By Colin Minor
The School of Public Policy Student Association started their 2010 lecture series with a presentation addressing the G8, the G20 and the shape of Canada’s global influence featuring Dr. Gordon Smith. Smith, University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies executive director and a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave a historical overview of Canada’s… Continue reading Carving out our role in the world
By Colin Minor
All students entering the faculty of arts this fall will now be required to take two half-credit classes in natural science. New courses are offered by the science faculty to help empower non-science majors to make informed judgments on scientific issues and better understand how the sciences affect their daily lives. The changes to the… Continue reading New science requirement for arts students
By Colin Minor
Cyclists at the university be wary, a noxious infection is spreading through the bicycle community. The virus is known as hard court bike polo, and has infected and made host of the Bike Root. Bike Polo has been replicating rapidly on campus since late March. The virus has been shown to transform mild mannered commuters… Continue reading Bike polo virus spreads to U of C
By Colin Minor
Cities are complicated, exciting, living, breathing and evolving places. Each city in its development must face and react to a distinct set of pressures and challenges, and it is through these relations that the histories of cities are written. Marc Boutin, a Calgary architect and Environmental Design associate professor of at the University of Calgary,… Continue reading Better urban design will help Calgarians
By Colin Minor
The University of Calgary Engineers Without Borders Chapter hosted a discussion panel March 18 on Canada’s role in international development and aid. The four-person panel addressed a range of topics including aid harmonization and international cooperation. Glen Pearson, London North-Centre member of parliament and liberal critic for international co-operation spoke first. “I have seen overseas… Continue reading Panel reflects on Canada’s international aid
By Colin Minor
This summer military scientists from Defense Research and Development Canada are establishing a comprehensive maritime monitoring system off Devon Island to better understand who is using the progressively melting Northwest Passage. The principal reason for monitoring the traffic in the Northwest Passage is environmental protection, said Robert Huebert, Associate Director of the Centre for Military… Continue reading Canada tracks the Northwest Passage
By Colin Minor
A unique wastewater treatment facility will help researchers understand the effects of emerging compounds of concern through full-scale experiments in 12 controlled stream environments. “As far as I know there are no other groups trying to replicate what we are doing here, as far as I know it is the first in the world,” said… Continue reading Unique new research won’t waste wastewater
By Colin Minor
In a recent lecture titled “Great Expectations Unfulfilled,” Canada West Foundation CEO Rodger Gibbons analyzed U.S. President Barack Obama’s affect on Canada during his first year in office. Gibbons addressed Obama’s relatively modest impact on the Canadian political landscape. He also spoke of responses to the recession, climate change, the oil-sands and Afghanistan. “Obama is… Continue reading Obama’s first year through a Canadian lens
By Colin Minor
MacEwan Student Centre as we know it will be changing — at least a little. Included in the plans are moving That Empty Space into the old Campus Cove, new areas for clubs in the soon-to-be-vacant CJSW labyrinth and a positive space for the gay and lesbian community. There are also plans for a microwave… Continue reading Changes coming in Mac Hall
The Dino must have seen his shadow early in February, as winter has finally thawed for the University of Calgary men’s hockeysaurs, who were able to claw their way back into the win column. The Dinos lost an embarrassing eight straight games to close out the regular season, as well as the first game of… Continue reading Men’s Hockey: Hockeysaurs poised to take CW