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Weigl Educational Publishers Limited is a publishing house in Canada, one of the country's largest. [1]Linda A. Weigl founded the company in 1979 as a textbook publisher. First based in Saskatchewan, the company moved to Alberta in 1984, and now has its headquarters in Calgary with a warehouse in Ontario.
In 1983, Sullivan started as a junior biologist with the Government of Alberta. [1] He currently serves as the provincial fish science specialist for Alberta Environment and Parks. [6] His main area of expertise is in fisheries management, [2] but he has also contributed to caribou studies and management [4] in Alberta and
The University of Alberta was founded in 1908, but a free-standing library branch, Rutherford Library, did not open until 1951. [3] The university's founder, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, and its first president, Henry Marshall Tory, worked with faculty members and the first librarian, Eugenie Archibald, to select the first purchases to start the University Library in 1908. [4]
George started his career as an elementary school teacher in Cyprus before pursuing his graduate studies at the University of Alberta. As of 2008 he works as a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta. He is also the Director of the J.P. Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities.
UAlberta Press has been named Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards four times (2005, 2011, 2015, and 2020). [56] UAlberta Press wins many awards for book design and cover design, largely the work of in-house designer Alan Brownoff. Book Publishers Association of Alberta [57] Association of Canadian Publishers
The School Act is a provincial statue governing primary education and secondary education within Alberta. [8] The Act authorizes the creation of and regulates public, separate, and Francophone school authorities and that Alberta Education will oversee the school authorities.
The University of Alberta "Rare Book Room" was founded in 1964, when room became available in the new Cameron Science & Technology Library. [3] Before the establishment of the rare book room, the Library had most of its collections stored on open stacks, and in 1964 the decision was made to segregate the oldest and most expensive books into a protected area. [4]
Fifth House is a Canadian book publishing company, located in Leaside, Ontario, and a subsidiary of Fitzhenry & Whiteside. It publishes trade titles in history, native studies, photography, science & nature, and social science. [11] Fifth House has won Alberta Publisher of the Year two years running in 2007 and 2008. [12]