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Lorsque l'enfant joue, les parents ne s'amusent pas toujours! Ils font face à des exigences complexes qui exigent un répertoire de compétences dont on discute ou qu'on enseigne rarement.
Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
Sebuah studi penelitian baru-baru ini menemukan bahwa keju mampu mengurangi resistansi insulin pada tikus yang kadar gula darahnya tinggi.
Supporting one’s child on a sports team isn’t always a walk at the ballpark. Parents face complex demands that require a repertoire of skills that are rarely discussed or taught.
In Canada, the age of consent for health-care decisions is assessed on a case-by-case basis. It can be age 14, or sometimes even younger.
Nouvellement maman, l'auteure, une médecin, s'est sentie inadéquate car elle avait de la difficulté à allaiter. Elle a découvert que les femmes dans sa situation courait plus de risques de dépression.
A doctor argues that breastfeeding should be encouraged, but not at the expense of a mother’s mental health.
Tightening Canada’s borders won’t deter asylum seekers. The proposed restrictions will only make refugees’ journeys more dangerous.
Plusieurs études ont prouvé que les gens qui mangent beaucoup de fromage ne risquent pas plus que les autres de développer une maladie cardiovasculaire.
A recent research study found that cheese reduced insulin resistance in prediabetic rat models.
Interviews with Arab Albertan students reveal encounters with uneducated views of who they are in schools – a troubling situation particularly when hate crimes have been on the rise.
Across the English-speaking world, boys tend to drop out of foreign language study as soon as it is not mandatory.
Google’s algorithms reflect bias against members of racialized and gendered groups.
Jason Kenney took a well-worn path to the premiership by portraying himself as the Guardian of Alberta. But remarkably, he played this role successfully when he was opposition leader.
Après des mois sans dormir, une médecin de famille a examiné les preuves médicales entourant la pratique controversée de l'entraînement du sommeil chez les nourrissons. Elle a testé… et ça a marché.
As warming temperatures shift the availability of key food sources, Alberta’s grizzly bears will be forced to adjust.
Medical school efforts to cultivate good wellness practices and adaptive coping skills in medical students may offer an effective long-term solution to physician burnout.
In calls for dramatic action to overhaul education in the name of improvement and efficiencies, we see the impact of global trends in privatization.
During the Cold War, socialism was portrayed as a gateway drug to communist orthodoxy. The crisis in Venezuela has resurrected tired old tropes about “pinks” and “useful idiots.”
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Professor, Musicology, University of Alberta
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Professor Popular Music and Media Studies, University of Alberta
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Director Community Service-Learning, University of Alberta
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Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, University of Alberta
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Professor Emerita, Augustana - Sciences, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
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Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
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Assistant Lecturer, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
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Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Media and Technology Studies, and Director of the Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre, University of Alberta
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Professor in Political Science, University of Alberta
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Graduate Research Fellow, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
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M.D. Candidate, University of Alberta