Communities and Collections

Research Impact Canada (RIC) is a pan-Canadian network of universities committed to maximizing the impact of academic research for the public good in local and global communities. RIC is committed to developing institutional capacities to support creating and assessing impacts of research, scholarship and creative activities by developing and sharing best practices, services and tools. University of Alberta has been a member since 2018.

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) is a not-for-profit organization that exists to inspire and advance a culture committed to sustained improvement for safer healthcare in Canada. It does this by fostering collaboration between governments and stakeholders, supporting the development of patient safety initiatives that will help the Canadian healthcare system become the safest and best in the world. CPSI's work lays primarily in implementing safety interventions, advocating for policy change, and strengthening alliances and networks.

Community Service-Learning (CSL) offers University of Alberta students the opportunity
to work and make a difference with a local community group, while reflecting and putting
their experiences in context within a university course. These community partnerships
provide opportunities for students to gain valuable experience, contribute to their
awareness of the social and political life of their community, and build capacity in the
local not-for-profit sector.

The Opening Up Copyright (OUC) community contains two collections of materials from the University of Alberta's Opening Up Copyright Instructional Module Series. The "Module Materials" collection contains copies of module videos, transcripts, and PowerPoint slides. The "Scholarly Contributions" collection contains copies of conference presentations and journal articles that have been developed by the OUC team and examine various facets of the series. All materials are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. The fully interactive versions of the modules can be viewed at the project website: https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/copyright/.

Concordia University of Edmonton is a community of learning grounded in scholarship and academic freedom, preparing students to be independent thinkers, ethical leaders, and citizens for the common good. It is recognized globally as a university committed to academic excellence in teaching and research, welcoming nearly 3,000 students annually from across Canada and from over 40 countries around the world.
Concordia University of Edmonton is committed to the highest standards in education, service, and professional conduct and to the delivery of the best university programs for undergraduate, graduate, and after-degree students. We value individual potential and offer a student-focused liberal arts education.

The Faculty of Native Studies is the only Faculty of Native Studies in North America. Its approach to research includes Indigenous research methods, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous knowledge, the contribution of Elders to teaching, research and sense of direction, interactions with Indigenous communities, and the promotion of Indigenous languages.

University of Alberta Press (UAlberta Press) is a unit of the Library and Museums portfolio, reporting to the Vice-Provost (Library and Museums) and Chief Librarian. Operating since 1969, it has a reputation for publishing books that have a scholarly impact, demonstrate publishing innovation, and achieve creative distinction.

The Department of Educational Policy Studies offers master's and doctoral programs in the following specialized areas of study: Adult, Community and Higher Education; Educational Administration and Leadership; Indigenous Peoples Education; and Social Justice and International Studies in Education as well as a post-baccalaureate certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The Department of Educational Policy Studies strives to develop critical and creative scholars who have a substantive understanding of the important systemic and contextual factors that bear upon Canadian and international education.

The Cassius Dio Network (2016-18) has combined historiographical, literary, and rhetorical analyses of Cassius Dio's career and works to demonstrate that he was both an active, successful politician and an intellectually sophisticated historian and author. The Network has organized several conferences and seminars in the last two years. The Network hosted, as the final event of this series, a conference from May 24-26, 2018 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Focusing on Dio’s literary characteristics and cultural context, the conference situated Dio’s work at the intersection and culmination of a series of traditions and practices, including Thucydidean political historiography, the Roman annalistic and senatorial historical traditions, and the many components of the Second Sophistic. Papers presented from scholars at all levels on topics relating to Dio Cassius’ thought, literary techniques, rhetorical agendas, generic identity, political views, or intellectual milieu.

The Polar Libraries Colloquy is an international forum through which librarians and others concerned with the collection, preservation, and dissemination of information dealing with the Arctic and Antarctic regions, discuss issues of mutual interest and promote initiatives leading to improved collections and services. The Colloquy meets biennially, traditionally alternating between Europe and North America. The first meeting of this organization, then called The Colloquy on Northern Library Resources was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 16-17, 1971.