Keyano lays off employees before approving budget

Keyano College is adjusting its workforce with layoffs, position mergers, restructuring, and buyouts and early retirement packages ahead of approving its budget for the next financial year, reports Fort McMurray Today. Former staff said that they learned at a January meeting that between 70 and 90 jobs could be removed by the end of June. […]

The University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape will be moving into an underutilized office tower across from UCalgary’s downtown campus in 2026. The building will include design studios, research spaces, and a robotic fabrication workshop. It will also include facilities to host public lectures and city building events. “In the same way […]

In a recent episode of the Illumination podcast, Sheila LeBlanc (University of Calgary) discusses how continuing education departments can help the broader institution meet the growing demand for lifelong learning. LeBlanc explains that lifelong learners and their needs have become more important to other academic faculties and departments. Continuing education is well suited to support […]

In an article for The Conversation, Karen K Christensen-Dalsgaard (MacEwan University) demonstrates multiculturalism’s importance through a discussion of scientific history. A Eurocentric view of history, she writes, omits major events that shaped modern thought. To demonstrate this, Christensen-Dalsgaard traces the development of major scientific ideas such as the use of the scientific method and inoculation […]

Olds College of Agriculture & Technology recently celebrated the completion of renovations at the Olds Metals Building. This $4.4M development involved renovating one of Old’s welding shop spaces to increase the number of welding booths that are available for dual-credit learners from the Central Alberta Collegiate Institute (CACI), which is a collaboration between Olds, Red […]

Portage College is launching a Pre-Health Sciences Certificate that will prepare students to pursue health-care careers. Students will be able to build academic skills while learning core concepts such as anatomy, medical terminology, and health-care ethics. Graduates will be prepared to pursue further education in health care or to work in entry-level health-care settings. “By […]

Lethbridge Polytechnic has announced it is facing an $8M deficit this fiscal year due to the impact of the federal cap on international student visas. As a result, the institution has eliminated 53 permanent positions: 27 were involuntary layoffs, while the remaining 26 resulted from voluntary early retirements, redundancies, or modified hours. The polytechnic has […]

The University of Lethbridge has launched the new Experiential and Career Education Plan. Called “Kakó Stamistotsit,” it is grounded in the Blackfoot direction of Kakó Stamistotsit (“Go ahead — Experience it”). At the heart of this plan is a commitment to support participation in work-integrated learning and experiential education. The plan’s development process involved discovering […]

The University of Calgary’s Sport Medicine Centre has launched the Shoulder Care Access Project (SCAP) Clinic. The clinic helps patients with shoulder pain and injuries to navigate access to specialist care using a simple and efficient system that uses a self-referral questionnaire. “For at least two-thirds of our patients, we know what we’re dealing with […]

Calgary Police Service has arrested and charged two men from Ontario in connection with a scam targeting students at the University of Calgary. The two suspects reportedly posed as UCalgary employees and approached students on campus, telling them that they had excess inventory of projectors that they were willing to sell at a discounted price. […]