Research
Housing over 400 distinct research laboratories, the University of Alberta is one of the leading research universities in Canada. The university is a member of the U15 universities and the Worldwide Universities Network, an organization of 18 universities on six continents. The university receives nearly $500 million each year for research from external sources.
The University of Alberta is also the national scientific and administrative headquarters for:
- Sustainable Forest Management
- Network of Centres of Excellence
- Prairie Centres of Excellence
- Canadian Obesity Network
- Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology and folkwaysAlive! in partnership withSmithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Famous quotes containing the word research:
“Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“The working woman may be quick to see any problems with children as her fault because she isn’t as available to them. However, the fact that she is employed is rarely central to the conflict. And overall, studies show, being employed doesn’t have negative effects on children; carefully done research consistently makes this clear.”
—Grace Baruch (20th century)
“One of the most important findings to come out of our research is that being where you want to be is good for you. We found a very strong correlation between preferring the role you are in and well-being. The homemaker who is at home because she likes that “job,” because it meets her own desires and needs, tends to feel good about her life. The woman at work who wants to be there also rates high in well-being.”
—Grace Baruch (20th century)