Popping in to report that you all are amazing. In less than one week, you have donated over $15,000 to the Faculty of Native Studies faculty in honour of dan levy ‘s birthday. Insert every David Rose gif of shock and love to know how we feel right now. bit.ly/dan38bday

Many a Western Canadian premier has regretted asking questions like this about changing licence plate slogans. Gary Doer (swap "Friendly Manitoba" with "spirited energy"), Alison Redford (remove "Wild Rose Country") Brad Wall (remove wheat). Symbols are powerful.

Another reason #universities are vitally necessary: bastions of unbiased, cutting-edge knowledge, AND the ability to speak truths, even in challenging circumstances:

#AcademicFreedom. Essential to a just and fair society.

Wherein a sociologist of epidemics clarifies a government minister's use of a basic public health and environmental concept. #endemic #pandemic #COVID19

Did Ubaka Ogbogu read one of his own torts fact patterns or was he reacting to more wack policy decisions out of Alberta? Tune into youtu.be/iIzPNdG0ESg at about the 1:55:00 mark to find out! Ryan Jespersen (For real it’s worth every Albertan’s time)

Register for our next panel, Working Through the Planning Stage of Developing an Institutional RDM Strategy: alliancecan.ca/en/latest/even… Representatives of institutions that have gone through the planning stage of developing an institutional RDM strategy will share their experiences.

Supplements are still available via the Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine). The funding provides relief and assistance to research trainees impacted by the crisis in Ukraine. More info for #SSHRC and NSERC / CRSNG grant holders: ow.ly/Lhlb50Let8s

On October 27, join us for a presentation and Q&A with Jo-Anne Henry, pictured below, as we celebrate the legacy of her mother Violet King Henry (‘53 LLB). Violet was one of only four women in her class and became the faculty's first Black graduate. (1/2) UAlberta Alumni

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I teased it last week and announce it fully today: our fully online graduate certificate in Structured Literacy and Reading Science will begin accepting applications on November 1 for a summer 2023 start! Very happy to be able to announce this in Dyslexia and DLD Awareness month!

Why Alberta lacks a mandate to reopen Canada's Constitution. UofA's Jared Wesley brings his research acumen to the 'Alberta sovereignty' furor. #Abpoli #cdnpoli theconversation.com/why-alberta-la… via The Conversation Canada

I was both surprised and honored to accept the Dorthy J Killam Memorial Prize yesterday from KillamLaureates. A huge thank you to the many people who have gotten me here, especially @djcdiem, Naomi Krogman, Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology UAlberta Faculty of ALES Graduate Studies

Saturday, October 22.

Great insights into Canada's Polaris Music Prize & the importance -to music- of a prize based on diverse, but non-commercial, criteria from Polaris juror Brian Fauteux 🎼🎶🎻🎺🎷🎧🎵 ualberta.ca/arts/faculty-n…

Electricity prices will be expensive this winter; oil demand forecasts are dropping; the Renewable Energy Program (REP) has generated a procurement surplus of >$75.5M, says Andrew Leach: leach.substack.com/p/october-21?u…

Good question. Maybe Rachel Notley will have the answer?