Communities and Collections

We are Canada's first stand-alone faculty dedicated solely to public health. In October 2012, we became Canada's first accredited School of Public Health. We are committed to promoting and protecting health and preventing disease and injury across Alberta, Canada and around the world. Through our research, education, and community engagement programs, we work toward comprehensive solutions to protect and improve the health of people locally and globally.

This Science, Technology & Society program combines insights from Anthropology, Art and Design, Economics, English and Film Studies, History, Sociology, and Philosophy to help you think critically about the roles scientific and technological practices play in our lives.

The Department of Secondary Education offers an extensive array of courses and programs in both undergraduate and graduate studies. The Undergraduate Secondary Route Teacher Education Program prepares students to be teacher specialists in each of the subject areas represented in the secondary schools of the Province of Alberta. The Department offers both masters and doctoral programs. Graduate studies may be pursued with a subject area focus, as a teacher education inquiry, or with a curriculum/pedagogical studies orientation. The Department has a strong research focus in a variety of fields in curriculum studies and teacher education. Department members have a number of funded research projects.

The Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada is a Ukrainian Canadian organization with a focus on education and research. The Society primary goal is to advance fields of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian history, culture, and language. The Society has its intellectual and scholarly origins in the Shevchenko Society established in 1873 in L'viv, Western Ukraine, which was then part of the Habsburg Empire. Until its dissolution by the Soviet regime in 1940, it served as a preeminent Ukrainian association of scholars. After World War II the Society was re-established in Europe and in 1949 in Canada where some of its original members settled. Its headquarters are in Toronto with branches in Edmonton, Ottawa, and Montreal.

The Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta is one of the best in Canada. The department is home to several cutting-edge research centres, such as the Centre for Criminological Research, and the Intermedia Research Studio, and offers teaching and research specializations in Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies, Social Structure & Policy, and Theory & Culture.

St Stephen's College is a graduate school founded by The United Church of Canada and an Affiliated College of The University of Alberta. For the past century, St Stephen's has been recognized not only for its commitment to academic excellence, but also for its creative and non-traditional styles of learning: we value flexibility, innovation, collegiality, self-directed learning, and the integration of the arts with theology. An Act to Incorporate St Stephen’s College (April 27, 1927; amended 1968) authorizes St Stephen’s College to confer degrees in theology. The College also offers undergraduate and graduate University of Alberta credit courses, through the Faculty of Arts. This community page contains theses from 2011 to the current year; you may contact the College (st.stephens@ualberta.ca) to access theses written prior to that date.

Student Conduct and Accountability addresses student conduct in multiple ways, including prevention, collaborative (non-adjudicative) problem-solving, policy development, and decision-making under the Code of Student Behaviour.

Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization (SILR) is dedicated to promoting and supporting the revitalization of Indigenous languages. SILR aspires to a future where Indigenous languages are not only preserved but are also thriving and commonly spoken in various settings like homes, schools, workplaces, and across the land. SILR’s primary focus is on increasing accessibility to language programming and developing resources that aid in maintaining and enhancing the health and vibrancy of Indigenous languages in communities. This effort is aimed at benefiting both current and future generations. SILR works in collaboration with the University of Alberta and the BHP Foundation.

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta saw its first class of students in 1913. At the time, the faculty offered a three year course with clinical surgery in the second year. Students then moved to eastern Canada to complete their clinical training. After the First World War the university realized the need for a full medical instruction program and built the first complete medical school west of Winnipeg. In 1922 the Department of Surgery was born. Today the department offers programs in undergraduate, postgraduate and graduate studies. The department consists of 10 divisions: Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Research, Thoracic Surgery, Urology.

The Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFMN or SFM Network) was an incorporated non-profit Canadian research group. SFM was a Network for Centres of Excellence (NCE). With its partners, it funded, planned, conducted, and applied interdisciplinary, university-based research that addresses issues related to sustainable forest management.