As promised, the sequel to our epic list of staff reading recommendations is here! These picks go great with long sunny day on the patio – hammock recommended, but not required – and a nice, cool beverage. Mireille’s Pick Garden Bugs of Alberta by Ken Fry, Doug Macaulay, Don Williamson – Curbside pickup “My pick is Garden Bugs of Alberta. Not something you would read cover to cover, but useful and instructive.…

Summer 2020 will definitely be a summer to remember. With a deadly disease threatening the entire world our society has been; isolated, quarantined, stranded in foreign countries, locked down on cruise ships, separated from loved ones, not to mention that schools shut down and businesses were closed around the world. At the cusp of all this madness there was North American toilet paper shortage! Wait a second! This sounds like the plot…

By Kaia MacLeod My name is Kaia and I’m a member of the James Smith Cree Nation. When I tell people that I work as an Indigenous Intern at University of Alberta Library, not a lot of people know exactly what that means. Here is a little crash course of what my job is: I get to work on the desk in the library and work on several Indigenous themed projects. During…

We are pleased to be celebrating National Indigenous History Month throughout June with a series of blog posts featuring some great resources from our collection that can be accessed online! This post was written by Kaia MacLeod, one of University of Alberta Library’s Indigenous Interns. If you’ve ever wanted to learn something about Canada’s Indigenous Languages this is the guide for you! As the description indicates, the teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Languages…