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Four critical things to know about critical race theory

Reading Time: 5 minutes Why an academic theory that dates back to the 1970s has become a political lightning rod today

Theatre grad works to break down institutional barriers from within

Deneh'Cho Thompson in front of an Indigenous mural

Reading Time: 4 minutes Deneh’Cho Thompson found that traditional systems hindered his progress. So he set out to change them

Black business grad hopes to one day work internationally

Hanna Daniel's dedication to volunteering in the community and supporting fellow students created a legacy that will live on after she graduates from the U of A. “The impact is what's most important for me.” (Photo: John Ulan)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hanna Daniel has made it her business to foster diversity by empowering others

National research aimed at reforming Canada’s justice system

Reading Time: 2 minutes Experts to examine systemic problems, make evidence-based recommendations

High school injuries inspire engineering grad’s future career

Photo: ThisisEngineering RAEng on Unsplash

Reading Time: 3 minutes Through engineering, Portia Rayner discovered her calling as an experimenter, innovator and leader

Earning a law degree fulfils grad’s lifelong dream

For Anita Cardinal-Stewart, graduating with a law degree is a milestone in her lifelong journey of advocacy and activism for Indigenous peoples in Canada. (Photo: John Ulan)

Reading Time: 5 minutes Assisting landmark Indigenous cases, Anita Cardinal-Stewart graduates with even stronger passion

Indigenous knowledge sorely lacking in Canadian education system

Reading Time: 3 minutes Age of Enlightenment partly responsible for the destructive colonial logic that has wreaked so much havoc among Indigenous peoples

App uses artificial intelligence to track healing wounds in real time

Biomedical engineering innovator Robert Burrell is leading a team of students developing a mobile app that uses AI to track how well wounds are healing and alert users if they need to seek medical help. (Photo: Jason Franson)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Lets patients know when to seek care

Joanne Weber named first-ever research chair in deaf education

Joanne Weber is breaking new ground in exploring how arts-based learning can give deaf children every possible advantage in language development. (Photo: Laura Sou)

Reading Time: 3 minutes The only professor in academia working on deaf education

Play shines a spotlight on a civil rights icon

The life story of Gordon Hirabayashi, whose fight for the rights of interned Japanese Americans during the Second World War made legal history in the United States, is being told in a new production of the one-man play “Hold These Truths.” (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 4 minutes One-man play recounts the remarkable life story of Gordon Hirabayashi, whose principled stand against the internment of Japanese Americans made legal history

Author: Geoff McMaster