University of Alberta

When Danika Littlechild was growing up in Maskwacis, Alta., her uncle would pick her up after school and walk her home through the bush to her kôhkom’s (grandmother’s) house. He would show her different plants and fungi along the way,…

Reflecting on the distinctions between her Cree language and English, Elder Mary Cardinal-Collins considers the phrase ‘old lady’ — a term with two very different meanings.In English the words sound harsh and disrespectful, but she notes…

A new University of Alberta research project could help ranchers customize their cattle to the type of pastures they have, creating economic and environmental benefits along the way.Launched this past summer, the research involves…

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who live farther than 500 metres from water or a green space report lower quality of life related to their health, according to a new study.High levels of air pollution are also associated…

New tools developed by University of Alberta researchers will better track methane emissions from northern permafrost ecosystems, ultimately allowing for more accurate global predictions of future greenhouse gas emissions.An extensive new…

Six northeastern Alberta First Nations have formed a new partnership with the University of Alberta with the aim of training more Indigenous physicians and improving health care for their members.The memorandum of relational understanding…

Alberta’s world renown in carbon capture and sequestration is set to receive another lift thanks to the promise of a material invented and tested in the province that offers an efficient way to pull carbon dioxide out of industrial…

A team of University of Alberta researchers focused on aging Albertans has found that urinary incontinence could be a contributing factor in falls among older adults.In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers showed for…

University of Alberta physicists have created a new, simpler way to model collisions between neutron stars. The model will enable scientists to predict the brightness of early neutron star mergers more reliably than before — allowing…

“What? You mean I can produce a podcast for my master’s degree?”Native studies student Kris Cromwell had a great idea for a series of podcast interviews highlighting contributions BIPOC people (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) are…