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Events & Conferences

The Prentice Institute hosts and/or partners in a number of events throughout the year.  We also present our research at conferences across Canada and around the world. Check out both past and coming events here.

Past Events

March 17, 2026

Future of Education

Dr. Philip McRae, Alberta Teachers' Association; Dr. Karsten Mundel, Vice Provost (Learning Initiatives) University of Alberta; Alex Usher, President of Higher Education Strategy Associates
Panel
Futureof Education Title page

February 11, 2026

Decolonizing Mental Health Care: Experiences of South Asian Immigrants in Canada

Supriya Middha and Dr. Toupey Luft
Speaker Series
Decolonizing Mental Health Care Title page

January 14, 2026

Indigenous Climate Reasoning: Causal Models and Ecological Change in Amazonia

Dr. John White
Speaker Series
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December 10, 2025

2025 City Scholars Student Symposium

Partner Event
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October 22, 2025

The Department of Economics and The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy Present:

Lars Brink, PhD
Lars

October 21, 2025

The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy and the Faculty of Arts and Science Present:

Satya Brink, PhD
Partner Event
Sataya

September 25, 2025

Integrating Data into Public Health Policy

Dr. Danièle Behn Smith Deputy Public Health Officer – Indigenous Health with the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer; Dr. Matt Bowes, Chief Medical Examiner for the Province of Nova Scotia; and Dr. Tamara Daly, Professor of Health Policy and Equity at York University, the Director of the York University Centre of Aging Research and Education, and the Director of the SSHRC Partnership Grant Imagine Aging.
Panel
Integrating Data into Public Health Policy Title page

September 2, 2025

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research (ACLMR)

Nick Yarmey and other PI staff
Conference
Nick ACLMR

May 25, 2025

Alternate Routes Conference

Sydney Whiting, PI Research Assistant
Conference
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April 30, 2025

Settlement processes for new immigrants in Alberta

Dr. Debra Basil and Janelle Marietta, PhD candidate
Speaker Series
Basil and Marietta

February 11, 2025

Indigenous nation-to-nation and intersectoral partnership building for socioecological restoration

Dr. Patrick Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Head of Hispanic Studies Section, University of Lethbridge
Speaker Series
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January 15, 2025

Development and validation of the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ): a pilot study

Dr. Richard Larouche and Ryan Harper-Brown
Speaker Series
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