Students, staff and faculty at St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Alberta, are united in their common purpose to make a positive impact on their community and the world at large, says Thérèse Takacs, the university’s vice president, Advancement. This commitment builds on the original vision of the group who founded the university and inspired its [...]
Charles Adler Interview Topic: Why Math Scores are Declining in Alberta … Hint, it’s not Teachers or the Curriculum Brief Description of discussion: Associate Professor, Cory Wright-Maley, was on Charles Adler Tonight speaking about Jason Kenney’s proposal to address Alberta students’ declining math scores on international benchmarks like PISA don’t make sense. Charles Adler was [...]
St. Mary’s University has partnered with local artist Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal for an exciting new Artist in Residency project and commissioned art piece. Having previously worked in multiple different capacities with St. Mary’s, it is a community that Tamara has enjoyed getting to know as well as a relationship she has continued to foster. This [...]
How could any teacher think these historical games were good ideas? The short answer: Teachers with no sense of perspective tried to make history personal and ended up reinforcing white supremacy in the name of “learning.” (Though it’s not always clear what race the instructors in these stories are: In 2015–16, 80 percent of teachers [...]
There’s plenty of gain from this pain by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University Recently I experienced a rather serious injury. The official version is that I fell off a 15-foot ladder while rescuing a child from a burning building. The first part of that story is true, and the latter part should quietly [...]
Capstone projects a major success For the St. Mary’s University students who presented their Capstone projects this year it was the culmination of their academic and intellectual experience used to demonstrate learning acquisition and individual conclusions. Capstone projects encourage students to think critically, solve challenging problems and develop skills such as oral communication, public speaking, [...]
‘Soft’ approach triumphs by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University I always look forward to the spring. It is when our university celebrates convocation, and while this is usually an all-consuming, logistically complex event, come the day this is feel-good all the way. To see the faces of the graduates and their families, and [...]
TO: Assignment Editors/News Directors WHAT: St. Mary’s University to honour Dr. Allan Markin at Convocation Ceremony WHERE: St. Albert the Great Parish, 10 Prestwick Drive SE, Calgary, AB WHEN:Friday, May 10, 2019, Ceremony at 2:00pm Why: St. Mary’s University is proud to honour Dr. Allan Markin with the St. Mary’s University Order of Excellence at [...]
At Convocation we celebrate and honour the accomplishments of our exceptional students. Wherever they may go into this incredible world that awaits them, St. Mary’s University will always remain their home. May the students celebrate graduation by remembering special memories from their time at St. Mary’s and as they embark on the next chapter of [...]
St. Mary’s University is saddened to learn of the death of Jean Vanier, a respected Canadian and founder of L’Arche, the international network of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together as peers. He passed away on May 7 at the age of 90. Jean Vanier has left an extraordinary [...]
