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CJCA
UAL · Corporate body · 1922-

Edmonton (Alta.) radio station.

cjoc Radio
UAL · Corporate body
CJSR FM
UAA · Corporate body · 1984-

CJSR made its first FM broadcast on January 7, 1984. They debuted their first song across the FM broadcast with “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” by Joni Mitchell. But its roots stretch to the founding of CKUA on November 21, 1927. That station - which was owned by the university until 1944 and whose studios were located at the Power Plant - provided the foundation and infrastructure for the creation of the University of Alberta Student Radio Directorate, the direct progenitor of CJSR. The Radio Directorate (which changed its name to the Radio Society in 1948) broadcasted over a closed PA system all over campus and weathered funding cuts, format changes, and a temporary shutdown due to lack of funds. By the ‘70s it had built an AM antenna—that could only broadcast as far as Lister Hall—and gained the call letters CKSR. In 1978, the station was renamed CJSR when a television station in Chilliwack wanted the call sign and the CRTC granted the request. In 1983, after more than a decade of work, CJSR was granted an FM license at 88.5 FM, the furthest left the dial could go, and focused its attention beyond the university campus from where it still broadcasts.
For the past 30 years, CJSR has been a voice for diverse communities not represented on radio anywhere else in the city: it broadcasts alternative news, cultural programming and underground music that cannot be heard anywhere else, with a strong focus on local culture. CJSR has also long been a place of inclusion, where people of any age and background can learn the various aspects of broadcasting. CJSR continues to be a volunteer-run radio dedicated to pushing the status quo.
First Alberta Campus Radio Association (FACRA) is a non-profit organization and registered charity that holds the broadcast license for CJSR-FM 88.5. FACRA governs the station bylaws and provides oversight to CJSR operations. The FACRA Board consists of up to 12 elected and appointed members, including the requisite 2 SU and 1 GSA representatives. CJSR has a volunteer base of approximately 200 volunteers, with a small staff to manage and support them all.
CJSR’s mandate is “to enlighten and entertain our audience through high quality and diverse programming that constantly challenges the status quo”. CJSR broadcasts eclectic programming in 8 different languages that enriches the lives of U of A students as well as the broader Edmonton community. In addition to their wide selection of music programming, CJSR also produces a dozen news and spoken word programs to present a side of the story not always found in mainstream media. CJSR student volunteers won the NCRA Excellence in Student Programming award in 2017 and 2018 and were runners up for the 2019 award.

CKUA
UAA · Corporate body · 1927 -

CKUA Radio was established by the University under the Department of Extension in 1927, to provide educational and non- commercial radio broadcasting to the people of Alberta. In 1945 it was sold to Alberta Government Telephones, and in 1974 it became part of the Alberta Educational Communications Corporation (ACCESS). The University has continued its close association with CKUA.

UAA · Corporate body · 1898 - 1946

The College of Physicians and Surgeons was established in 1886 in what was then called the Northwest Territories. When Alberta and Saskatchewan gained provincial status in 1905 they each formed their own division. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) became incorporated under the Medical Profession Act of Alberta. Under the Act and its amendments, the College is empowered and bound to protect the health of the public by licensing and disciplining doctors and conducting a formal inquiry into any complaint against a registered physician.

UAL · Corporate body · 1915-1940

Edmonton women's championship basketball team coached by John Percy Page. The team won around 95% of matches played over its 25-year history and was named to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

Cook
Corporate body · fl. 1911
UAL · Corporate body · 1943 - 1975

Co-operative Vegetable Oils Ltd. (CVO) was established in Altona, Manitoba in 1943 under the direction of J.J. Siemens, largely because Second World War Canadian imports of edible vegetable oils (from Russia and Argentina) were noticeably reduced, creating a need for domestic production. To support the domestic industry, the Federal Government offered incentives such as price subsidies, transportation subsidies and facilities for processing the crop in Hamilton, Ontario. Although the 1943 crop was shipped to Hamilton, the high costs of long distance transportation of sunflowers - the principle oilseed crop - proved discouraging. Consequently, with a view to the future when these subsidies would be lifted, CVO chose a local processing plant. This scheme, half-heartedly endorsed by the Provincial Government, satisfied the needs of the local community, which backed the project enthusiastically. The Altona plant was to cost a projected $60,000, half of which would be raised from private funds, with the remainder coming from guaranteed loans from the Provincial Government. The community eagerly threw its support behind the plant because it offered long-term economic growth and stability. As farming became increasingly mechanised, farm labour diminished leaving little employment for the young. This affected the close-knit structure of the Mennonite family. Furthermore, wheat prices had not increased significantly since the Depression, and the family farm was suffering. However, the CVO plant provided jobs for locals and an outlet for the alternative crop, the sunflower; it added soybeans and canola in the 1950s.

CVO's list of achievements include: the development of Safflo oil as its first consumer product in 1949, the first oilseed crushing plant in Canada, the first company to commercially process sunflowers in North America, the first North American company to process pure sunflower-based cooking oil, and a strong role in the development of canola as an "oilseed". To meet growing needs, CVO officially merged with Manitoba Pool Elevators on April 1, 1975, and called itself CSP Foods. CanAmera Foods purchased CSP Foods on March 20, 1992.

UAA · Corporate body · 1967 - Present

The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) was formed in 1967, originally called the Council of Western Canadian University Librarians. It was incorporated as a non-profit society in 2000. The purpose of COPPUL is: “Working together, COPPUL members leverage our collective expertise, resources, and influence, increasing capacity and infrastructure, to enhance learning, teaching, student experiences, and research at our institutions.” (https://coppul.ca/about-us, accessed December 21, 2021.) Membership consists of university libraries from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. In addition to networking and training, COPPUL also negotiates pricing and favourable terms on licensed library resources for member libraries.

In 1966, the premiers of the Western Canadian provinces insisted on the establishment of the Inter-Provincial Committee on University Rationalization (IPCUR) to study and make recommendations to provincial governments on how universities could coordinate resources. The growth and costs of university libraries was identified early on as an opportunity for academic cooperation, and so the Council of Western Canadian University Librarians (COWCUL) was formed. In 1971 libraries from British Columbia left COWCUL and formed their own cooperative group called TRIUL, and COWCUL became known as the Council of Prairie University Libraries (COPUL). However, in 1989 a joint meeting of TRIUL and COPUL reaffirmed the value of cooperation between the two groups, and BC university libraries rejoined COPUL to make the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries. In 1992 the first Executive Director was hired. Hazel Fry was Executive Director from 1992-2001, Alexander (Sandy) Slade from 2001-2011; Gwen Bird from 2011-2014; Andrew Waller from 2014 to 2016; Kristina McDavid from 2016 - 2019; Vivian Stieda from 2019 - present. The increasing need to sign licenses for electronic resources on behalf of the consortia of libraries led COPPUL to incorporate under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act in 2000.

Full Membership in COPPUL is open to libraries of Western Canadian universities accredited by Universities Canada, and entitles libraries to full participation in all COPPUL programs, meetings and eligibility for election to the Board. Affiliate membership is open to any non-profit Canadian college or university, and gives them access to COPPUL licenses for electronic resources only. In addition to training and resource licenses, COPPUL also recognizes exemplary contributions to the consortium through the COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award. Programs include the COPPUL Digital Stewardship Network, Shared Print Archive Network, Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement, and COPPUL/OCUL/CAUL-CBUA/BCI Resource Sharing Agreement.

Country Guide
UAL · Corporate body · 1886-

Canada’s oldest farm publication.

CUSO International
UAA · Corporate body · 1961-

CUSO International was established in 1961 by a group of Canadian University graduates. These graduates gathered together hundreds of other resent graduates and founded the CUSO, Canadian University Services Overseas. The graduates volunteered as teachers, nurses and agriculturists in developing countries.

Over the following decades the role of the volunteers expanded. Today's CUSO volunteers are professionals focussed on providing skills and knowledge to partners in Africa, Southeast Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Northern Canada.

Deans' Council
UAA · Corporate body · 1942 -

The Deans' Council is an advisory body to the President, the Board of Governors, and to General Faculties Council. It consists of the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Dean of each Faculty, the Director of the School of Native Studies, the Registrar and the Chief Librarian (Calendar 1990/91). The Council has also been delegated powers to act on some matters regarding discipline and administration. The President sits ex officio as head.

UAA · Corporate body · 1932 - 1960

The sorority aimed to develop social graces, improve scholarship and otherwise provide a facet of education not available in the classroom, to female students at the University of Alberta. The Canada Gamma chapter formed the Canada Gamma House Association in 1947 to acquire and manage real estate and personal property for the Chapter. The Canada Gamma Scholarship was endowed by the sale of the Chapter's house and assets.

UAA · Corporate body · 1962 -

Formerly the Department of Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, the purpose of this department is to prepare vocational teachers for secondary schools and to train facilitators in education of adults, for responsibilities in school or non-school settings. Heads: 1962-1968 Henry Richard Ziel; 1968-1969 Harold Duane Tichenor (Acting). Chairs: 1969-1970 Henry Richard Ziel; 1970- 1975 James Emmett Gallagher; 1975-1980 Karel Puffer; 1980-1986 Harold Duane Tichenor; 1986-1987 Abram G. Konrad; [1987]- Abram G. Konrad.

UAA · Corporate body · 1921-1991

The objectives of the Department of Agricultural Engineering were to provide instruction in agricultural engineering, engineering agrology, forest operations and wood science at the undergraduate and graduate level; to conduct research relevant to agriculture and forestry in Alberta and Canada; to exchange information with the public through technology transfer; and to participate in the activities of professional and technical societies (PACCR, 1986). The Department was closed in 1991.

Heads: 1921-1950 John Macgregor Smith; 1950-1958 Barney Thorvardur Stephanson (Acting); 1958-1968 Fenton Vincent MacHardy; 1962-1963 Barney Thorvardur Stephanson (Acting); 1968- 1969 Harold Page Harrison (Acting); 1969-1974 Kenneth Walter Domier.

Chairs: 1974-1981 Barney Thorvardur Stephanson; 1981-1982 James Brian McQuitty; 1982-[1987] Kenneth Walter Domier; [1987]-1991 Jeremy James Leonard

UAA · Corporate body · 1994-

The Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science was formed on 1 September 1994 by a merger of the Departments of Animal Science, Food Science and Nutrition, and Plant Science. It is part of the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. Since 2008, the department is made up of four divisions: Animal Science, Plant Biotechnology, Food Science and Bioresource Technology, and Human Nutrition. The department offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Agriculture, Animal Health, Agricultural/Food Business Science and Nutrition & Food Science, as well as the opportunity to pursue a Master of Agriculture, Master of Science, or PhD.

Department of Agriculture
UAA · Corporate body · 1915-1944

The Department of Horticulture was founded in the Faculty of Agriculture in 1915. By 1944, its named had changed to the Department of Agriculture and it merged with the Department of Field Crops to Form the Department of Plant Science.

Heads: 1915-1935 George Harcourt; 1935-1944 James Sheldon Shoemaker.

Department of Anatomy
UAA · Corporate body · 1914 -

The Department of Anatomy originated with the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, initially teaching all aspects of anatomy to undergraduate medical students, then particitpating in post-graduate medical education, and gradually accepting responsibility for teaching in other faculties, mainly in a service role. In 1986, the Department's name was changed to the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology to reflect changes in the teadching and scientific programs, and to indicate its objective to increase research in the field of cell biology.

Heads: 1914-1938 Daniel Graisberry Revell; 1938-1959 Ralph Faust Shaner; 1959-1962 Herbert Edward Rawlinson; 1962-1963 Walter Raymond 'Ray' Salt (Acting); 1963-1969 Thomas S. Leeson. Chairs: 1969-1983 Thomas S. Leeson; 1984-1987 Kenneth David McFadden; 1987- Richard A. Murphy.

UAA · Corporate body · 1915-1942

The Department of Animal Husbandry was founded in 1915 with one course about livestock, market classes of livestock, and stock farm management. In 1942, the Departments of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science and Poultry Husbandry merged to form the Department of Animal Science.

Department of Animal Science
UAA · Corporate body · 1942-1994

The Department of Animal Science was formed in May 1942 through the amalgamation of three former departments in the Faculty of Agriculture: Animal Husbandry (founded 1915), Veterinary Science (1918) and Poultry Husbandry (1928). The department offered coursework in animal physiology, genetics, biochemistry, nutrition and related topics necessary to teach students to solve problems in animal production. Besides preparing undergraduates with career-related training, the Department offered graduate work leading to MSc or PhD degrees. In 1994, The department merged with the departments of Food Science and Plant Science to form the Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science.

Heads: 1942-1947 John Percy Sackville; 1947-1950 Robert David Sinclair; 1950-1969 Laird Ward McElroy.

Chairs: 1969-1972 Laird Ward McElroy; 1972-1977 Larry Patrick Milligan; 1977-1982 Roy Torgny Berg; 1982-1987 Robert Toombs Hardin; 1987-[199-?] Michael A. 'Mick' Price.

Department of Anthropology
UAA · Corporate body · 1963-

Anthropology began being taught at the University of Alberta in the 1950s, but it wasn’t until 1963 that the Department of Sociology and Anthropology was founded. Charles Brant, Alan Bryan, and Ruth Gruhn were the first three anthropologists in this department. In 1966, the department split into separate sociology and anthropology departments. The department has been located in the H. M. Tory Building since 1966 and offers undergraduate, MA, and PhD degrees. Anthropology at the U of A is organized around four programs: archaeology and paleoenvironmental studies; physical anthropology and primatology; culture contact, development and world problems; and symbolic, linguistic and cognitive analysis.

Chairs: 1966-1970 Charles S. Brant; 1967-1968 Harold Barclay (Acting); 1971-1975 Henry T. Lewis; 1975-1978 C. Roderick Wilson; 1978-1981 Clifford G. Hickey; 1981-1982 Michael Asch (Acting); 1982-1986 Michael Asch; 1986-[1990] Henry T. Lewis; 1990- David Lubell .

Department of Art and Design
UAA · Corporate body · 1945-

The University of Alberta established the first Department of Fine Arts in the province in 1945. Visual arts, music and drama were included under the headship of Henry George Glyde. In 1962, the BFA program in art was introduced. The Department of Fine Arts split into its present three Departments of Music, Drama, and Art and Design in 1965. By 1970/71 an MFA Program was instituted. The Department's present structure was developed between 1967 and 1974. Courses are offered in the three major areas of Design Studies, Fine Arts, and the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture (PACCR, 1982). The department offers BA, BDes, and BFA degrees, as well as Master of Design, MFA, and PhD programs.

Heads: 1945-1966 Henry George Glyde; 1966-1967 John Benjamin Taylor (Acting); 1967-1976 Ronald Davey.

Chairs: 1976-1982 Douglas Haynes; 1982-1987 Jorge Frascara; 1987-1990 Richard Chenier; 1990-1991 Ronald Davey (Acting); 1990- Desmond A. Rochfort.

Department of Athletics
UAA · Corporate body · 1986 -

Preceded by the Division (1971-1975) and Department (1975-1986) of Athletic Services, the Athletics Department's programs are recreational, not academic. It administers intercollegiate athletics and campus recreation, as well as providing community service through summer sports camps for youth. Directors: 1945-[1963] Maurice Lewis 'Maury' Van Vliet ...of Physical Education; 1963-1976 Edwin D. Zemrau Athletic Director. Chairs: 1976-1982 Edwin D. Zemrau; 1982-1985 Garry J. Smith; 1985-[1989] Robert D. Steadward; [1989]- Dale H.P. Schulha.

UAA · Corporate body · 1994-

The Department of Biological Sciences came into existence with the merger of five former departments (Botany, Entomology, Genetics, Microbiology and Zoology) on July 1, 1994. What occurred on July 1, 1994 was actually a 2-step merger. Discussions on the merger between the Department of Entomology in the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics and the Department of Zoology in the Faculty of Science was already well on its way when the decision to merge all five departments was made. The Departments of Entomology and Zoology merged first into a “new Department of Zoology”, bringing Entomology into the Faculty of Science; this “new Department of Zoology” then merged instantaneously with Botany, Genetics, and Microbiology forming the Department of Biological Sciences. Although the Department of Biological Sciences is relatively young, the history of its constituents can be traced back to the early years of the University of Alberta. A Department of Biology already existed by 1912 at the University of Alberta in the then Faculty of Arts and Science. In 1921, the Departments of Zoology and Botany were formed from this Department of Biology. So in some ways, history has come “full-circle” with the 1994 merger. The former Department of Entomology was formed in 1922 in the Faculty of Agriculture. The Department of Genetics was formed in October 1, 1961 in the Faculty of Agriculture, and moved into the Faculty of Science in 1966. The former Department of Microbiology started in1957 as a Division in the Department of Bacteriology, in the Faculty of Medicine and moved into the Faculty of Science in 1963 and becoming a department. Thus, the Department of Biological Sciences can trace some of its roots to three different faculties on campus. The Department of Biological Sciences and its former entities have always been heavily involved in undergraduate teaching for students in science, medicine and agriculture. In addition to undergraduate teaching, graduate student training has also been a valued tradition. The Department of Biology graduated its first MSc student in 1916 (Gwendelyne Tuttle; supervisor: F. Lewis). By the end of 1994, the five former departments have graduated a total of 1168 graduate students. This tradition continues in the Department of Biological Sciences with 261 MSc and 168 PhD theses successfully completed from January 1, 1995 to February 28, 2004. Since its formation in 1994, the Department of Biological Sciences has continued to build on the excellence inherited from the former departments.

UAA · Corporate body · 1982-

The University of Alberta Department of Biomedical Engineering was established in 1982. It is an interdisciplinary department, belonging to both the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. It also has ties to the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Calgary. The department offers MSc and PhD degrees, with a research focus in biomaterials, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and rehabilitation engineering.

Department of Botany
UAA · Corporate body · 1921-1994

The subject of botany was taught through the Department of Biology from 1912 until 1921 when its own department was established. Its facilities included a herbaria, a phytotron, and access to the Devonian Botanic Gardens. One of the Department's extensive research programs was a five-year study of the ecosystem of Devon Island, Northwest Territories, in conjunction with the International Biological Programme's Tundra Biome Project.

In 1994, the Departments of Botany, Entomology, Genetics, Microbiology and Zoology merged to form the Department of Biological Sciences.

Heads: 1912-1939 Francis John Lewis; 1939-1957 Ezra Henry Moss; 1957-1966 Harold Johnston Brodie; 1966-1969 Wilson H. Stewart.

Chairs: 1969-1971 Wilson N. Stewart; 1971-1979 Paul R. Gorham; 1976-1977 Wilson N. Stewart; 1979-1984 David D. Cass; 1984-1992 Keith E. Denford; 1992-1994 Mark R.T. Dale.

UAA · Corporate body · 1996-

The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering was formed in 1996 out a merger of the Department of Chemical Engineering and portions of the Department of Mining Engineering. The department offers education in the fields of energy and natural resources, surface and interfacial sciences, process control and systems engineering, metallurgy and mineral processing, nano- and bio-materials, and biomedical engineering and bioprocessing.

UAA · Corporate body · 1946-1996

The first course in Chemical Engineering was offered at the University of Alberta in 1926 in the Department of Chemistry. The first BSc in the subject was granted in 1928, but it wasn’t until 1946 that the Department of Chemical Engineering was founded in the Faculty of Applied Science. The department granted its first PhD in 1961, the first MSc in the subject having been granted in 1945. Between 1948-1973, the department combined with the discipline of petroleum engineering under the name of the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. In 1996, the department merged with elements of the Department of Mining Engineering to form the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering.

The Department aimed to contribute to the development of Alberta's resources and industry and maintain teaching and research worthy of international recognition by training chemical engineers on the undergraduate level for professional practice and by conducting graduate, continuing education, research, and technology transfer programs.

Professors: 1926-1945 Edward Herbert Boomer; 1946-1948 James A. Taylor; 1948-1959 George Wheeler Govier.

Heads: 1959-1969 Donald Baker Robinson.

Chairs: 1969-1970 Donald Baker Robinson; 1970- 1972 Frederick Douglas Otto (Acting); 1972-1975 Donald Grant Fisher; 1975-1984 Frederick Douglas Otto; 1985- Sieghard E. Wanke.

Department of Chemistry
UAA · Corporate body · 1909-

The Department of Chemistry began when the University of Alberta was founded, led by Dr. A. L. F. Lehman. The Department of Chemistry has evolved since the 1950s from principally a teaching role into a research and teaching unit. The department offers BSc, honours, and specialized undergraduate degrees in chemistry, as well as an undergraduate degree in physical science that combines courses from chemistry and physics. On the graduate level, the department offers MSc, PhD, chemical biology, and chemical physics programs. The department has also partnered with the Technische Universität München in Germany to offer the Alberta/Technical University of Munich International Graduate School for Hybrid Functional Materials (ATUMS). In addition to undergraduate and graduate instruction, the Department has conducted research in fields including natural resources, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, and physical chemistry.

Heads: 1909-1930 August H. Lehman; 1930-1942 John W. Shipley; 1942-1957 Osman James Walker; 1957-1969 Harry E. Gunning.

Chairs: 1969-1974 Harry E. Gunning; 1974-1979 Walter Edgar Harris; 1979-1985 Robert J. Crawford; 1985-1990 Robert Beatty Jordan; 1990-1995 Byron George Kratochvil; 1995-1996 Robert Beatty Jordan (Acting); 1996-[199-?] Byron George Kratochvil.

UAA · Corporate body · 1909-

The University of Alberta Department of Civil and Municipal Engineering was founded in 1909 and the first class graduated in 1913. The first degree in petroleum engineering was awarded in 1950, after the discovery of oil near Leduc. In 1959, the name of the department changed to the Department of Civil Engineering. The department awarded its first PhD in 1963. A BSc in Environmental Engineering was introduced in 1995, and in 1996, when the Faculty of Engineering was reorganized, the department was renamed the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The department includes the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, which offers graduate degrees.

The department’s objectives are to establish excellence in its staff and in undergraduate teaching; to maintain a graduate program that allows for specialization in one field while enhancing research abilities and professional development; and to advance the profession through research and technology transfer (PACCR, 1987).

Professors: 1908-1918 William Muir Edwards; 1919-1920 Robert Starr Leigh Wilson.

Heads: 1920-1946 Robert Starr Leigh Wilson; 1946-1959 Robert Macdonald Hardy; 1959-[1969] Stewart Ronald Sinclair.

Chairs: [1969]-1973 Stewart Ronald Sinclair; 1973- 1976 Geoffrey L. Kulak; 1976-1979 Jack Longworth; 1979-1982 Jacobus P. Verschuren; 1982-1987 David W. Murray; 1987- James G. MacGregor.

UAA · Corporate body · [1965-1993?]

The Department of Clothing and Textiles in the Faculty of Home Economics was concerned with clothing, textiles and housing, allowing specialization in textile and apparel merchandising, history, and conservation. The department aimed the program to permit students to apply knowledge gained from the basic disciplines of Chemistry, Physics, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, and Art and Design. Students could select courses from within the Faculty and from other Faculties in order to prepare themselves for a job in clothing and home furnishings fields. This included historical textile preservation. They offered programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The Department was the Secretariat for the Apparel Studies Association of Canada Inc. from 1973 to its dissolution in 1988.

Chairs: 1980-1988 Elizabeth Crown; 1988- Nancy Kerr.

UAA · Corporate body · 1969-1994

The Department of Comparative Literature in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta was established in 1969 under the directorship of Dr. Milan Dimic. Courses in comparative literature had been offered at the U of A since 1923, however, a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature was not offered until the 1970-71 school year. This BA was designed to give students a basic knowledge of international literary studies, as well as a working knowledge of at least one other language than their native English or French. Graduate programs in Comparative Literature were also available, and before the formation of the Department of Comparative Literature, a Masters or PhD in Comparative Literature was administered by an interdepartmental committee.

In the 1990s, the department underwent a number of mergers, changing to become the Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, and then absorbing another department to become the Department of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, and Religious Studies. These three subjects were grouped together because they all shared interests in global literature and media.

UAA · Corporate body · 1994-2023

In 1994, the Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies and the Department of Religious Studies merged to form the Department of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, and Religious Studies. These disciplines merged because of their shared interests in global literature and media.

In 2003, the Department of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, and Religious Studies was broken up and absorbed into different departments. The Comparative Literature program was saved through the support and lobbying of current and past students of the department, as well as its instructors. It became a division of the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies. The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies offered five interdisciplinary programs and four fields of study in both undergraduate and graduate studies.

The Comparative Literature program underwent changes again in 2013. Following a couple years of planning, its administration was transferred to the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies in Fall 2013. This merger was seen as a benefit to students, who could access a wider variety of classes to complete their major or graduate studies. However, as of July 1, 2016, admission to graduate studies in comparative literature was suspended, followed by a suspension of admission to a major in comparative literature in September 2019. The last degree with a Comparative Literature major will be granted at Spring Convocation 2023.

UAA · Corporate body · 1964 -

The first computer services at the University were provided by the Committee on Electronic Equipment (1957) and the Computing Centre (1960-1970) before the Department of Computing Science, an academic unit, was founded in 1964. The university’s first computer was the LGP-30, which was in service from 1957-1963. The first course on computing was offered in 1958, and the first MSc degrees in computing science were awarded in 1962 before the Department of Computing Science was officially founded in 1964. In 1968, the first BSc degrees were awarded and the Phd program was approved. The Computing Centre and the Department of Computing Science became separate units in 1970.

The department had several different homes in the General Services Building, Assiniboia Hall, and the Central Academic Building before the Computing Science Centre opened in 2001. The department connected to the internet in 1990.

Significant areas of research conducted in the department have included artificial intelligence, robotics, software engineering, networks, databases, graphics, and computer chess. Chinook, a computer checkers program created in the department, won checkers championships in 1989 and 1994 and was recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records.

Directors: 1960-1964 Donald Burton Scott.

Heads: 1964-1971 Donald Burton Scott.

Chairs: 1971-1972 John Penny (Acting); 1972-1977 Arthur Wouk; 1976-1977 John Tartar (Acting); 1977- 1981 John Tartar; 1981-1982 L. Wayne Jackson (Acting); 1982-1983 Wayne A. Davis (Acting); 1983-1988 Lee J. White; 1988-1989 Robert Crawford (Acting); 1989-1994 Paul Sorenson; 1994-1995 Tamur Özsu (Acting); 1995-1998 Paul Sorenson; 1998-2003 Randy Goebel; 2003 Paul Sorenson (Acting); 2004 Renée Elio (Acting); 2004 Randy Goebel; 2005-2008 Jonathan Schaeffer; 2008-2013 Mike MacGregor; 2013-[20--] H. James Hoover; [20--]- Joerg Sander.

UAA · Corporate body · [19--]-1988

The Offices of Administrative Services and Computing Services merged to form University Computing Systems in 1988.

Department of Drama
UAA · Corporate body · 1945-

The Department of Drama began as the Drama Division of the Department of Fine Arts in 1945. The Department of Fine Arts split into its present three Departments of Music, Drama, and Art and Design in 1965.

UAA · Corporate body · 1981-

The subject of east asian studies began being taught at the University of Alberta in 1961 through the Department of History and Classics. The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures was founded in 1981 and renamed the Department of East Asian Studies in 1994. The department offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chinese, Korean and Japanese language and literature.

Department of Economics
UAA · Corporate body · 1915-

The Department of History and Political Economy was established in 1915/16, offering one course in economics and a moderate variety in history. In 1920/21 the Department split and the new Department of Political Economy emerged, offering fourteen courses. Political Economy split into the Departments of Economics and Political Science in 1964. The Department has three main academic tasks: to cultivate economics as a branch of civilized knowledge; to provide economics courses as part of the training in various professional programs; and to train economists as professionals in their own right through its graduate and honours programs. (PACCR, 1981).

Professors: 1920-1929 Duncan A. MacGibbon; 1929-1946 George Alexander Elliott; 1946-1950 Andrew Stewart; 1950-1957 Henry B. Mayo.

Heads: 1957-1964 Eric J. Hanson; 1964-1969 Walter D. Gainer.

Chairs: 1969-1972 Thomas L. Powrie; 1972-1977 Bruce W. Wilkinson; 1977- 1987 Brian L. Scarfe; 1987- Melville L. McMillan.

UAA · Corporate body · 1956 -

The Department's goals are to provide graduate programs and contribute to the teacher education program in the Faculty of Education while conducting research and offering professional services to educators and educational institutions. Included in its mandate is assisting other countries with developing their educational administrative systems (PACCR, 1983). Heads: 1956-1967 Arthur Weir Reeves; 1967-1968 Frederick Enns (Acting); 1968-1969 Gordon L. Mowat. Chairs: 1969-1973 Gordon L. Mowat; 1973-1977 Erwin Miklos; 1977-1982 John E. Seger; 1982- 1990 Chester S. Bumbarger; [1989-1990] Walter Holmes Worth; 1990- Eugene William Ratsoy.

UAA · Corporate body · 1961 -

The Department of Educational Foundations is concerned with examining the history, function and purpose of educational institutions, spanning such disciplines as history, anthropology, sociology and philosophy and incorporating the study of comparative, community, intercultural and international education. For undergraduates, it offers coursework on the theories and methodologies regarding schools and good teaching, and for graduate students it helps develop expertise in one of the areas of study under its purview (PACCR, 1984). The Department supports the John Sandercock Library, the Centre for International Education and Development, and publication of the Canadian Journal of Native Education. Heads: 1961-1969 Bernal E. Walker. Chairs: 1969-1971 Bernal E. Walker; 1971-1975 Robert S. Patterson; 1975-1983 Peter J. Miller; 1983-[1988] Robert J. Carney; 1988- M. Kazim Bacchus.

UAA · Corporate body · 1950 -

The Department of Educational Psychology focuses its teaching and research on three areas: counselling and school psychology, special education (e.g. handicapped and gifted students), and basic educational psychology. Although it contributes to teacher training on the undergraduate level, it has increasingly directed its resources towards its graduate program. Among the sevices it has provided are the Education Clinic, Education Research Services, Test Library, and the Developmental Disabilities Centre. Heads: 1950-1966 George Murray Dunlop; 1966-1969 Bernard R. Corman. Chairs: 1969-1972 Bernard R. Corman; 1972-1978 Wilfred H.O. Schmidt; 1974-1975 Juanita Chambers (Acting); 1978-1988 Harvey Zingle; 1988- Eugene William Romaniuk.

UAA · Corporate body · 1914-

Instruction in electrical engineering was the responsibility of a division of the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Arts and Science beginning in 1914. Hector J. MacLeod was its first professor. Third-year courses in the subject were introduced in 1922, followed by fourth-year courses in 1923. The first class of electrical engineers graduated in 1924. In 1925, the Department of Electrical Engineering became its own department in the Faculty of Applied Science.

During WWII, the department offered courses in short wave and ultra-short wave radio. Electronic communications continued to grow as a subject, but plasma and laser physics emerged as a research emphasis in the 1970s along with funding for the subject. The Alberta Laser Institute, the Alberta Microelectronics Centre, and the Alberta Telecommunications Research Centre were opened in the 1980s. The department also collaborates with the Nanotechnology Research Centre.

The department attempts to provide the fundamentals of electrical engineering at the same time that it allows specialization in a variety of sub-disciplines, particularly for those students pursuing graduate work leading to an MEng, MSc or PhD degree. The department offers programs in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Nanoengineering, Computer Engineering, Nanoscale Systems Design, and Engineering Physics. Some areas of research being conducted include biomedical engineering, lasers, and communications technology (PACCR, 1985).

Heads: 1924-1936 Hector John MacLeod; 1937-1946 Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick; 1942-1943 Wilfred Ernest Cornish (Acting); [1944- 1947] John Wardlaw Porteous (Acting); 1947-1964 James Alfred Harle 1964-1969 George Brown Walker.

Chairs: 1969-1974 George Brown Walker; 1974-1987 Christopher R. James; 1987-1992 P.R. Smy; 1992-2001 Clarence Capjack; 2001-2004 Witold Pedrycz; 2004-2014 Horacio Marquez, 2014-2015 John Salmon; 2015- Ivan Fair.

UAA · Corporate body · 1950 -

This department's range of responsibilities includes the instruction of elementary school teachers, graduate program supervision, research, and publications. It also serves the University and educational community at large, participating on committees, providing workshops and presentations at conferences, and acting as a consultant for various educational organizations (PACCR, 1985). Heads: 1950-1961 William Dewar McDougall; 1961-1966 Walter Holms Worth; 1967 Neil M. Purvis (Acting); 1967-1968 Arthur Kratzmann; 1968-1969 Leonard Doyal Nelson (Acting). Chairs: 1969-1972 Myer Horowitz; 1972-1977 David Allister McKay; 1977-[1985] Patricia A. McFetridge; 1985-1990 Warren D. Wilde.Multiple media, 1950-1985,

UAA · Corporate body · 1908-

The Department of English was one of the four original departments established in 1908. Its first professor, Edmund Kemper Broadus, was faced with the task of setting the standard and program for entering students. From the start, the Department had the important service function of training students of every faculty to write, and of giving them an acquaintance with literature. The Department offers a broad range of courses in English language, literature, and film and associated media. The department offers specialization in the areas of Canadian literature (especially prairie fiction), and creative writing. The English honours program is the largest in the Faculty of Arts. In 2004, it was renamed the Department of English and Film Studies.

Heads: 1908-1936 Edmund Kemper Broadus; 1936-1950 Robert Kay Gordon; 1950-1953 Frederick Millet Salter; 1953-1961 John Thomas Jones; 1961-1967 Henry Kreisel.

Chairs: 1968-1971 R. George Baldwin; 1971-1976 Edward Rose; 1976-1981 Roland Anderson; 1981-1986 David Jackel; 1986-1989 Linda Woodbridge; 1989-1992 Maurice Roger Legris.

Department of Entomology
UAA · Corporate body · 1922-1994

The Department of Entomology was formed in 1922 in the Faculty of Agriculture. The department remained in the Faculty of Agriculture until its merger with the Departments of Botany, Genetics, Microbiology and Zoology into the Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science.

"In addition to teaching the application of scientific principles to the solution of agriculture and forestry problems, and through research, the acquiring of new knowledge ... the Department covers the major fields of entomology [and is] especially mindful of the importance of a strong program of graduate study" (PACCR, 1987). Among the aspects of insect biology studied are morphology, development, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, insect/plant relationships and population biology.

Heads: 1922-1954 Edgar Harold Strickland; 1954-1969 Brian Hocking.

Chairs: 1969-1974 Brian Hocking; 1974-1984 George Eugene Ball; 1984-1989 Beverley K. Mitchell; 1989-1994 Ronald H. Gooding.