MRU, Royal Roads are partnering to offer in-person residencies within the province

Mount Royal University and Royal Roads University have partnered to expand access to graduate education in Alberta. Beginning in Fall 2026, Alberta-based learners enrolled in select Royal Roads graduate certificate programs will complete a required in-person residency in Calgary at MRU. The institutions say that this will reduce the amount of interprovincial travel and expand […]

The City of Edmonton has invested $15M into the construction of more than 500 student housing units in the city’s downtown. The project is part of a larger set of housing developments, supported by the CMHC Housing Accelerator Funding. The development projects are expected to be completed in 2027; they are required to remain student […]

Mount Royal University has received over $5.6M in funding support for the opening of the Alberta Logistics Centre of Excellence. The new centre will be a hub for industry, government, and academia to come together to address ongoing challenges in the transportation and logistics sector. It will help local companies with trade disruption, workforce shortages, […]

The University of Calgary’s Department of Economics has launched the Research Program on Competition and Regulation (RPCR), which will provide a bridge between academic research and policy challenges. UCalgary RPCR co-directors Jeffrey Church and Aidan Hollis say that they created the program in response to the way that regulation and competition policy have become untethered […]

The Government of Alberta has announced that Northern Lakes College will assume stewardship of the Fairview Campus previously operated by Northwestern Polytechnic. The decision will ensure that students in the Town of Fairview and the surrounding communities continue to have access to postsecondary education. Starting in the Fall, the college will offer programming that includes […]

Automatically including textbook costs in institution fees under so-called “inclusive access programs” is not a solution to affordability challenges, argue Mount Royal University academic librarians Madelaine Vanderwerff and Sara Sharun. Vanderwerff and Sharun explain that while proponents cite increased course completion rates, improved grades, and cost savings for students, their own research shows that fundamental […]

In a recent article for The Conversation, Habib Rezanejad (MacEwan University) discusses the potential for lab-grown organoids to replace animals in the laboratory. Organoids—tiny, three-dimensional versions of human organs grown in a lab from stem cells—offer researchers the opportunity to study human diseases more directly. Rezanejad discusses the benefits of this in fields such as […]

Lethbridge Polytechnic has announced a new Pre-Veterinary Medicine Diploma program that will officially launch this fall. The program will prepare students for further studies or a career in animal sciences. Leth Polytech has also formed a transfer agreement with the University of Calgary that allows learners to apply their courses toward UCalgary’s Doctor of Veterinary […]

Concordia University of Edmonton has launched a dual degree program in management and information technology. Students will be able to earn both a Bachelor of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology through a total of five-years of study. Courses focus on business leadership skills and technical expertise in areas such as software […]

NorQuest College has “reinvented” its career fair to respond to the current world of recruitment. In addition to traditional booths from local employers, the fair included resources to prepare students to look for jobs in today’s hiring environment, get past AI resume screening tools, and prepare a strong social media presence. This included a photographer […]