Courses of Interest
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Identity of self in relationships with others
In this course, we will discuss and make art about how we build communities and social change. Each student will consider how their own gifts strengthen their communities, where their gifts are best put to use for change, and how our gifts complement each other. We will examine Eurocentric community institutions and consider where they fall short of what we can imagine for ourselves. Kokum Bonny Spencer will share teachings on decolonizing our ideas of social change and reciprocity. Join us as we navigate the possibilities and limits of the idea of "community," and the roles we can play in creating the worlds where we can all thrive.
This course is offered inside a penitentiary involving equal numbers of incarcerated and non-incarcerated students and requires an application process.
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EDFX 490: Beyond Four Walls is an experiential learning course for undergraduate students interested in gaining experience in alternative education practices.
Located at the Bennett, Argyll, and Metro Centers within Edmonton Public Schools, students will spend the semester working and learning with teachers in EPSB’s alternative education programs.
To register, contact sara3@ualberta.ca or educinfo@ualberta.ca
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This course can help any education student in numerous ways and be counted as either an education elective course or an open option course.
Academic Opportunities
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The Brain Waves Student Club of the U of A works with the Injury Prevention Centre, located in the School of Public Health, to provide an educational program about the neuroscience of the brain and keeping your brain safe from injury for children in grades 4-6.
This club typically delivers this program to Edmonton and area schools in-person and virtually to rural schools across Alberta during the month of March because it is Brain Awareness Month.
If you live in rural Alberta and are planning to return home in May and June, we may have an opportunity for you to deliver a Brain Waves presentation, in-person, to a classroom in your area.
This will be a volunteer opportunity that does involve membership with the Brain Wave Club and a brief training session on the presentation.
Please contact the Education Coordinator at the Injury Prevention Centre if interested. Kristy Desmarais - kldesmar@ualberta.ca
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Have you noticed or experienced any gaps in the transition from K-12 to postsecondary?
Healthy Campus Alberta is looking for input from the HCA Community of Practice on transitions from K-12 to postsecondary education.
Fill out the form below or contact HCA's Coordinator at kmacdonald@healthycampusalberta.ca
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This certificate is a great way to set your degree apart from others! For more information, visit the link below or watch the linked video about it.
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Our Foundation has a vision of an informed society actively fostering sustainable futures. We achieve our vision through our mission of delivering a platform that empowers Albertans to design and sustain a future for our shared ecosystem.
That platform is the Alberta Tomorrow Simulator. www.albertatomorrow.ca
The simulator, based on the professional version ALCES Online, used in both government and industry, uses cutting edge GIS mapping technology and the latest research by leading scientist to enable users to jump back to an earlier Alberta to see how the landscape has changed, and then travel ahead to where we may be going based on current land-use trends and activities. The unique planning tool lets users design a plan for the future, then test it to see what the results may be.
The software allows students to:
Explore land use impacts on the economy and environment in Alberta,
Create a sustainable land-use plan for our future,
Explore the impacts of Climate Change,
Incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into land use planning,
Experience Alberta's Ecoregions and resource use through our 360 Virtual Field Trips
Participate in Citizen Science by recording and saving land use and water quality data.
The simulation tool was originally designed for younger students but in recent years we have seen an uptake in usage by post secondary institutions. Students in SAIT’s Water Resources course and Old’s College Land Use courses have been using it for years. Every first year Engineering students and the University of Saskatchewan uses it in their introductory Biology class. Therefore, being at an Alberta institution, I wanted to let you know about it.
Please go to the site, register for a teacher account, view our videos, learning materials, 360 tours, Indigenous map overlays and more, and then play with the simulator. If you would like more information, a detailed demonstration, or if you would like me to introduce your students to it, please do not hesitate to reach out.
To see a quick video that explains what we do, view this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHDH_m0agFM
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A superb online program for new elementary teacher graduates (and for any teacher who needs to set up a new classroom) called the “R.E.A.D.Y. for School Academy.” The Academy is designed to be a practical bridge between theory and practice for new teachers.
Through this platform, provides vital, real-world guidance to beginning educators navigating the challenges of today’s classrooms, directly addressing the growing teacher attrition challenges in Canada and beyond. Here is a link to her work that would be of interest to Faculties of Education: https://www.drlorifriesen.com/academy-for-universities
Here is a link to the podcast (with 650,000+ downloads in 13 countries worldwide), and which was just nominated as one of the Top 3 Podcasts Worth Listening to in 2025 for Elementary Teachers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beginning-teacher-talk/id1456137677