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Birth experiences often fail to meet mothers' expectations

trevor.kenney — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:18:22 +0000

What expectant mothers envision for their birth experiences often isn't what they realize, according to a ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge study.

The result is a drastic rise in Caesarean section rates that has alternative health-care providers, feminist advocates for women's health and mainstream medical providers all expressing serious concerns about the medicalization of childbirth.

In a paper titled "Best Laid Plans? Women's Choices, Expectations and Experiences in Childbirth," ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge sociology researcher Dr. Claudia Malacrida and co-author, doctoral candidate Tiffany Boulton of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Leeds, UK, found that, contrary to the belief that modern birthing experiences are consumer driven because women have the capacity to plan for, make decisions about and choose a particular type of birth experience, a woman's capacity to 'drive the machine' of birth is severely limited.

"In women's prenatal education, in their conversations with their friends and in the books and online media pregnant women read, there is a consistent sense that, if women simply prepare and inform themselves appropriately, they will be in a position to make the right choices when giving birth," says Malacrida.

"We may think that natural birth advocates have little in common with medical practitioners when it comes to discussing women's birth choices. However, each perspective assumes women can and will make appropriate birth choices. Our study found that in practice, such choice is often illusory."

Dr. Claudia Malacrida finds that as much as women prepare and educate themselves before the birth process, they still lack control of the experience once it begins.

Malacrida and Boulton interviewed 22 recent mothers as part of a larger project examining the culture of birthing in southern Alberta.

Every woman they interviewed was well informed about the birthing process, had attended prenatal classes, sought out information online and read popular books or magazines about what to expect in the birthing room.

From these interviews, it was clear that all the mothers expected to make birthing choices based on the knowledge they had acquired.

"In our interviews, virtually all of the mothers described hoping to achieve 'as natural a birth as possible', which for most meant a vaginal birth with no intervention," says Malacrida. "A lot of the medical and lay discussion seems to assume that the rise in C-section rates, for example, rests with women who are 'too posh to push'. On the contrary, much medical and popular writing positions natural birth as the ideal, responsible choice. Thus, women are given a strong message that natural is best for mom, and especially best for baby."

Many women prepared birth plans, hired doulas and attended classes on non-traditional birthing methods, all in seeking a sense of control over the birthing process and to limit medical intervention.

"Once in the hospital, however, women described a cascade of intervention that began with induction or epidurals and spiraled outward," says Malacrida.

In the end, Malacrida and Boulton contend that although the majority of women plan to have as natural a birth as possible, their lived experiences differ significantly from their birth plans.

Further, the implication that women have choices in the birth experience, rather than empowering expectant mothers as effective and active consumers, creates a situation where they are instead culpable for the increasing medicalization of childbirth.

"Because women are so pressured to work towards this idealized natural birth, when their hospital experiences do not work out as planned, they often blame themselves," says Malacrida. "Women in our study expressed distress about failing as mothers, and not living up to their expectations, or the expectations of family and friends. The magic of birth seemed to elude them. Instead, they felt like they had let themselves and their babies down."

The paper was recently published in Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine.

This story first appeared in the June 2013 edition of the Legend. For a look at the full issue in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Shakespeare's best on stage

trevor.kenney — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:04:22 +0000

Hamlet is the culmination of Shakespeare's profound genius at the height of his career as a playwright. It is synonymous with the classic conception of theatre; from its unforgettable imagery to its moving poetry and poignant plot.

Hamlet takes to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre stage Feb. 14-18 with performances at 8 p.m. nightly.

Directed by Brian Parkinson, Hamlet is a production that requires tremendous resources, research and creative consideration.

Shakespeare's Hamlet, under the direction of Brian Parkinson, plays Feb. 14-18 in the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre.

"Hamlet is the pinnacle production in a director's career; it's the kind of play on every director's bucket list. It is the ultimate directing challenge because it is comprised of so many layers," says Parkinson.

Revenge, deception, incest, love and murder are some of the themes knitted throughout Shakespeare's script. It is also the longest of Shakespeare's works, and as such, poses numerous challenges for directors and actors.

"There isn't a single production of Hamlet that has the same script," Parkinson says. "Director's change and cut components of it, making bold choices to keep audiences riveted. In preparation, I worked for many months on the version we are using – a combination of all three editions – First Quarto, Second Quarto and First Folio. I'm confident we have a script that will engage our audience."

His father murdered and his mother remarried to the uncle he suspects of the killing, Hamlet's world has been turned upside down and into uncertainty.

Struggling to understand how this world and his mother are able to move on, Hamlet, tormented with loathing and consumed with grief, plans to avenge his father's death.
MFA candidate David Barrus designed the world in which Hamlet's tragedy unfolds.

"Barrus has created a superb setting that can infer multiple places," says Parkinson. "Our interpretation is modern; from the costumes designed by Leslie Robison-Greene to the modern weaponry, but it all exists on a very neutral stage. We've transported Hamlet's origins from ancient Denmark to an interpretation of a royal family of today.

"What interests me is framing the play in a contemporary context, so that it is relevant and understandable to the audience."

Tickets are available at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Box Office, Monday through Friday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. or by calling 403-329-2616. Tickets are $15 regular, $10 for seniors and students.

TheatreXtra offers twist on classic

trevor.kenney — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:57:06 +0000

The tragic tale of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transformed as TheatreXtra raises the curtain on a new season with R & J, An Original Performance Creation.

This remarkable adaptation, brought to life by MFA candidate Sean Guist, plays Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. nightly (with a 2 p.m. matinee Oct. 1) in the David Spinks Theatre.

Featuring original songs and dances, R & J is an engaging exploration of theatricality.

"Our creation is a deconstruction of Shakespeare's timeless romantic tragedy. I was inspired by Gounod's opera and Baz Luhrman's film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, and decided to create and direct my own version for TheatreXtra," says Guist. "While the majority of the text is Shakespeare's, some also comes from Luhrman's film, and some is mine and the cast's creation."

R & J runs in the David Spinks Theatre from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.

Three diverse couples present unique versions of the story: a modern-day Romeo and Juliet who communicate only through movement; a same-sex couple in the Victorian era; and two teenagers in 17th century France.

"The story of Romeo and Juliet has been interpreted in so many ways and across different mediums," Guist says. "R & J is told through each of these very different couples across different time periods. Because this is a creation piece, we get to create how we tell this story. The involvement of the actors is integral to the development of their characters."

Entering the second year of his MFA program with a focus in directing and performance creation, Guist is no stranger to the TheatreXtra stage. He directed The Playground in 2006 as an undergraduate student.

"TheatreXtra is a great opportunity to do theatre that normally isn't produced on a main stage," he says. "It allows students to play and experiment on stage – it's exciting to be involved again."

Tickets for TheatreXtra's premiere production of the season go on sale Sept. 12 at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Box Office.

A really big fish story

trevor.kenney — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:04:30 +0000

Some people go for leisurely fishing or boating excursions on the South Saskatchewan river, but ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Master of Science candidate Christine Lacho recently spent a week on the water angling, tagging, and collecting data on Canada's largest freshwater fish, the Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens).

Her work with the massive fish species will ultimately help inform the population's recovery strategy and listing decision under the Species at Risk Act.

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Lacho, (photo, right) works with Dr. Joe Rasmussen (Biological Sciences) and is in her first year of her Masters program. She was joined by Eztiaan Groenewald (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development) and World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada)'s Mathieu Lebel, (photo, left) that organization's water management advisor.

Lebel submitted an extensive blog post to the WWF website, which is featured below. (Photos courtesy Mathieu Lebel/WWF Canada).

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Have you ever had one of those weeks at work you hoped would never end? I recently did. But of course it's not every week I get to join researchers on a week-long expedition angling, tagging, and collecting data on Canada's largest freshwater fish, the Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens).

In a recent blog post, (http://www.wwf.ca) Emily Giles and I briefly described why Lake Sturgeon fascinate us. So you can imagine my excitement to have the opportunity to assist a collaborative research effort lead by Alberta Sustainable Resource Development and Fisheries and Oceans Canada and in collaboration with the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge on Lake Sturgeon in the Alberta portion of the South Saskatchewan River system, that will ultimately help inform the population's recovery strategy and listing decision under the Species at Risk Act.

The research project is intensive and involves deploying and retrieving multiple (~40) data receivers throughout the river system, angling and tagging Lake Sturgeon at a number of locations, and tracking the movement of the fish with the receivers as well as by boat.

I was fortunate to get to do a little bit of almost everything during the week I spent in the field with lead researcher Christine Lacho (��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge) and Eztiaan Groenewald (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development).

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Christine and Eztiaan Groenewald download information from a data receiver

Not surprisingly, a very enjoyable part of the field work was the time I spent angling for Lake Sturgeon, which often make spectacular jumps out of the water and long runs. We caught several adults and juveniles, and I must admit the thrill of catching a Lake Sturgeon only grew as the week went by and unfortunately, had to end.

To better understand population dynamics and growth, all Lake Sturgeon that were caught were quickly measured, weighed, marked with floy and PIT (passive integrated transponder) tags, and clipped in a small area of a pectoral fin for ageing, before being released back into the river.

The main focus of this research though is to learn more about the fish's distribution, movement, seasonal habitat use, and potential critical habitat locations. To accomplish this, acoustic tags were surgically inserted into adults and a small number of juveniles.

The acoustic tags transmit a signal to data receivers, which allows researchers and government agencies to identify the locations of key Lake Sturgeon habitat, when and for how long it is being used, and the extent and timing of movement between habitats.

Another key component of the field work was to retrieve data receivers from the river bottom by locating them using a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit and 'fishing' them out using grappling hooks.

Although this may sound fairly straightforward, negotiating fast-moving and sediment-laden water can be challenging and it is also possible that river processes may have shifted a receiver's location from where it was deployed.

Once we were able to hook onto a receiver, the next part involves hauling it, and the 80-pound concrete block it is fastened to, into the boat which is, as you can guess, a great workout.

This process makes the retrieval very rewarding, most importantly because critical research data can be downloaded from the receiver and used to better understand and ultimately protect Lake Sturgeon.

Now, back at my desk, I am left with great admiration for the dedication of the researchers involved in and resources being put towards this project, and of course a much deeper appreciation for the fascinating Lake Sturgeon.

It was an incredible experience to work with these ancient fish and researchers and something I will always remember. Field work is still underway so it will be some time before results are available.

In the meantime, stay tuned on further efforts to recover and conserve Lake Sturgeon and the river habitats that are vital to their survival.

Learn more about WWF Canada at this website: http://wwf.ca/

Richard III provides a worthy challenge

trevor.kenney — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:48:05 +0000

One of literature's most notorious villains, Richard III, charges onto the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre stage in an epic tale of treachery, deceit, seduction and murder. Playing Mar. 22-26 at 8 p.m. nightly, Shakespeare's classic takes a new form under the direction of Douglas MacArthur.

The play follows a disfigured Richard III as he plots to ascend the English throne and claim the crown from his brother, King Edward IV. Through betrayal and murder, Richard III's short-lived victory results in his tragic downfall.

MFA candidate David Barrus designed the set and lighting as part of his final project.

"Richard III is the telling of a story that suited the Tudors and royalty of Shakespeare's time," says MacArthur. "This man was born with a physical deformity that symbolizes the evil streak in his nature."

"Richard III is an expert performer, who draws in the audience as he does his adversaries," adds MacArthur. "He is on his way to becoming a deceitful dictator, and the other characters are undeniably intertwined with his actions. He's able to be what he needs to be to get what he wants, and sets the stage for his treachery."

Considered one of Shakespeare's most important works, MacArthur endeavors to make the script accessible and entertaining for audiences.

"Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earlier plays and except for Hamlet, is the longest of his works. In addition to adapting the script to suit our purposes, we've also created a completely unique world for Richard III, through an amalgamation of gothic and contemporary elements," says MacArthur.

MFA candidate, David Barrus, designed the set and lighting for the production. Barrus created the world for Richard III's tumultuous rise to victory and tragic fall as part of his final MFA project.

"The set represents the main character as architecture," he explains. "It symbolizes Richard's grip on his environment and the starkness of his character."

The contemporary costumes, designed by Leslie Robison-Greene, and electronic sound effects, designed by fourth-year drama tech/design major Josh Hellawell, complete the surreal atmosphere of this one-of-a-kind production.

Tickets to this timeless tragedy are available at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Box Office, open weekdays from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. or by calling 403-329-2616. Tickets are $15 regular and $10 senior/student.

For a look at the March issue of the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

The next generation

trevor.kenney — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:58:15 +0000

The human brain is a remarkable organ. From the day we're born until the day we die, our brains evolve as we experience the world and expand our knowledge.

But the brain is also vulnerable to dementia-related diseases like Alzheimer's disease, which kills the brain's cerebral cortex cells and erodes short-term memory.

Dr. Robert Sutherland is an Alberta Heritage Medical scientist; the director of the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience; and a professor of neuroscience at the U of L.

This summer, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) neuroscientist Dr. Robert Sutherland made international headlines when he and his research team became the first in the world to regenerate cerebral cortex brain cells in adult rats.

The research focused on a part of the brain called the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped region of the brain responsible for short- and long-term memory storage and retrieval. This is an area that is especially sensitive to illnesses or injuries that can create memory loss, explains Sutherland. It's also a part of the brain that throughout adult life spontaneously creates new cells that are able to easily find their correct position in the brain's circuitry.

The team began by killing off about half of these cells by depriving them of corticosterone, an important hormone the cells need to function, causing the rats to develop memory issues very similar to humans suffering with dementia. Through a combination of a specific protein therapy, an enriched living environment and exercise, the researchers were able to re-grow the lost brain cells and prove that the rats had regained their memory function.

Regenerating brain cells is a problem neuroscientists have been struggling with for many years, with limited success. The challenge stems from the nature of the brain itself. "If you open up a laptop and take a look at the circuit board, every portion you look at has a sophisticated set of connections with other pieces," says Sutherland. "The brain is even more complicated."

Sutherland and his team at the U of L's CCBN – including undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral trainee Jen Lai and doctoral candidates Simon Spanswick and Fraser Sparks – began working on the problem about five years ago.

Sutherland's history at the U of L goes back to 1980, when he completed post-doctoral training in neuropsychology and became a psychology faculty member until 1991. After a decade teaching and researching at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of New Mexico, he returned to the U of L to help launch the CCBN, Canada's first department of neuroscience, in 2001.

Sutherland says the facility offers excellent infrastructure (including high-tech lab space and funding), and a critical mass of expertise. "It's a highly collaborative place. I've worked and published with virtually every faculty member," he says.

The CCBN is also an important training ground for up-and-coming neuroscientists, like doctoral candidate Fraser Sparks, who helped with the brain cell regeneration project. Sparks says Sutherland's lab has a unique research environment, encouraging students to assist on each other's research programs and allowing them the chance to explore anything they find intriguing. "One thing we're not afraid to do in the Sutherland lab is criticize theories – including our own," says Sparks.

While Sutherland's regeneration technique is a major discovery, it is only the beginning. The next step will be to translate the research into therapies that work for patients. Sutherland and his team have received a second five-year grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to continue the project.

"Part of what we're doing is refining the treatments to get closer to an actual effective clinical therapy, and in an absolutely convincing manner, show that these cells are functioning the way they should," says Sutherland.

For patients with dementia diseases, a clinical therapy is desperately needed. Sutherland points out that at the current rate of growth, in 30 years, someone will develop dementia every two minutes.

"The total cost of dementia could reach $153 billion per year by 2038, up from the current cost of $15 billion per year. Without fundamental scientific advances such as ours, it is certain that the burdens will grow dramatically," says Sutherland. "It is urgent that we find ways of preventing, reversing and repairing injured brains. Our findings are a significant advance in that direction."

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2010 issue of SAM. For a look at the full issue of SAM in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Grad students honoured

trevor.kenney — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:00:59 +0000

When the School of Graduate Studies and the Office of Research Services handed out their Research Excellence awards recently, there were no trophies, only cold hard cash to the tune of more than $700,000, which was shared by 36 student recipients of graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies awards.

The investment in research funding directed toward candidates in masters and doctoral programs is critical to help grow the U of L's research programs and its place as a comprehensive research university.

"These creative and highly intelligent people are the researchers of tomorrow. They are already working on world-class projects right here in Lethbridge, and this competitive funding shows that our graduate-level candidates are very successful in obtaining scarce research dollars at a national level," says Dr. Robert Wood, the Interim Head of the School of Graduate Studies.

The research funding was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Alberta-based agencies Alberta Ingenuity Fund, Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, the Alberta Cancer Foundation, and the Alberta government-funded Ralph Steinhauer Awards of Distinction.

There were also several new awards, including an Alberta Award for the Study of Human Rights and Multiculturalism won by Health Sciences master's candidate Ruksana Rashid. As well, more than $50,000 was received from three separate funds by chemistry and biochemistry candidate Cassandra Churchill.

A complete listing of all recipients can be found on the School of Graduate Studies website: www.uleth.ca/sgs

Grad students honoured

trevor.kenney — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:09:52 +0000

A complete listing of all recipients can be found on the School of Graduate Studies website: www.uleth.ca/sgs

U of L psychologists examine sexual orientation through Samoan study

trevor.kenney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:34:35 +0000

Male homosexuality doesn't make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view, prompting a pair of evolutionary psychologists from the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge to venture to the Pacific island of Samoa to try and discover why.

Associate professor Dr. Paul Vasey (Psychology/Behaviour and Evolution Research Group) and PhD candidate Doug VanderLaan of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge chose Samoa because males who prefer men as sexual partners are widely recognized and accepted there as a distinct gender category – called fa'afafine, neither man nor woman.

It appears that the trait of homosexuality is heritable, but because homosexual men are much less likely to produce offspring than heterosexual men, shouldn't the genes for this trait have been extinguished long ago?

What value could this sexual orientation have, that it has persisted for eons even without any discernible reproductive advantage?

One possible explanation is what evolutionary psychologists call the "kin selection hypothesis."

What that means is that homosexuality may convey an indirect benefit by enhancing the survival prospects of close relatives. Specifically, the theory holds that homosexual men might enhance their own genetic prospects by being helpers in the nest.

By acting altruistically toward nieces and nephews, homosexual men would perpetuate the family genes, including some of their own.

The fa'afafine of Samoa tend to be effeminate, and exclusively attracted to adult men as sexual partners. This clear demarcation makes it easier to identify a sample for study.

Past research has shown that the fa'afafine are much more altruistically inclined toward their nieces and nephews than either Samoan women or heterosexual men.

They babysit a lot, tutor the kids in art and music, and help out financially – paying for medical care, education and so forth.

In a new study, Vasey and VanderLaan set out to unravel the psychology of the fa'afafine, to see if their altruism is targeted specifically at kin rather than kids in general.

The findings, reported on-line this week in the journal Psychological Science, lend strong support to the kin selection idea.

Compared to Samoan women and heterosexual men, the fa'afafine showed a much weaker link between their avuncular, or uncle-like behavior, and their altruism toward kids generally.

This cognitive dissociation, the scientists argue, allows the fa'afafine to allocate their resources more efficiently and precisely to their kin – and thus enhance their own evolutionary prospects.

For more information about this study, contact Paul Vasey at paul.vasey@uleth.ca, or follow this Notice Board link for a deeper examination of the issue. As well, check out the programs offered by the U of L's Department of Psychology.

Water centre offers high-tech toolbox for scholars

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:58:41 +0000

As the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge continues to gain momentum as a leader in water research, it is achieving a critical mass of outstanding scholars.

Dr. Sarah Boon, who came to the U of L a year-and-a-half ago, is one of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ's newest researchers. She's also part of a diverse group of scholars conducting research at the new Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building (AWESB). Focusing on mountain hydrology, Boon studies snow melt and glacial melt and how they contribute to runoff in mountain systems.

"Right now, my specific research is looking at forest disturbance, like pine beetle or wildfires, and how that changes snow processes in alpine watersheds," says Boon. She's also exploring how these changes affect the timing and magnitude of runoff from the watersheds into downstream systems.

Boon says the new AWESB offers researchers greater opportunities to collaborate.

"I think that's what's going to bring us forward as a place of international excellence, where there's a lot of good research taking place."

The AWESB offers a toolbox to help researchers continue to excel in the field of water research, says Vice-President (Research) Dr. Dennis Fitzpatrick.

"In many ways, it's more than just a building. It's a repository of people and tools that are going to produce profound research," he says.

The $27-million centre is a partnership between the U of L and seven provincial and federal research partners, including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Health Canada and Alberta Environment.

The 5,500 sq. m. facility opened on Nov. 13, 2008, and it will initially house 20 researchers and up to 150 supporting technicians, graduate students and doctoral candidates from the departments of biological sciences, geography and physics and astronomy. Research at the centre revolves around these key areas: social policy (including how the government is legislating water use); ecology (the relationship of water to flora and fauna); toxicology (the effects of chemical pollutants to the health of water supplies); environmental impacts (including how agriculture and industry impact water); and water-climate interactions (for instance, how rising global temperatures affect water systems).

The AWESB contains many state-of-the-art technologies, offering researchers the chance to expand the breadth and depth of their work.

"The tools you have access to affect the questions you can answer," Fitzpatrick explains, adding that it's rare for a university to possess so many new technologies at once.
"You can usually be up-to-date in one thing – but we're up-to-date on a whole host of tools that will help us answer more questions."

Other significant acquisitions include earth-imaging tools (for geomatics research) and instruments for stable isotope analysis as well as environmental monitoring (a significant acquisition for researchers like Dr. Christopher Hugenholtz and Dr. Mathew Letts).

The basement of the building is home to the Aquatic Research Facility, housing specialized tanks for fish and aquatic organisms, in which environmental conditions can be manipulated. Researchers like Dr. Alice Hontela, who studies water toxicology, use the facility to study responses to environmental stressors like chemical pollutants or rising temperatures.

The facility isn't just a benefit to established scientists. The AWESB will also incubate developing talent, like PhD candidate Lana Miller, who is studying the health of Alberta's lakes and rivers. She is one of more than 100 graduate students who will benefit from both the new infrastructure and the outstanding researchers that the centre is attracting.

"Researchers want to go to places where there's research actually going on," Fitzpatrick says.

For many researchers – including Boon, who's fieldwork often takes her to the Crowsnest Pass – the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ is uniquely situated within the 'living laboratory' that is southern Alberta.

"These things all come together and make the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge a very attractive place to do research," Fitzpatrick says.

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