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The Quad is where the U of A community meets online. As the University of Alberta’s official faculty and staff blog, The Quad is a digital space where the U of A community can meet and both find and contribute to a constellation of community news, information, and opinion.
Recent Blog Posts
Consider This: 8 Ways You Can Support Students Every Day
As academic life resumes its normal course over the next couple of weeks, those of our students who were away for the summer are returning, and about 8000 students at all levels will join our community for the first time. Our students are a very diverse group in terms of age, development, languag...
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As academic life resumes its normal course over the next couple of weeks, those of our students who were away for the summer are returning, and about 8000 students at all levels will join our community for the first time. Our students are a very diverse group in terms of age, development, languag...
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In Memoriam: Henry Hargreaves and Helen Liebel-Weckowicz
The University of Alberta has lowered it's flag in remembrance of both professors emeriti Henry Hargreaves and Helen Liebel-Weckowicz.Continue Reading
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The University of Alberta has lowered it's flag in remembrance of both professors emeriti Henry Hargreaves and Helen Liebel-Weckowicz.Continue Reading
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Team Drive: The Newest Addition to the U of A's Google App Suite
The U of A's faculty, staff, and students are now able to share and collaborate online using Google Team Drives.Continue Reading
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The U of A's faculty, staff, and students are now able to share and collaborate online using Google Team Drives.Continue Reading
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Meet Greta Cummings
When I met her at the door to her office, Greta Cummings appeared friendly, welcoming and composed—a combination that suggests her years of cancer nursing experience and healthcare leadership.Continue Reading
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When I met her at the door to her office, Greta Cummings appeared friendly, welcoming and composed—a combination that suggests her years of cancer nursing experience and healthcare leadership.Continue Reading
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Everyday People
Brad Burns will tell you that it’s no big deal. That it’s all in a day’s work.Continue Reading
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Brad Burns will tell you that it’s no big deal. That it’s all in a day’s work.Continue Reading
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Learning Analytics and eClass: Improving Teaching and Learning
As you get ready for the coming semester, have you thought about how learning analytics could be used to improve your teaching?Continue Reading
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As you get ready for the coming semester, have you thought about how learning analytics could be used to improve your teaching?Continue Reading
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Reforming the Copyright Board
On August 9, 2017, the Federal Government announced the launch of consultations on reforms to the Copyright Board of Canada. Although this process is separate from the statutory review of the Copyright Act, which will start in November of this year, the reform of the Copyright Board could have s...
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On August 9, 2017, the Federal Government announced the launch of consultations on reforms to the Copyright Board of Canada. Although this process is separate from the statutory review of the Copyright Act, which will start in November of this year, the reform of the Copyright Board could have s...
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As a New Term Begins, We Uphold Our Values
At the beginning of next week, University of Alberta staff, faculty, and student volunteers will welcome thousands of new domestic and international students to residences on Augustana Campus, North Campus, and Campus St Jean. On September 4th, thousands more will arrive for Orientation Day, exci...
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At the beginning of next week, University of Alberta staff, faculty, and student volunteers will welcome thousands of new domestic and international students to residences on Augustana Campus, North Campus, and Campus St Jean. On September 4th, thousands more will arrive for Orientation Day, exci...
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Have You Met… Kirstyn Blomquist?
Have you met Kirstyn, Student Recruiter with the Alberta School of Business? Spend the next two minutes getting to know her a little better.Continue Reading
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Have you met Kirstyn, Student Recruiter with the Alberta School of Business? Spend the next two minutes getting to know her a little better.Continue Reading
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The Garneau Tree
Near the far northeast corner of North Campus sits the Garneau Tree. One of the oldest in Edmonton, the tree has become a natural monument to a founding family of one of the University of Alberta’s closest neighbouring communities. Now that the Manitoba maple, planted by Laurent and Eleanor Garne...
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Near the far northeast corner of North Campus sits the Garneau Tree. One of the oldest in Edmonton, the tree has become a natural monument to a founding family of one of the University of Alberta’s closest neighbouring communities. Now that the Manitoba maple, planted by Laurent and Eleanor Garne...
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