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December 13, 2024
Dr. Ivan Townshend presented at the Economics Society of Northern Alberta on December 5. His presentation, titled “The Intra-Urban Geography of...
November 8, 2024
The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy is seeking University of Lethbridge students for two Research Assistant streams:Stream 1:...
August 14, 2024
Along with the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, the Prentice Institute is saddened to hear of Dr. William (Bill) Reimer’s passing on July...
August 13, 2024
The Prentice Institute is entering into its third year of a Work Integrated Learning Program with the City of Lethbridge entitled City Scholars.
May 1, 2024
April 9, 2024
Post-secondary students gathered this week at a student symposium showcasing projects completed under this year’s City Scholar program. The program...
April 9, 2024
Over the past year, the City of Lethbridge has partnered with students from the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge College and other institutions...
April 9, 2024
Over the past year, the City Scholars program has helped bridge the gap between campus and community by creating strong partnerships on projects....
October 19, 2023
Year two of our Prentice Institute – City of Lethbridge Work Integrated Learning collaboration is off to a good start!
June 2, 2023
Following the Alberta General Election on May 29, 2023, these data visualizations explore the percentage of votes cast for UCP and NDP, as well as...
June 1, 2023
Dharashree Das is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, University of Lethbridge. She is trained as a...
June 1, 2023
Fully-funded Master’s and PhD opportunities! University of Regina and York University.
May 23, 2023
University of Lethbridge political science professor Lars Hallstrom said the divisiveness between parties often leaves young voters without a sense...
May 9, 2023
Lars Hallstrom, professor of political science at the University of Lethbridge and director of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and...
May 1, 2023
In the Spring 2023 the City of Lethbridge and Prentice Institute completed a two-semester WIL pilot through which eight students from five...
April 20, 2023
The City of Lethbridge and University of Lethbridge held a showcase on April 20, 2023, to highlight work from students in the Fall 2022 and Spring...
April 13, 2023
A new survey conducted by the University of Lethbridge (U of L) shows that the majority of rural Albertans do not want to replace the RCMP with a...
April 1, 2023
On March 7th 2023 the Lethbridge City Council voted unanimously to adopt the 2023 City of Lethbridge Heritage Management Plan (HMP). This is the...
March 7, 2023
“Every single element of this to me looks like there’s no actual issue here,” says Lars Hallstrom, a political scientist at the University of...
March 1, 2023
The Prentice Institute's Nick Yarmey produced two graphs breaking down the revenue sources and expenditures from the 2023 Alberta Provincial Budget
February 15, 2023
The Prentice Institute and the CIHR funded ECHO (Environment, Community, and Health Observatory) Network are pleased to announce the release of a...
February 1, 2023
In the Spring 2023 semester, the Prentice Institute-City of Lethbridge WIL pilot expanded from one to four applied study projects involving six...
December 18, 2022
“Splits can happen within a community and you do see increasingly it’s ‘for or against, with us or against us.’ It’s very tough to recover from...
November 30, 2022
Director of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy and professor of political science at the University of Lethbridge, Lars...
June 16, 2022
“A good chunk of the employment population here in Lethbridge are employed in retail, health care and social assistance,” said Lars Hallstrom,...
October 28, 2021
Many of Alberta’s smaller communities are struggling with what it means to be rural in the 21st century, says the co-author of a report by the...
September 15, 2021
According to Elections Canada, the 18-24 age group had the lowest voter turnout in the 2019 federal election at 53.9 per cent. Comparatively,...
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