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University of Alberta

Public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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By James Barham, PhD

The University of Alberta is a public research university founded in 1908—just three years after the Province of Alberta officially entered the Dominion of Canada.

In the lead-up to the university’s founding, there was a heated debate over its location, with one faction favoring Calgary (Alberta’s largest city) and another faction in favor of Edmonton (the provincial capital). Although the final decision favored Edmonton, the lack of a university in the province’s largest city continued to be felt. In 1944, the University of Alberta opened a branch campus in Calgary.

In 1966, the Calgary campus became administratively independent from the University of Alberta and was renamed the University of Calgary.

Today, the University of Alberta comprises 18 faculties, as well as two affiliated colleges—one for undergraduates (St. Joseph’s College) and one for graduate students (St. Stephen’s College).

Among many prominent University of Alberta–associated individuals, we may mention the following:

Mathematicians, Robert Moody, Andrew Liu, Mark A. Lewis, Vaclav Zizler & Mathukumalli Subbarao
Computer scientists, James Gosling, Jonathan Schaeffer, Richard Sutton, Osmar Zaiane & David Silver
Philosophers, Bas van Fraassen & Adam Morton
Poet, Jonathan Hart
Novelist, Greg Hollingshead
Playwright, Vern Thiessen
Actors, Kenneth Welsh, Nathan Fillion, Frank C. Turner, Paul Gross, Sara Canning, Pascale Hutton & Eric Allan Kramer
Theater historian, John Orrell
Folklorist, Natalie Kononenko
Symphony orchestra conductor, Leonard Ratzlaff
Physicists, Richard E. Taylor (Nobel laureate) & Don Page
Chemists, Raymond Lemieux & Walter E. Harris
Geologist, Robert Folinsbee
Petroleum engineer, Jacob Masliyah
Paleontologist, Philip J. Currie
Biochemist, James Collip
Virologist, Michael Houghton
Geneticist, Tak Wah Mak
Surgeon and bioethicist, John Dossetor
Historian, George Stanley
Social psychologist, Peter L. Hurd
Psychologist, blogger, and social commentator, Jordan Peterson
Sociologist, Stephen A. Kent
Political commentator, Ezra Levant
Former Canadian Prime Ministers, Joe Clark and Stephen Harper

From Wikipedia

The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, the university's first president. It was enabled through the Post-secondary Learning Act.

Source: Wikipedia

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Who are University of Alberta's Most influential alumni?

University of Alberta's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of . University of Alberta’s most academically influential people include Allyson Jule, Brent Shaw, and Timothy Taylor .