Alberta’s move to shift disability recipients onto a lower-paying, employment-focused benefit assumes people can make up the difference through work, savings or family. Research suggests few can.
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Secession, the formal withdrawal of a region from a country, involves trade-offs. Preliminary research shows those trade-offs would be significant for Albertans.
A newly proposed pipeline to B.C.’s coast promises tens of thousands of jobs and billions in GDP growth. But falling Asian oil demand and a track record of cost overruns complicate the picture.
Seismic lines fragment forests and alter their ability to act as habitats and provide climate change mitigation benefits.
As our climate warms, beavers are appearing sooner and moving northward. This could have implications for the environment and human infrastructure.
AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.
Alberta is not the only place in the world where questions of self-determination are live.
As Alberta shields its ban on youth gender-affirming care from legal challenge, new research raises urgent questions about the real-world consequences of restricting access.
Like other initiatives by Danielle Smith’s Alberta government, the scapegoating of immigrants follows a far-right playbook that has been effective in other places.
Alberta’s unions face significant political obstacles, but the evidence shows their resilience pays off for working people
and benefits the fabric of democratic societies.
While Alberta says Bill 6 will strengthen early literacy, the plan doesn’t measure the broader skills essential for reading success by Grade 4.
The federal government’s deal with Alberta over a pipeline to British Columbia is offside for many reasons — and will deepen divisions among Canadian provinces.
Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, though it claims to be rooted in equity and safety, is a discriminatory law that excludes transgender girls and women from sports.
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
With federal departments facing budget cuts, protecting the Prairies’ waters will require a nimbler, collaborative model.
Traditional methods for controlling Varroa mites are becoming less effective, but AI-enabled non-invasive methods could help improve detection and keep bees safe.
Offering people the chance to win a prize instead of only receiving their deposit back could incentivize more people to recycle more often.
New research examines how people become entrenched in polarizing positions and how we can prevent debates from devolving into heated arguments.
The Edmonton Oilers are once again vying for hockey’s biggest prize. In some ways, religion scholars argue, the team’s fandom represents devotion to a way of life − and the oil industry.
An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation.
It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations with Canada and the U.S. over every aspect of its new status.
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Research Fellow, Public Economics, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta
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Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta
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Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary
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Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Mount Royal University
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Professor in the Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Fellow, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Researcher, United Nations University Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change at the University of Calgary, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, United Nations University; University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University
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Associate Professor, Economics, MacEwan University
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change, United Nations University; University of Calgary
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Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Calgary