The Week in Review: Mar. 25, 2022

In rural communities across Alberta, U of A students engage in work-integrated learning experiences that open their eyes to the rewards of working in a smaller community. And as they develop versatile skills and connections with the people they serve, many of these future professionals decide to return to rural practice after they graduate — playing a vital role in the health of their communities in every sense.

March 25, 2022

Top Stories

(From left) Second-year medical students Jinny Donovan, Jason Ching, Manisha Baradia and Julie Saby enjoy the scenic view in Peace River during their four-week rural placement in 2019. (Photo: Supplied)
Health And Wellness

‘I participate in the entire human experience’

Rural learning programs help medical students get out of town — to become rural family physicians.

  • March 21, 2022
  • By Sasha Roeder Mah
Alma Steyn (left), who owns a pharmacy in Canmore, Alta., speaks with recent U of A graduate Preston Eshenko, who now works as a pharmacist in Banff. Eshenko is following in Steyn's footsteps as a volunteer helping to train pharmacy students in rural placements. (Photo: John Ulan)
Health And Wellness

Rural health-care services get boost from pharmacy students

Community connections and a wide scope of practice in Alberta make an appealing mix for career opportunities.

  • March 18, 2022
  • By Kalyna Hennig Epp
Engineering professor Stephen Wong is leading Edmonton-based research aimed at helping cities better prepare for natural disasters, with a focus on residents who are at the most risk. (Photo: John Ulan)
Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

Edmonton-based study aims to help cities improve planning for natural disasters

Disasters will come, but research can help us meet them head-on and protect vulnerable citizens, says U of A expert.

  • March 23, 2022
  • By Geoff McMaster
Researcher Stephanie Chute-Ibsen collects plant litter samples from a land reclamation site in September 2019. Chute-Ibsen says soil dwellers like bugs and worms could indicate how well reclamation efforts are working to restore healthy ecosystems. (Photo courtesy Stephanie Chute-Ibsen)
Research, Science and Technology

‘A whole world under our feet’: How bugs and worms could help restore land after industrial use

Tiny soil dwellers may offer a fuller picture of how well reclamation efforts are working.

  • March 24, 2022
  • By Bev Betkowski

Celebrating Excellence

Great Grads

Meet the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, who are helping to preserve land and life
16 March 2022 By Therese Kehler and Geoff McMaster
In the Community

Community Congrats! Celebrate 2021

Honouring the achievements of our faculty, students and staff at Celebrate! Teaching.Learning.Research.
24 March 2022 By Brigitte Rioux

U of A in the media this week

Pfizer executive receives University of Alberta 2021 distinguished alumni award

Pfizer Executive Brian Corrigan receives a University of Alberta 2021 distinguished alumni award for his work in clinical pharmacology
16 March 2022 By Edmonton Journal

Program aims to help rural youth fight LGBT discrimination

FYrefly, a program run through the U of A's Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, looks at understanding 2SLGBTQ+ identities and teaching others to become better allies
19 March 2022 By CBC Edmonton

University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean celebrates Francophone month

Pierre Yves Mocquais (Campus Saint-Jean) explains the Francophone influence in our province and how Albertans can celebrate the history at events throughout the city
19 March 2022 By Global Morning Weekend Edmonton