University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a publicly funded research-intensive university founded in 1966, with 14 faculties offering more than 250 academic programs, and more than 50 research institutes and centres. As one of Canada’s top comprehensive research universities, UCalgary combines the best of university tradition with the City of Calgary’s vibrant energy and diversity. Combining our commitment to excellence in research and scholarship, a high-quality learning environment, and our deep connections with the Calgary community, we provide students the opportunity to shape their future and become productive citizens and leaders in a complex world.

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Many people continue working while managing chronic pain, often adapting their tasks and environments to reduce its impact. (Unsplash+_)

Living with chronic pain at work: Supportive managers can help, but they can’t solve everything

New research shows supportive supervisors may help protect employees’ psychological well-being, but meaningful support requires workplaces that can adapt to changing needs.
Métis families in front of a cabin at the Cypress Hills near Fort Walsh, in 1927. (Willard A. Dumont Collection)

Mawachihitotaak: For Métis, it matters to say ‘let’s get together’ to share stories

There is a great need for ongoing authentic Métis voice, representation and expression of our unique cultural identity, and a Métis studies conference convenes people this September.
Les chercheurs Sara Hassanpour Tamrin (à gauche) et Arindom Sen (à droite) discutent de la configuration des minuscules canaux employés dans leur nouvelle méthode de fabrication de dispositifs microfluidiques. (Joe McFarland/University of Calgary)

Nous avons mis au point un nouveau dispositif pour un traitement personnalisé du cancer

Ces dispositifs permettent de mettre au point plus facilement et à moindre coût une technologie qui peut être utilisée en milieu clinique pour le traitement personnalisé du cancer.
The types of thoughts people experience are strongly tied to mood in the moment. (Unsplash+/Curated LIfestyle)

Daydreams, mind‑wandering and rumination: What you think about can affect your feelings and mood

Different types of thoughts are meaningfully tied to our emotional well-being. By understanding these connections, we can identify new ways to support and improve our mental health.
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference about the National Food Security Strategy at the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto on June 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

Canada’s new strategy won’t solve food insecurity or the health issues it creates

While the National Food Security Strategy does include important food systems initiatives, it fails to address the root causes of food insecurity or its health consequences.
Researchers Sara Hassanpour Tamrin (left) and Arindom Sen (right) discuss the pattern of tiny channels used in their new method for making microfluidic devices. (Joe McFarland/University of Calgary)

We designed a new way to build miniature fluidic devices to enable personalized cancer treatment

The devices make tumour-on-a-chip technology easier and cheaper to build, with the hope they can be moved into clinical use for personalized cancer treatment.
Gloria Steinem of the National Organization for Women attends an Equal Rights Amendment rally outside the White House on July 4, 1981, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)

How Gloria Steinem shaped — and sometimes over‑shadowed — global feminism

Feminist scholar Rebecca Sullivan says meeting Gloria Steinem was a highlight of her career. Here, she reflects on everything she gave us, but also how she may have overshadowed other feminists.
Alberta separatists gather at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Aug. 29, 2026, for a protest organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amanda Erickson

51st state of mind: As Alberta votes on independence, will Trump back separation?

Trump has yet to openly declare his support of a united Canada in the run-up to the Alberta referendum, but some around him have spoken positively about the prospect of an independent Alberta
In addition to limited housing stock at affordable rent and being turned away when property owners realized they were Indigenous, women reported a climate of harassment and fear. (Unsplash)

Canada’s National Housing Strategy is failing Indigenous women and children

Canada’s National Housing Strategy claims to be grounded in a human rights framework, but the needs of Indigenous women and children are not being met.
Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli River after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s catastrophic flood shows disaster preparedness must be a shared responsibility

What responsibilities do governments, researchers, humanitarian organizations, and corporations have for the conditions that repeatedly turn hazards into human catastrophes?
Alors que de plus en plus d'employeurs ont recours à des logiciels pour suivre leurs collaborateurs en mode hybride ou à distance, certaines données indiquent que la visibilité ainsi obtenue se fait au détriment de la confiance. (Unsplash)

Surveiller vos employés ne les rend pas plus productifs

De plus en plus d’études montrent que la surveillance électronique améliore rarement les performances et qu’elle accroît de manière certaine le stress et la méfiance des salariés.
While the law generally assumes that a reasonable person is always capable of entering contracts freely, this neoliberal view of contracts does not always hold true. (Unsplash+)

Why some Chinese immigrants avoid signing contracts, and why blaming ‘culture’ misses the bigger picture

The reluctance to use written legal documentation isn’t primarily rooted in Confucian values, as scholars have commonly argued. It’s a response to structural inequality.
Le sommeil pourrait compter plus qu'on ne le pense pour se protéger du stress chronique au travail. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

Contre le stress chronique, le sommeil et l’alimentation feraient plus pour la santé que l’exercice

Une étude menée auprès de travailleurs canadiens le confirme : sommeil et alimentation protègent mieux la santé contre le stress chronique au travail que l’exercice.
Os chamados “Contatos Imediatos de Quinto Grau” (CE-5) não são mais apenas uma categoria de experiência: nas últimas décadas seus adeptos desenvolveram um protocolo ritualístico que inclui de apontadores laser a práticas de meditação. (Marcelina Pawlikowska/Unsplash)

Os óvnis estão inspirando uma nova religião?

Pessoas em todo o mundo estão se reunindo em áreas rurais com o objetivo de estabelecer contato com óvnis por meio de diversas técnicas
À un même type de poste, les femmes et les hommes ne sont pas décrits de la même manière par leur entourage professionnel. Selon une étude, ces différences de langage contribuent à éloigner les femmes des postes de direction. Unsplash

« Minutieuse » : un compliment qui peut enfermer les femmes dans des rôles subalternes

Les femmes sont plus souvent décrites comme attentives aux détails, les hommes comme visionnaires. Selon une nouvelle étude, cette différence de perception influence les tâches qui leur sont confiées… et leurs perspectives de carrière.
‘CE-5’ practitioners regard extraterrestrials as benevolent, highly intelligent beings physically present in space and around Earth. (Marcelina Pawlikowska/Unsplash)

Are UFOs inspiring a new religion?

People around the world are gathering in wilderness settings with the intention to initiate contact with UFOs using various techniques.

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