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The May issue of Alberta Views
Three Alberta Premiers

FEATURE

Fifteen Years in the Trenches

A post-secondary president navigates seven premiers

Should Canada allow the display of Nazi symbols

DIALOGUE

Should Canada Allow the Display of Nazi Symbols?

A dialogue between Joanna Baron and Richard Robertson

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FEATURE

Whatsoever Things Get you a Job

The UCP undermines higher education

An undocumented albertan child unable to go to school

FEATURE

Always Hiding

The situation for undocumented Albertans

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View of Alberta

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Safe Spaces: Adrian’s Greenhouse
by Tiffany Thomson, Siksika Nation, 2023.

Book Reviews

Wolf, Moon, Dog

by Thomas Wharton,
reviewed by Ian MacRae

Alberta Comics: Love

Edited by Alexander Finbow, Shea Proulx, Emily Pomeroy and Hartley Rose,
reviewed by Quin Lancaster

Routine Maintenance

by Marco Melfi,
reviewed by Catherine Owen

Frank Faley and the Birds of Alberta

by Glen Hvenegaard, Jeremy Mouat and Heather J. Marshall
reviewed by Kevin Van Tighem

Briefly Noted

Blind Visionaries and AI: Seeing Differently
by Dagmar Jamieson and Mark Rawleigh

Apple in China: The Capture of the Worlds Greatest Company
by Patrick McGee

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Columns

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Paula Simons

On Second Thought

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Fred Stenson

Wit

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Graham Thomson

On the Ledge

Eye on Alberta

Calgary photo by George Webber

Contributors

(“Should Canada Allow the Display of Nazi Symbols?”) is executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation. A native of Toronto, she studied liberal arts at St. John’s College (Maryland) and law at McGill.

Daniel Doz

(“Fifteen Years in the Trenches,”) was the president and CEO of Alberta University of the Arts (formerly Alberta College of Art and Design) from 2010 until April 2025.

Roberta Lexier

(“Whatsoever Things Get You a Job,”) is a professor in the departments of general education and humanities at Mount Royal University. Her most recent book is Student Power: Canadian Student Movements from the Sixties to Today (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).

Ian MacRae

(review of Wolf, Moon, Dog,) is an associate professor in the faculties of English and society, culture and environment at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford.

Richard Robertson

(“Should Canada Allow the Display of Nazi Symbols?”) is director of research and advocacy at B’nai Brith Canada. He has a law degree from Dalhousie University. His graduate research focused on the Holocaust.

Jarett Sitter

(illustration for “Whatsoever Gets You a Job,”) is a Chinese-German- Polish mixed-media illustrator and animator currently based in Calgary. He graduated with a BFA in new media from the University of Lethbridge in 2007. He designed the Centre City banners for Calgary in 2021.

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