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Unscripted
Improv has played a pivotal, if little known, role in building Alberta’s theatre community.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Athabasca, Athabasca University, Clem Martini, Fringe festival, Improv, Keith Johnstone, Mavericks, Populism, Student Visa, Theatre, Theatresports
September 1, 2005
Industry Dollars and the Pursuit of Truth
Does corporate funding of university research compromise academic integrity?
Tags: Africa, Alberta, Alberta Views, Alison Azer, Apartheid, Athabasca, Athabasca University, Canada Research Chair, Conflict of Interest, Corporate Funding, Freedom of Speech, Globalization, Migration, Property Rights, Public Safety, Scholarship, South Africa, University of Lethbridge, Wild Rose Country
On the Block
Alberta’s high school sports are up for auction.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Corporate Funding, Cycling, Diabetes, Obesity, Public Schools, Saddledome, Sherwood Park, Skateboarding, User Fees
The Trash of Two Cities
The old adage says that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. In Alberta, it turns out that one city’s garbage is another city’s great accomplishment. Alberta’s two largest cities have taken radically different approaches to recycling. While the people responsible for residential waste in both Edmonton and Calgary stress the importance of recycling programs, […]
Tags: Calgary, Edmonton, Recycling
July 1, 2005
The Gleaners
Salvaging a living from what others discard, bottle pickers make the most of our disposable culture.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, King Eddy, Lutheran, Nova Scotia, Old Strathcona, Panhandlers, Recycling, University of Lethbridge, Yukon
Fighting Frankenmine
A Naturalist’s Lament.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Bears, Ben Gadd, Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Rockies, Castle Mountain, Cemetery, Cheviot, Coal Mining, CPAW, Crowsnest Pass, Global Warming, Grizzly Bears, Hinton, Ice Age, Methane, Monopoly, Mountain Park, Railroad, Rocky Mountains, Selenium, Transit
The Sorry Bell
She had to get as far away from the suburbs as possible.
Tags: Short Story, Skiing
June 1, 2005
16 Per Cent
Women in the Alberta Legislature.
Tags: Airdrie, Alberta, Alberta Politics, Alberta Views, Cancer, Cardston, Chestermere, Children's services, Community Support, Deputy Premier, Discrimination, Drumheller, Iraq, Political Correctness, Population, Quality of Life, Sex Work, Sherwood Park, Stettler, Tax Credit, Women in Politics, Women's Health
The Art Drain
A year ago I moved to Montreal. I thought I could learn more about the country by living in a place most different from Alberta, a place where I didn’t know anyone. To my surprise, I ran into people from Alberta everywhere I went—in grocery stores and shopping centres, at theatres and music venues, even […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, AUArts, Ballet, Bob Edwards, Halifax, Keith Johnstone, Montreal, New Brunswick, Populism, Quebec, Theatre, Theatresports
April 1, 2005
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