Taking Charge

The rate of childhood obesity in Canada in increasing. Alberta leads the way in tackling the problem.

• Alberta Health Services
• Feature
• Healthcare

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Teachers’ Association, Alberta Views, Canada, Children's Hospital, Cycling, Diabetes, Discrimination, Fast Food, Health Canada, Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Obesity, Pediatrics, Polio, RStar, Teachers

November 1, 2008

Boomcare

Recent changes promise more daycare spaces in Alberta—but will they materialize, and who will look after the children?

• Childcare
• Feature
• Social Issues

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Beaumont, Daycare, FOIP, Freedom of Information, Gender Equality, Grant MacEwan, Literacy, Preschool, Think Tank

October 1, 2008

Nuclear Reactions

Nuclear power may bring jobs and affluence to the Peace Country. It may bring disaster. A local debate is under way.

• Energy
• Environment
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Andrew Nikiforuk, Aquifers, Bison, Chamber of Commerce, Crown Corporation, Local Business, New Brunswick, Peace Country, Peace River, Quality of Life, Resignation, Vacancy, Women's Shelter

The Big Decision

A big question facing our province is should we go nuclear? Considering the facts, it’s also a no-brainer.

• Energy
• Environment
• Feature
• Renewables

Tags: Alaska, Alberta, Alberta Views, California, Carbon Tax, Global Warming, Hurricanes, International Energy Agency, Lobbyist, National Post, Nuclear Energy, Peace Country, Population, Saudi Arabia, Solar Energy, Taiwan, USA, Veterans, Wind Energy

Listening to Stones

Learning in Leroy Little Bear’s laboratory: Dialogue in the world outside.

• Feature
• Indigenous Topics

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Banff, Blackfoot Confederacy, Massachusetts, Photo Radar, The Banff Centre, University of Lethbridge, Writing-On-Stone

September 1, 2008

Beyond Bad Grammar

Alberta’s writing instructors reveal the beauty of language, one conversation at a time.

• Arts
• Education
• Feature
• Postsecondary

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Avalanche, Etsy, Grant MacEwan, Literacy, Quality of Life, Scholarship, Undergraduate, University of Saskatchewan

Will that be Truth or Profit?

Alberta’s universities have lost autonomy and changed focus. A veteran professor calls for a debate about their future.

• Education
• Feature
• Postsecondary

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Athabasca, Athabasca University, Autonomy, Budget Cuts, Corporate Funding, Education Amendment act, Grant MacEwan, mandate letter, Minister of Advanced Education, Monoculture, RStar, Scholarship, Undergraduate, University of Alberta

Whose Woods Are These?

If we lose our connection to wilderness, we risk losing the forests themselves. Illustrations by Olivier Martini.

• Feature
• Wildlife

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Camping, Graphic Novel, Parks Canada, Schizophrenia, Teacher Strike, User Fees

July 1, 2008

Der Indianer

Some 40,000 Germans spend their weekends dressed as North American aboriginals. Why?

• Feature
• Indigenous Topics

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Anthropologist, Blackfoot Confederacy, Blackfoot Crossing, Calgary Stampede, California, Catholic Church, Colonialism, Communism, Discrimination, Germany, Indigenous, Massachusetts, Racism, Residential Schools, Sahara, USA