Most of the students who have spent more than one semester at the University of Calgary are aware of the Campus Pro-Life club and the Genocide Awareness Project demonstration held each semester. Fewer students, however, are aware of the Safe Space Campaign. According to social work student Alena Rose, the Safe Space Campaign is a… Continue reading Group confronts Pro-Life debate
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No trash challenge at the U of C
In March 2012, the University of Calgary’s sustainability coordinator Justin Brown challenged his co-workers to a month-long challenge to produce the least amount of waste possible. Brown decided to bring the clean bin challenge to the university after watching the documentary produced by Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin, who began a year-long challenge to buy… Continue reading No trash challenge at the U of C
Peer mentoring improves student learning
In 2005, University of Calgary professor of communications Tania Smith began a program designed to enhance classroom learning. This initiative was the peer mentoring program. Smith said the idea for the program came easily. “Peer mentoring itself is natural and the formal structure boosts it — you’re learning at the same time as you’re practicing.”… Continue reading Peer mentoring improves student learning
H2O club at U of C
When students are filling up a water bottle in MacHall or brushing their teeth at home, they don’t stop to consider where that water is coming from or how lucky they are to have access to it. For the roughly 100 members of a new Students’ Union club, Hope 2 Opportunity or H2O, this isn’t… Continue reading H2O club at U of C
Winter campus security report
Along with the usual calls to open locked office doors and escort students to various locations on campus, Campus Security has had its fair share of serious, amusing and just plain bizarre calls over the past three months. November In November, a suspicious hand-addressed package that arrived in the Engineering complex caused concern. The package,… Continue reading Winter campus security report
New therapy for hard to cure eating disorders
Although therapies for eating disorders have shown some progress over the last 20 years, none in particular has been overwhelmingly successful. Faculty of education graduate student Reana Saraceni is doing her best to change this.Saraceni is currently running a study looking at the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for women with eating disorders, which… Continue reading New therapy for hard to cure eating disorders
Medicine students raise awareness about poverty
On Dec. 1, 2011, roughly 300 people will sit down to a meal in the Health Sciences building. Of these 300, 37 will be enjoying a generous steak dinner with multiple side dishes. The remaining 263 will have in front of them a modest portion of a vegetarian meal, similar to that which sustains around… Continue reading Medicine students raise awareness about poverty
New approach to end sexual assault
In 2010, more than 60 per cent of sexual assaults that were reported in Calgary involved either an impaired offender or an impaired victim. Men between the ages of 18-35 made up 55 per cent of offenders and 58 per cent of victims were women in the same age group. Now Sexual Assault Voices Calgary,… Continue reading New approach to end sexual assault
SU initiative gets execs out of the office
Last year, the Students’ Union rolled out a re-branding campaign to create uniformity when representing their various services. This involved better incorporation of design elements such as colour schemes and minimizing logo diversity. While these awareness efforts have carried over into this year, SU president Dylan Jones said that the focus is no longer on… Continue reading SU initiative gets execs out of the office
New mental health program at U of C
Alberta Health Services has recently rolled out a new program aimed at improving the mental health of youth through the use of pre-existing support in the community. The Community Helpers program– based on a similar program in Seattle, Washington and developed in Edmonton– is currently being tested at 14 pilot sites across Alberta, one of… Continue reading New mental health program at U of C