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Notes from Council: Motion to not disclose council members’ votes passed

“Notes from Council” is The Gateway’s ongoing series of recaps of noteworthy items from Students’ Council meetings. At the July 15 meeting of the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) Students’ Council, a motion amending Students’ Council Standing Orders 13.2C so that votes made by council members are not publicly…

GSA Council elects Tamara Dubé as vice-president (Indigenous relations)

Chris Brunelle appointed as Chief Transformation Officer

Notes from Council: First Day Access program delayed until fall 2026

“Land back” and “genocide” spray painted on U of A sign

Report Card: Bill Flanagan 2025

Each year, The Gateway publishes an evaluation of the Students’ Union Executive and the Board of Governors representative. This year, Bill Flanagan began his second term as President of the University of Alberta. As such, The Gateway decided to publish a similar evaluation of Flanagan’s term. Bill Flanagan: C- As…

The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour)

Beloved or bully? Magpie crowned bird of Edmonton

Hazardous silence: Farm workers challenge Health Canada

“Play It By Ear:” Bringing old technology to life to build new connections

Old-fashioned telephones might largely be a thing of the past, but two Calgary artists have given them a new life. Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett created a public art installation in Edmonton’s Butler Memorial Park all about connections and missed connections. Brown told The Gateway that the artwork was…

Edmonton’s No Skies on their debut EP

Photostory: Ground Works festival

Album Review: ‘Nostalgia’ by Mother Mother

Playlist: YEG UNDERGROUND

Diminishing third places and the students working to revive them

Third places are community hubs, separate from home and work, that allow for social interaction and leisure. Common examples include libraries, gyms, and cafes. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg first coined the term. In his essay, “Our Vanishing Third Places,” Oldenburg argued that “what suburbia cries for are the means for people…

Harm reduction on campus: Students pushing for more

The Greenhouse Effect: The potential for positive byproducts from the campus greenhouse

Understanding Reconciliation through FOOD!

The link between dietary restrictions and food insecurity