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The University of Calgary is a publicly funded research-intensive university founded in 1966, with 14 faculties offering more than 250 academic programs, and more than 50 research institutes and centres. As one of Canada’s top comprehensive research universities, UCalgary combines the best of university tradition with the City of Calgary’s vibrant energy and diversity. Combining our commitment to excellence in research and scholarship, a high-quality learning environment, and our deep connections with the Calgary community, we provide students the opportunity to shape their future and become productive citizens and leaders in a complex world.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets premiers at the start of a first ministers’ meeting as B.C. Premier David Eby (back left) and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (back right) attend virtually in Ottawa on Jan.15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Why Alberta’s Danielle Smith is rejecting the Team Canada approach to Trump’s tariff threats

The largest exporting province rejecting a ‘Team Canada’ approach against Donald Trump doesn’t position the country well to negotiate with a second Trump administration.
While it’s admirable to invest time and effort into improving one’s health and well-being, it is counterproductive to focus on the number on a scale, our pants size or having defined abs. (Shutterstock)

This new year, consider resolutions focused on well-being instead of weight loss

People should consider weight- and body-neutral resolutions that prioritize how we feel and function in our bodies and minds, and take a more holistic view of health.
While it’s admirable to invest time and effort into improving one’s health and well-being, it is counterproductive to focus on the number on a scale, our pants size or having defined abs. (Shutterstock)

Et si nos résolutions du jour de l’An étaient axées sur le bien-être plutôt que sur la perte de poids ?

Nous devrions envisager des résolutions neutres à l’égard du poids et du corps, en privilégiant la façon dont nous nous sentons, et en adoptant une vision holistique de la santé.
Caesarean rates alone don’t reveal anything about the circumstances behind the clinical decisions. (Shutterstock)

Beyond birth statistics: Why measuring caesarean rates misses the mark

As a standalone statistic, the rate of ‘low risk’ caesarean births lacks the nuance needed to inform and improve individual care. Childbirth metrics must adopt a broader, patient-centred perspective.
A single person cannot self-care themselves out of the effects of a toxic workplace or organizational culture, but walking together helps people realize they aren’t alone. (Godisable Jacob/Pexels)

Walking into stress in 2025? Take steps now to prepare

A Walk and Learn workshop series for educators struggling with burnout combines education about compassion fatigue and burnout with walking together outside of Calgary, Alberta.
For decades, the standard surgical approach for treating pelvic organ prolapse has generally included a hysterectomy, or removal of the uterus. (Shutterstock)

Women having surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse don’t always need a hysterectomy

Women in Canada who are affected by pelvic organ prolapse should have access to two treatment options: both hysterectomy and uterine-preserving surgeries.
La technoconférence fréquente peut perturber des interactions essentielles entre parents et enfants. (Shutterstock)

Les cellulaires nuisent à votre relation avec vos enfants et à leur santé mentale

L’utilisation de la technologie interfère avec les relations parents-enfants. Voici des méthodes efficaces pour remédier à ce phénomène qu’on appelle la « technoférence ».
It is in everyone’s interest that our postsecondary institutions start working now to limit the harms of post-COVID condition on students. (Shutterstock)

We can, and must, do more to protect students in higher education from the risks of post-COVID condition

Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections, putting them at risk for post-COVID condition, or long COVID. Campuses can take action to protect them.
A piece of the edge of Darwin’s Arch is visible in the ocean off of Darwin Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos in June 2024. A deep sea mining company plans to start operations in the Pacific Ocean in June 2025. (AP Photo/Alie Skowronski)

Deep seabed mining: Bad for biodiversity and terrible for the economy

Deep seabed mining is already controversial because of inherent environmental and biodiversity risks. A new study shows that its economic impacts may hit even harder.
Leaders who back up allyship statements with tangible actions build stronger connections with employees. (Shutterstock)

Allyship efforts can face pushback in the workplace. Here’s why it happens and what leaders can do about it

Allyship is most needed in male-dominated environments, where gender equity efforts are often met with the greatest resistance.
If we want to prevent domestic violence, we need to work with men, and remove the burden from survivors by focusing our attention and resources on the people and systems that cause harm. (Shutterstock)

Looking to prior encounters with the police can help prevent domestic violence

Domestic violence is not a random event. New research indicates most men who perpetrate domestic violence have contact with police well before they are charged with a domestic violence crime.
Helping your older child or children navigate having a new sibling will help set the stage for positive sibling relationships across childhood and beyond. (Colourbox)

Expecting again? Tips for helping your first-born child thrive with a new sibling

It is normal for an older child to behave in ways parents will find challenging when a sibling arrives, and for parents to feel upset they cannot spend as much time with their older children.
Given the rapid integration of AI into human resource management across many organizations, it’s important to raise awareness about the complex ethical challenges it presents. (Shutterstock)

When AI plays favourites: How algorithmic bias shapes the hiring process

Understand the risks of using AI recruitment tools and discover practical, actionable strategies to harness AI’s potential while promoting diversity and inclusion in hiring.
Educators can help kids understand the difference between using power negatively and positively, and encourage its positive use to build respectful environments. (Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)

Too many kids face bullying rooted in social power imbalances — and educators can help prevent this

Being bullied because of some aspect of who a person is — known as identity-based or bias-based bullying — is extremely harmful to kids’ sense of belonging at school.
Nearly one in three Canadian women over age 60 has had their uterus removed. (Shutterstock)

Hysterectomy is more common, and occurs at younger ages, for women with less education

Women in Alberta with a high school diploma or less have nearly double the rate of hysterectomies than those with a university degree, raising questions about social disparities in medical care.

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