Reading Time: 4 minutes Why is the Canada Revenue Agency denying the tax credit to those who need it most?
Tag: University of Calgary
How to spark entrepreneurship in students
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students should be encouraged to think beyond their own thesis research project and consider other options – such as entrepreneurship – for their career
Children with disabilities data out of date
Reading Time: 4 minutes We lack critical information on the diverse and often unmet needs of Canadian children with disabilities, as well as the out-of-pocket costs paid by families
High dental fees, lack of access create a health crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lack of dental care affects more than oral health – it has been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory problems and diabetes
Electoral reform by any other name is still progress
Reading Time: 4 minutes Relax party discipline to dent the iron control of a majority government, forcing it to make compromises and behave less like a dictatorship
How grad students can help diversify Alberta’s economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need to support Alberta’s students as they make prototypes, file patents, pursue market analysis, prepare business plans and raise venture capital
Implausible government budgeting undermines trust
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fed’s Bill Morneau and Alberta’s Joe Ceci say their budgets are realistic, but they’ve provided no evidence that they’re even plausible
Putting a higher value on higher learning
Reading Time: 3 minutes Graduate schools must encourage students to evaluate their competencies and appreciate how those skills will help them pursue non-academic careers
How being politically correct can muddy complex waters
Reading Time: 3 minutes University of Calgary’s “cultural engagement” guidelines bear little resemblance to the complex relationship that existed between aboriginals and later immigrants
Defusing the ticking time bomb of postpartum depression
Reading Time: 4 minutes The biggest predictors of postpartum depression are prenatal depression and a history of depression before conception