Henri, Charles and Rene — brothers in the Huel family — can’t remember a time when the University of Lethbridge wasn’t a part of their lives. In 1974, their father,...
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Before the University of Lethbridge was ever a leading institution, it was a dream in the hearts of visionaries like Paul Matisz, a then local lawyer in Lethbridge. The 1960s...
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Just as the University of Lethbridge’s iconic Aperture sculpture portrays the idea of a beginning, an opening or a passing through to the future, so too the University of Lethbridge...
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When the University of Lethbridge was launched in 1967, old academic formulas for success, adopted from other places or times, were less the mindset of the day than dreams and...
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When the University of Lethbridge was first hiring in the late 1960s, it was a period of rapid expansion of universities all over North America. By the end of the...
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In the late 1980s, post-secondary institutions across Alberta were feeling the effects of the recession and budget cuts. The University of Lethbridge was no exception. It was widely known in...
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In July 2000, I became Dean of Education at the University of Lethbridge. By that time the worst of Alberta’s deficit reduction years were over, the fiscal house was in...
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Becoming a songwriter wasn’t part of John Wort Hannam’s (BA/BEd ’96) plan when he began his studies at the University of Lethbridge, rather it was an unexplored part of who...
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In 1975, the U of L established the Department of Native American Studies, the first of its kind in the province. U of L alumnus, professor emeritus, honorary degree recipient...
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You’ve felt the bleachers shake and the deafening roar of the crowd reverberate in your chest; you’ve swelled with pride as a trophy is raised on hallowed ice; you’ve been...
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