.Every year, the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport)...

Article - /unews/article/pronghorn-student-athletes-honoured-academic-all-canadian-awards - January 15, 2016

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Dr. Harold Jansen has never been shy to profess his love for the political world, nor his desire to see the general populace more informed about and engaged by the democratic process.It shaped his academic career, both as a student and then as a...

Article - /unews/article/jansens-devotion-political-world-student-engagement-indicative-department - January 19, 2016

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A new University of Lethbridge study suggests an expanded focus is needed in the fight against prescription drug addiction, including fentanyl abuse, within Aboriginal populations.The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, found that...

Article - /unews/article/currie-study-finds-racial-discrimination-may-play-role-prescription-drug-misuse-among - January 19, 2016

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A database of educational resources for First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) learners developed at the University of Lethbridge will gain wider exposure and use when it is added to resources at the Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia ...

Article - /unews/article/alberta-teachers-benefit-linkage-u-l-fnmi-education-database-provincial-resource - January 25, 2016

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As part of the 2015/16 provincial budget released in October 2015, the Government of Alberta outlined its commitment to supporting a two per cent increase to the Campus Alberta Operating grant for both 2015/16 and 2016/17. Using this commitment as a...

Article - /unews/article/accounting-budget-uncertainties-planning-process - January 25, 2016

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Competing for the first time as a team this season, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns track and field team jumped out of the gates and produced exceptional early season results this past weekend at the Golden Bear Open in Edmonton.Making her debut...

Article - /unews/article/horns-track-team-debut-impressive - January 25, 2016

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Funded by a consortium of association and industry partners, the University of Lethbridge has appointed Dr. Dmytro Yevtushenko as Research Chair in Potato Science.The local potato industry is poised to benefit from Yevtushenko’s experience as a plant...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-welcomes-new-research-chair-potato-science - January 26, 2016

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The University of Lethbridge, as central as it is to the fabric of southern Alberta, means something different to each person who has walked its hallways.What better way to commemorate the U of L’s 50th anniversary than by giving those who have been...

Article - /unews/article/50-voices-research-project-gathering-steam - January 26, 2016

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We are now nearly a month into our spring semester and it’s great to have everyone back on campus and immersed in their teaching, research and work.As I make my way around the University, the common theme of many conversations is the development of our...

Article - /unews/article/open-mike-budget-talk-everyones-mind - February 1, 2016

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A passion for theatre, a love of music, and the opportunity to work closely with dramatic arts faculty members brought a unique opportunity to dramatic arts student AJ Baragar: composing music for the University of Lethbridge’s mainstage production, The...

Article - /unews/article/baragar-combines-passion-theatre-and-music-earns-opportunity-compose-mainstage-production - February 4, 2016

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Over the past six years, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has been travelling across the country and interviewing survivors of Canada's residential school system. It produced a multi-volume report about what it learned, focussing...

Article - /unews/article/mike-mahon-statement-truth-and-reconciliation-commission - February 5, 2016

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History has always fascinated Dr. David Hay. The first time the past captured Hay’s interest and imagination he was a Grade 4 student. Not long after, Hay recalls feeling a spark of inspiration — ignited by the realization that history was something he...

Article - /unews/article/teaching-past-supporting-future - February 8, 2016

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How can you be the hero in your family’s story? The answer is easy – bring them to the University of Lethbridge for Play Day 2016, the annual Family Day activity that has been celebrating the benefits of play since 2012.This year’s fairy tale theme...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-and-1st-choice-savings-ready-play-day-2016 - February 10, 2016

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It was only fitting that Marc-André Bernier, his team and their partners, Canadian modern-day explorers, would finally solve one of the greatest secrets of Canadian history – and breathe new life into the story of the long-lost Franklin Expedition....

Article - /unews/article/calgary-alumni-friends-dinner-feature-marc-andr%C3%A9-bernier - February 10, 2016

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Having played a major role in the mission’s unmitigated success, it is only fitting that the final Herschel/SPIRE Consortium meeting be held at the University of Lethbridge.Leading scientists from around the world will attend a four-day conference, the...

Article - /unews/article/final-herschelspire-consortium-meeting-hosted-university-lethbridge - February 11, 2016

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The plight of public schools in the wake of the destruction from Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in the fall of 2013, has motivated education students at the University of Lethbridge to help rebuild school libraries by organizing a book...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-education-students-host-book-drive-help-students-philippines - February 16, 2016

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Kim Thúy left Vietnam as a boat person when she was 10 years old. She has worked as a seamstress, an interpreter, a lawyer, and a restaurant chef/owner and been a guest chef on various radio and television channels. This has all served as a backdrop for...

Article - /unews/article/influential-novelist-kim-th%C3%BAy-headline-23rd-annual-international-dinner - February 17, 2016

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Chemistry research is play for Jackson Knott, and he talks about his work in the lab with as much excitement as someone who’s found buried treasure. His fire for chemistry research hasn’t gone unnoticed as he recently received a national honour from the...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-student-honoured-national-award-inorganic-chemistry-research - February 17, 2016

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A decade’s worth of work from the University of Lethbridge’s Dr. Shawn Bubel (BSc ’96) on a 2,500-year-old bison kill site proved to be one of the most interesting discoveries of 2015, according to the scientific website Western Digs.Bubel’s discovery...

Article - /unews/article/science-website-names-bubel-archaeological-find-second-most-interesting-discovery-2015 - February 22, 2016

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By: Caroline Zentner
For John Wort Hannam (BA/BEd ’96), writing a song for the University of Lethbridge’s 50th anniversary is a process not unlike that of a miner panning for gold. He’s been sifting through the University Archives, looking at photos and reading old issues...

Article - /unews/article/wort-hannam-eager-help-university-celebrate-anniversary-through-song - February 22, 2016

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Some familiar names have appeared on this year’s list of winners in the U of L’s Play Right Prize and Striking Prose competitions. Three of the winners, Blair Yoxall, Garrett Bishoff, and AJ Baragar also won awards in 2015 and, for the first time ever...

Article - /unews/article/repeat-winners-take-play-right-and-striking-prose-prizes - February 23, 2016

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Middle-aged citizens of the United States have faith in the American dream and believe that it will continue into the future, despite greater adversity in the aftermath of the 2008 Great Recession.That sense of optimism was among the key findings of a...

Article - /unews/article/research-study-finds-americans-are-more-optimistic-about-future-canadians - February 23, 2016

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High school students who want to learn the basics of financial investing and stock markets are being encouraged to form teams and participate in the first finance competition of its kind to be held at the University of Lethbridge.The competition...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-hosts-its-first-ever-finance-competition-high-school-students - February 24, 2016

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