Culture and Society
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We're all in this together
How we work, how we take care of each other, how we create, how we grow up and age – even how we co-exist. As the modern world gets more and more crowded, we need every way we can find to make life easier.
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How much will legal pot cost?
Cannabis legalization and how it will affect our governments, our laws, and our way of life
UCalgary researchers explore the social side of cannabis legislation, including policy, legislation, and on-campus life.
Is driving high as bad as driving drunk?
Legalization and what it means for traffic safety
UCalgary researchers study how legalized cannabis could affect our roads and highways, including driving habits with cannabis, impaired driving laws, and a roadside sensor to detect cannabis.
Mental health
Finding strengths within
Our researchers are taking strengths-based, empowering approaches to postpartum depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Interprovincial trade barriers
Canadians face $100-billion question
Grocery deals. Discounts. Bargain car repairs. Every day, Canadians are looking for ways to deal with a tough economy. Yet they aren’t seeing the cost that takes big bites daily out of the economy.
Family care
Coping with cancer in children
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, all efforts are directed at caring for the child. But research shows that caring for their families and those around them can be just as important.
Healthy aging
Six ways to age well
Call it the gray wave: according to Statistics Canada, five million Canadians are currently 65 years of age or older, and that number is expected to double in the next 25 years. Our scholars look at ways the growing population of seniors can stay healthy, active and in their own homes.
Staying safe
Information is power
From workplace bullying to Internet security to domestic violence, research is leading the way when it comes to tackling common issues of personal security.
Business
What makes us tick at work?
Many of us devote a huge chunk of our lives to work. Justin Weinhardt devotes a huge chunk of his life to studying what makes us work at work – including motivation, decision-making, confidence and corporate training.
What's the real cost of cheap food?
Nutrition, children, and the factors that shape our eating habits.
Learning in the real world
Our students
Our students become valuable contributors to their communities long before they leave university.
Not quite child's play
Parenting
Early childhood experiences shape children and their lives – and parenting plays a critical role. A look at child development and what parents can do to set their children on a more successful path.
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Aging well: Are you prepared?
ASD: early detection, resilience and growing into adulthood
Ready or not: The legal landscape for cannabis
Cannabis legalization and youth
How postpartum depression affects babies
The $100-billion question: Canada's internal trade barriers
How childhood cancer affects children and families
Staying safe in cyberspace
How much confidence is good for you?
Internet and the law: Protecting yourself against online abuse
Cannabis legalization: A policy primer
Advice on childhood cancer – from families who've been there
Communicating with children at all stages
What does legalized cannabis mean for Canadians?
Tour the Senior Suite of the Future
Exercise and learning: sparking positive connections for children with ADHD
Dealing with workplace aggression
Parenting: Getting it right
Cannabis facts and FAQs: A guide to legalization
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