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Today, the University of Lethbridge, located in Alberta, officially joins ARUCC’s National Network called MyCreds™ | MesCertif™. The two organisations are working collaboratively to make digital credentials accessible to the learner community.MyCreds™ |...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-joins-new-credential-wallet-platform - December 10, 2020

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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.Get U Around Town is a partnership...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-bringing-students-and-local-businesses-together-through-get-u-around - December 11, 2020

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The University of Lethbridge is excited to welcome Mike Frank (BA ’09) to his new post as director of Indigenous education and communications.Frank has a long-standing and multi-faceted relationship with the U of L. He recalls coming to campus at age...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-appoints-new-director-indigenous-education-and-communications - December 14, 2020

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

Article - /unews/article/stories-british-museums-student-art-exhibition-indigenous-object-project-goes-virtual - December 14, 2020

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As we wrap up the final week of the semester, I want to pause for a moment and acknowledge the remarkable effort and coordination it has taken to bring us to this point.Certainly, 2020 has been a year like no other. We knew at the start this new decade...

Article - /unews/article/open-mike-%E2%80%94-looking-back-year-no-other - December 14, 2020

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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...

Article - /unews/article/blackfoot-women%E2%80%99s-empowerment-project-highlights-community-and-collaboration - December 16, 2020

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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....

Article - /unews/article/rare-celestial-event-occur-winter-solstice - December 18, 2020

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You've likely heard every adjective possible used to try and describe just what 2020 was all about. So, let's simply state that it has been different than anything we've ever experienced. And while or day-to-day took on a new look, we went on and...

Article - /unews/article/best-best-our-selections-top-stories-2020 - December 18, 2020

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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. The day-to-day priorities...

Article - /unews/article/rainbow-hope - December 18, 2020

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

Article - /unews/article/god-still-doing-reasonably-well-polls - December 21, 2020

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Two University of Lethbridge students can add publications to their resumés after they took advantage of getting involved in research early in their university education. Not only have they published papers in major journals, they’ve also collaborated...

Article - /unews/article/early-research-opportunities-lead-publications-u-l-students - January 11, 2021

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Happy New Year! It is my sincere hope that you had a joyful and restful holiday season.As the new term gets underway, I would like to acknowledge the tremendous amount of work and planning it has taken to prepare for another primarily online semester....

Article - /unews/article/open-mike-%E2%80%94-welcome-spring-2021-semester - January 11, 2021

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Collaborative effort between the University of Lethbridge, and other Alberta universities has identified a new technique to help identify women at risk of metabolic disordersBetween three and 20 per cent of pregnant women in Canada develop gestational...

Article - /unews/article/researchers-find-potential-new-diagnostic-tool-help-pregnant-women-risk - January 13, 2021

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When Chaplain Erin Phillips met with the board of the Lethbridge Ecumenical Campus Ministry last October, everyone knew their regular Christmas programming wouldn’t be viable given the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.“We thought we’d explore doing...

Article - /unews/article/christmas-dinner-85-no-problem - January 14, 2021

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Drs. Dylan Johnson (BA ’10) and Matthew Pawlak (BA ’14) never met when they were undergraduates attending the University of Lethbridge. But now, thanks to Dr. Kevin McGeough (BA '96), they’ve connected halfway around the world at the University of...

Article - /unews/article/lethbridge-zurich - January 14, 2021

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As the world of business adapts to meet the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, so too are University of Lethbridge students who continue to engage in work-integrated learning activities as they prepare to transition from academic to professional careers...

Article - /unews/article/students-continue-build-work-experience-despite-pandemic-restrictions - January 25, 2021

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After receiving international attention, two University of Lethbridge studies that explored the potential for certain cannabis extracts to be used as additional therapies to combat COVID-19 have undergone peer review and have now been published in Aging...

Article - /unews/article/study-effects-medical-cannabis-cultivars-covid-19-virus-advances-clinical-study-stage - February 1, 2021

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Students in the Dhillon School of Business at the University of Lethbridge now have access to a second bursary thanks to a $25,000 donation from Costco Wholesale Canada.The gift builds on the bursary Costco first established in 2015 to provide one...

Article - /unews/article/costco-generosity-supports-dhillon-school-business-students - February 4, 2021

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Family Day is just around the corner, which means the annual University of Lethbridge Play Day, presented by North & Company LLP, is gearing up to celebrate its 10th anniversary.But we can’t have Play Day when we’re shuttered in our houses and unable to...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-and-north-company-llp-readying-present-10th-annual-play-day-community - February 4, 2021

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With interest in public health and health-care careers at an all-time high, the University of Lethbridge is leaving open application windows for a variety of graduate level programs that span the health-care spectrum.In light of the pandemic and its far...

Article - /unews/article/graduate-level-programs-public-health-and-health-care-leaving-application-windows-open - February 8, 2021

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A leading researcher in rural water management is poised to assume a senior management role with the University of Lethbridge.Dr. Dena McMartin has been approved by the U of L Board of governors as the University’s new Vice-President (Research). Her...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-welcomes-dr-dena-mcmartin-new-vice-president-research - February 9, 2021

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Anticipating positive shifts in the coming months related to COVID-19 pandemic health directives, the University of Lethbridge is planning for a significant return to campus for the Fall 2021 semester.A special working group is currently consulting with...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-planning-significant-return-campus-fall-2021-semester - February 9, 2021

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The practical applications of RNA research and innovation have never been more prominent than over the last year with the development of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines. The joint RNA Innovation program at the University of...

Article - /unews/article/rna-innovation-program-creating-future-scientific-leaders - February 17, 2021

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Registration is now open for high-school students across Canada to compete in the University of Lethbridge’s fifth annual Dhillon School of Business High School Finance Competition.The competition, which starts March 1, will be run virtually for 2021, a...

Article - /unews/article/dhillon-school-business-high-school-finance-competition-now-virtual-accessible-more-schools - February 22, 2021

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University of Lethbridge graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with an entrepreneurial bent can access funding to further develop their business ideas now that Agility has been approved as an incubator for Mitacs Accelerate Entrepreneur projects...

Article - /unews/article/agility-now-approved-mitacs-incubator - February 23, 2021

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