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Join the Conversation: TAIH Symposium 2026Explore the development and transdisciplinary impact of AI at the inaugural Sy...
05/04/2026

Join the Conversation: TAIH Symposium 2026

Explore the development and transdisciplinary impact of AI at the inaugural Symposium of the Transdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Hub (TAIH) on May 26. We invite graduate students from all disciplines to submit a one-page abstract—representing new findings, preliminary results, or previously presented work. Selected authors will be invited to share their research in a featured spotlight, with top submissions receiving a prize, provided by the Graduate College.

Registration on Eventbrite is free and open to all members of the university community, including those not submitting research. Please join us for a complimentary lunch and the opportunity to connect with the UCalgary AI ecosystem. To submit your abstract, follow the instructions on our website. We are looking forward to welcoming you at the TAIH Symposium 2026!

Registration link in the highlights!

Research with/for Older Adults — Speaker Announcement! 🎤 Kate Checknita Master of Public Health Student, University of T...
04/14/2026

Research with/for Older Adults — Speaker Announcement!

🎤 Kate Checknita
Master of Public Health Student, University of Toronto
Kate is completing her practicum at the Centre on Aging, where her work focuses on improving how older adults access and navigate community programs and services. Using user-centred design approaches, her project aims to develop a digital tool that brings together local information for older adults in Calgary. Her broader interests lie in advancing health equity for older adults, people with disabilities, and marginalized populations through research and policy.

🎤 Olivier Lampron
Graduate Student, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Olivier’s research focuses on frailty and predicting health outcomes in cardiac surgery patients. He is also the President of the University of Calgary’s Gerontological Society of America Student Chapter, a newly established group affiliated with the Centre on Aging that supports student engagement in aging-related research.

Join us for Research with/for Older Adults: Talks, Insights, and Practice (Free to attend + lunch provided)

🗓 April 16, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 HNSC 122 — Hunter Hub Student Commons, Main Campus, University of Calgary

About the Event
Curious about working with older adults in your research? This session brings together researchers across disciplines to share:
• What drew them to this field
• How working with older adults shaped their methods
• Key insights, surprises, and challenges
• Practical advice you can apply to your own research

Expect short, engaging talks followed by open discussion and informal conversations over lunch.

👉 Register now — link in highlights

📩 For more info: [email protected]

Research with/for Older Adults — Speaker Announcement! 🎤 Dr. Shahab Alizadeh Lab Manager & Research Assistant, Healthy C...
04/10/2026

Research with/for Older Adults — Speaker Announcement!

🎤 Dr. Shahab Alizadeh
Lab Manager & Research Assistant, Healthy City Lab, University of Calgary
Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
Dr. Alizadeh’s work explores how dementia and cognitive aging shape mobility in everyday life. Using digital technologies and machine learning, he develops tools to track movement in real-world settings and identify early changes in mobility. His research focuses on creating digital mobility biomarkers and naturalistic assessment methods that support safer mobility and more informed decision-making for people living with dementia.

🎤 Jessry Santos
MSc Student, Community Health Sciences (Population and Public Health), University of Calgary
Jessry’s research focuses on improving how we evaluate nutritional interventions aimed at slowing or preventing dementia. Using a mixed methods approach, her work integrates evidence-based outcomes with clinician-informed priorities to support more meaningful and practical evaluation. Grounded in a systems perspective, her research also engages broader structural factors that shape health and care.

🚨 More speakers will be announced soon — stay tuned!

Join us for Research with/for Older Adults: Talks, Insights, and Practice (Free to attend + lunch provided)

🗓 April 16, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 HNSC 122 — Hunter Hub Student Commons, Main Campus, University of Calgary

About the Event
Curious about working with older adults in your research? This session brings together researchers across disciplines to share:
• What drew them to this field
• How working with older adults shaped their methods
• Key insights, surprises, and challenges
• Practical advice you can apply to your own research

Expect short, engaging talks followed by open discussion and informal conversations over lunch.

👉 Register now — link in highlights

📩 For more info: [email protected]

Research with/for Older Adults — Speaker Announcement! 🎤 Izza Babar MSc Candidate, Community Health Sciences, University...
04/07/2026

Research with/for Older Adults — Speaker Announcement!

🎤 Izza Babar
MSc Candidate, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Izza’s research explores relationships between older adults and their companion animals, focusing on care, reciprocity, and everyday negotiation. Her work uses qualitative and participatory methods, including photo elicitation, to center participants’ voices and challenge assumptions about their abilities and engagement.

🎤 Yomna El Ghazouly
PhD Candidate, Computational Media Design, University of Calgary
Yomna’s research focuses on how older adults navigate social and communal spaces through embodied decision-making. Using participatory and improvisational methods, her work translates lived experience into design insights and simulation frameworks that support more inclusive environments.

🚨 More speakers will be announced soon — stay tuned!

Join us for Research with/for Older Adults: Talks, Insights, and Practice (Free to attend + lunch provided)

🗓 April 16, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 HNSC 122 — Hunter Hub Student Commons, Main Campus, University of Calgary

About the Event
Curious about working with older adults in your research? This session brings together researchers across disciplines to share:
• What drew them to this field
• How working with older adults shaped their methods
• Key insights, surprises, and challenges
• Practical advice you can apply to your own research

Expect short, engaging talks followed by open discussion and informal conversations over lunch.

👉 Register now — link in highlights

📩 For more info: [email protected]

🎵 Celebrate with us! Support Grad College member Penny Sanborn in the Mysterium Duo album release concert: Harmonic Brea...
04/03/2026

🎵 Celebrate with us! Support Grad College member Penny Sanborn in the Mysterium Duo album release concert:
Harmonic Breath, The Music of Palestrina
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Step into a sound world where centuries meet and breathe as one. ✨ From the luminous polyphony of Gioavanni Pierluigi da Palestrina to the expressive tangos of Astor Piazzolla, this concert traces a vibrant musical voyage across time. An evening of artistry, resonance, and unexpected colours from two accordions reimagining the sacred and the deeply expressive.

🔹Mysterium Duo
Sir N. Antonio Peruch (accordion) & Penny Sanborn (accordion)

Concert Voyage from Palestrina’s luminous Renaissance to Piazzolla’s expressive Tangos

📅 Fri April 17th, 2026
🕥 7:30pm
📍 St. Stephen’s Anglican Church: 1121 14th Ave SW Calgary, AB, Canada
🎟️ Tickets $25 (Children 12 and under FREE)
➡️ Info and tickets: http://mysteriumduo.com

🔴 Another great All-College Meeting in the 2025-2026 Graduate College year. Members gathered to hear the latest news abo...
03/30/2026

🔴 Another great All-College Meeting in the 2025-2026 Graduate College year. Members gathered to hear the latest news about the college, and opportunities to get more involved, in addition to starting nominations for next year’s executive committee members. The event also had a great presentation about the Retiree Association mentorship program, which is kicking off its intake for the next year. As a crown jewel of the meeting, 12 Graduate College members gave flash talks about their research, and we learned how diverse and innovative research is in the Graduate College.

🔴 With more than 60 attendees at the All-College Meeting, we enjoyed a wonderful evening learning about new initiatives and hearing more about members’ research.

🔴 The warmth and curiosity of our Graduate College members really shone through, as students shared ideas and supported one another across disciplines, celebrating the work happening within our graduate community. We were also inspired by the thoughtful words of Dr. Jenny Godley, Head of the Graduate College, which reflected the spirit of connection already present. It was an energizing reminder of the camaraderie and how much we can grow when we connect and collaborate.

✨AI and Ethics Conference — “Panelist” Announcement! 🎤 Dr. Mark Migotti, panel moderator Professor of Philosophy, Depart...
02/19/2026

✨AI and Ethics Conference — “Panelist” Announcement!

🎤 Dr. Mark Migotti, panel moderator
Professor of Philosophy, Department Head of Arts, UCalgary
Dr. Mark Migotti’s work spans ethics, philosophy of law, epistemology, and 19th-century philosophy, with a particular focus on Nietzsche and American pragmatism.

🎤 Ross Pambrun, panelist
CEO of The Memphis Group (an AI Innovation Award winner), Actor, Musician, TV Personality, recognized by the Calgary Herald in 2026 on their annual list of “Most Compelling Calgarians”

🎤 Dr. Igor Grossman, panelist
Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo
Dr. Igor Grossman studies wise decision-making, intellectual humility and human-AI judgment. He directs the Wisdom and Culture Lab and publishes widely in Science, PNAS, and Nature Human Behaviour.

🎤 Richard Ziegler, panelist
Tech PR & AI Ethics, a Storytelling Strategist for the Ethical Age

🚨 Please visit the event details and secure your spot through the registration link. Find full event details and the registration link in our Stories Highlights

Join us for Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: A TED-Style Conference + Panel Discussion (Free to attend)

🗓 February 26, 2026
🕣 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Blue Room, Dining Centre | University of Calgary, Main Campus.

About the Event:
As AI becomes embedded in research, teaching, industry, and everyday life, urgent questions emerge:
• Who shapes AI systems, and whose values do they reflect?
• How do we balance innovation with responsibility, fairness, and care?
• What does ethical AI look like across disciplines and lived experience?

This event invites graduate students, scholars, practitioners, and the public to engage through short, high-impact talks, a multidisciplinary panel, and open dialogue sparking interdisciplinary conversation around the ethical, social, and human dimensions of our AI-powered future.

👉 Visit the event details and register today — link in highlights.

AI and Ethics Conference — Speaker Announcement! 🎤 Dr. Laleh Behjat Professor, , University of Calgary | NSERC Chair fo...
02/10/2026

AI and Ethics Conference — Speaker Announcement!

🎤 Dr. Laleh Behjat
Professor, , University of Calgary | NSERC Chair for Women in Science & Engineering
Dr. Behjat’s work integrates AI, optimization, and electronic design automation to advance modern AI hardware. She is also a national leader in inclusive innovation and engineering culture change.

🎤 Dr. Sarah Eaton
Professor, , University of Calgary
Dr. Eaton is an internationally recognized expert in academic integrity and educational ethics, with a focus on how generative AI reshapes assessment, learning, and institutional trust.

🚨 More speakers will be announced soon — stay tuned!
In the meantime, visit the event details and secure your spot through the registration link. Find full event details and the registration link in our Stories Highlights

Join us for Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: A TED-Style Conference + Panel Discussion (Free to attend)

🗓 February 26, 2026
🕣 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Blue Room, Dining Centre | University of Calgary, Main Campus.

About the Event
As AI becomes embedded in research, teaching, industry, and everyday life, urgent questions emerge:
• Who shapes AI systems, and whose values do they reflect?
• How do we balance innovation with responsibility, fairness, and care?
• What does ethical AI look like across disciplines and lived experience?

This event invites graduate students, scholars, practitioners, and the public to engage through short, high-impact talks, a multidisciplinary panel, and open dialogue sparking interdisciplinary conversation around the ethical, social, and human dimensions of our AI-powered future.

👉 Visit the event details and register today — link in highlights.

02/02/2026

▫️Arts Postdoc Research Showcase: A great afternoon of learning and exchange!

▫️Grad College members had a wonderful time attending the Arts Postdoc Research Showcase and learning about the diverse research taking place across the Faculty of Arts. The short presentations and engaging Q&A created a lively space for cross-disciplinary insight and connection.

▫️Congratulations to the fantastic presenters:
• Dr. Anna Bettini (History)
• Dr. Sara Salavati (Psychology)
• Dr. Hsin-Hsiu Yeh (Anthropology & Archaeology)
• Dr. Omid Asayesh (Sociology)
• Dr. Gizem Keskin (Psychology)

▫️It was inspiring to hear about emerging research and the experiences of postdoctoral scholars as early-career researchers at the University of Calgary. Thank you to the organizers for hosting such a well-attended and engaging event!

Holiday cheer, Grad College style ✨ Last week we had senior scholars, post-docs, members of the Retiree Association and...
12/19/2025

Holiday cheer, Grad College style ✨

Last week we had senior scholars, post-docs, members of the Retiree Association and lots of Grad College scholars join us for an evening of good food, fun activities, and great conversations at the UCalgary Grad College holiday party.

Huge thanks to the event organizers Shuyin Yu, Kayla Bazzana-Adams, Victor Quezada Novoa & Kim Suvan and to The Banquet for hosting us -- always a great time!

📍 The Banquet

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