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All of Southern Alberta is invited to enjoy a summer afternoon of music, drama and art at the Coutts Centre Arts Festival on Sunday, July 24. Returning for a second summer, the University of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts in partnership with the U of L...

Article - /unews/article/arts-festival-returning-coutts-centre-western-canadian-heritage - July 18, 2016

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The University of Lethbridge has been awarded the right to host the 2017 CIS Women’s Rugby Championship.With 2017 being the institution’s 50th anniversary, the women’s rugby championships will also be a significant piece of the Pronghorn Athletics’ and...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-named-host-2017-cis-womens-rugby-championship - July 21, 2016

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The genesis of a book project can come from anywhere and in the case of Dr. John von Heyking’s latest publication, The Form of Politics, it was spawned by a simple class discussion.“The germ of it came when I was doing a reading group with some...

Article - /unews/article/von-heyking-book-explores-friendship-key-component-political-process - July 22, 2016

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With less than a month before the opening of training camp, Universigy of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's soccer coach Randy Bardock is excited to announce the signing of seven recruits for the 2016-17 Canada West season.Lethbridge residents Jaden Veluw and...

Article - /unews/article/horns-mens-soccer-program-welcomes-seven-new-recruits - July 22, 2016

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Dr. Chris Hopkinson, the University of Lethbridge geography professor named one of the country’s 100 greatest explorers in 2015 by Canadian Geographic magazine, will once again take to the skies to conduct surveys that will provide rich data about...

Article - /unews/article/hopkinson-chasmer-embark-cross-canada-research-mission - July 26, 2016

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Even though the insect vector that can spread the zebra chip pathogen in potatoes has been found in in Alberta, Prof. Dan Johnson at the University of Lethbridge isn’t alarmed yet and recommends potato growers take no action at this time beyond field...

Article - /unews/article/johnson-and-monitoring-network-keeping-eye-out-potato-zebra-chip-disease - July 28, 2016

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By: Meagan Williams
 Building the cutting-edge home for future generations of scientists isn’t the only thing the Destination Project is helping to develop. Nicole Meurs (BMgt ’16) and student Nick Gabbin are two budding project managers who say their cooperative education...

Article - /unews/article/destination-project-building-careers-cooperative-education-placements - July 29, 2016

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He last competed for the University of Lethbridge seven years ago, and yet when it came time for Jim Steacy to announce his retirement from athletics, there was no question as to where the event would take place.“This is my second home. Outside of my...

Article - /unews/article/steacys-connection-pronghorns-everlasting - August 2, 2016

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Earlier this year, three University of Lethbridge professors were asked to be among the experts consulted by two Standing Senate committees.Drs. Yale Belanger, Geoffrey Hale and Chris Kukucha, all political science professors, provided their expert...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-trio-present-senate-committees - August 9, 2016

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Travelling halfway around the world to take classes in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Education has opened Wyson Ndhlovu’s eyes to the possibilities. Now, he looks to bring this new world of potential to his homeland and create opportunities...

Article - /unews/article/malawi-teacher-sees-new-possibilities-through-u-l-studies - August 9, 2016

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By: Meagan Williams
Lethbridge’s own Julie (Greidanus) Taylor (BA ’05) and Lowell Taylor (BFA ’04) have stepped foot on the final pit stop mat for the last time. The husband and wife team and parents of two were the fifth team eliminated from CTV’s The Amazing Race Canada...

Article - /unews/article/amazing-alumni-adventures-come-end - August 12, 2016

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While many people groan at the thought of going to work, Chris Morris (BFA ‘07) gets excited at the prospect and can’t wait to get out the door.“I always say I’ve gotten a full-time job in my hobby,” says Morris. “I’ve always had an odd, odd passion for...

Article - /unews/article/work-play-chris-morris - August 17, 2016

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The Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) has been a hub of research over the summer as students have studied questions about jet lag, paternal preconception alcohol exposure, the effects of chronic exposure to THC in adolescence and the...

Article - /unews/article/students-take-centre-stage-annual-ccbn-summer-student-symposium - August 18, 2016

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Dr. Gerlinde Metz, a University of Lethbridge neuroscientist, and her team of researchers have received more than $1.1 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to conduct further research into prenatal stress and examine...

Article - /unews/article/cihr-grant-allows-researchers-dig-deeper-effects-prenatal-stress - August 19, 2016

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Taylor Little Mustache couldn’t have asked for a better summer job. As a research assistant with Raising Spirit: The Opokaa’sin Digital Storytelling Project, Little Mustache says she felt honoured to work on a project where she learned so much.“I feel...

Article - /unews/article/building-rapport-key-success-raising-spirit-project - August 19, 2016

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Over the past several decades, people have claimed that Catholicism is on the decline in Canada, along with religion more generally. But new research carried out by well-known sociologists and pollsters Dr. Reginald Bibby, who holds the Board of...

Article - /unews/article/canadian-catholicism-showing-signs-resilience-and-growth - August 23, 2016

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Atop a bookshelf in Dr. Jamie MacKenzie’s office at the University of Lethbridge are several wood carvings of Catholic saints like the Virgin Mary, artifacts he’s purchased on one of his many field trips to Guatemala. Nearby, on top of a filing cabinet...

Article - /unews/article/mackenzie-investigates-modern-religious-choices-traditional-maya-community - August 23, 2016

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Edmonton-based activist and University of Lethbridge alumnus Manwar Khan (BSc ’07), a father of twins, is holding a Candlelight Vigil in Edmonton at the Alberta Legislature Building Steps as he continues to campaign across the province against bullying...

Article - /unews/article/alumnus-manwar-khan-continues-empower-people-put-halt-bullying-and-violence - August 24, 2016

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Changing Canada’s electoral system will mean making compromises, a point that University of Lethbridge political science professor, Dr. Harold Jansen, stressed during his appearance before a recent meeting of the House of Commons Special Committee on...

Article - /unews/article/no-easy-solution-electoral-reform - August 26, 2016

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As construction on the Destination Project continues to grow, so too are the dollars in the hands of local families and businesses. When PCL Construction Management Ltd. was awarded the contract to build the future science and academic building, many of...

Article - /unews/article/destination-project-packs-economic-punch - August 29, 2016

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Building on the research he did for his award-winning book The Muslim Question in Canada (UBC Press, 2014), University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Abdie Kazemipur will examine the integration of Canadian Muslims in light of recent events like the...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-sociologist-looks-muslims-canada-light-terrorist-attacks-muslim-converts - August 30, 2016

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Sociological studies show the number of those who call themselves ‘spiritual but not religious’ (SBNR) has been outpacing those who identify with mainstream religious traditions in Canada.A subset of SBNR groups is the Modern Nondual Spirituality (MNS)...

Article - /unews/article/rodrigues-investigate-modern-nondual-spirituality - August 30, 2016

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Sometimes the corporate-charity link is as obvious as a signpost, as in the CIBC Run for the Cure or the Sears National Kids Cancer Ride. Not so obvious are the ways in which partnerships between corporations and the non-profit sector are formed in the...

Article - /unews/article/examining-corporate-charity-link - August 30, 2016

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People often think young children learn a second language much easier than older children or adults but much of the research into second language learning doesn’t necessarily support this idea in a school setting.Popular wisdom holds that, in contrast...

Article - /unews/article/new-conference-build-bridges-between-academia-and-public - August 30, 2016

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Four University of Lethbridge professors have been awarded more than $300,000 in research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).“This year’s SSHRC results reflect a high standard of excellence amongst our humanists and...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-humanities-researchers-secure-federal-grants - August 31, 2016

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