The UArctic Assembly 2026 convenes in Tórshavn
Around 150 participants joined the UArctic Assembly 2026 in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands, on 29 May 2026. The Assembly meeting was held as part of the UArctic...
Fri, May 29, 2026
As Canada’s leading open university, Athabasca University's (AU) academic mission is to remove barriers to post-secondary education for learners, regardless of their age, location, career, or educational background. AU is a public, board-governed, open, and online university serving more than 35,000 students across Alberta, Canada, and around the world.
With faculties spanning health, science, humanities, and business—AU provides more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs in ways that are uniquely accessible and responsive to today’s demands of life and work.
AU is an agile and inclusive workplace in which all team members can grow, make their highest contribution, and each make a difference to our academic vision and mission. AU is strongly committed to access, opportunity and community, and with Indigenous Peoples and communities, and conciliation.
Drawing from five decades of growth in distance and online education, we aim to reinforce our position as Canada’s foremost innovator in open learning. Athabasca University serves as the Knowledge Hub of the North in the province of Alberta, by delivering world‑class open and online education from its home campus in the beautiful region of Athabasca, transforming learners and their communities. AU's Nukskahtowin centre further reinforces this role by acting as a northern meeting place for ideas, Indigenous knowledge, and community connection, fostering learning that reaches people regardless of location.
Fri, May 29, 2026
Athabasca University’s research institutes focus scholarly research in a specific thematic area (research cluster). They link networks of Athabasca University researchers to provincial, national, and international researchers who are investigating similar topics.
- The Athabasca River Basin Research Institute is a leading example of an established and transdisciplinary research institute that is rooted and reaching across the provincial north.
- The Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory conducts optical and magnetic studies of the aurora borealis and has enabled AU to forge research collaborations across Canada and the world.
FACULTIES
Faculty of Business (Centres for: Accounting and Taxation, Finance and Economics, Organizational Studies and Marketing, Innovative Management);
Faculty of Health Disciplines (Centres for Nursing and Health Studies, Graduate Applied Psychology);
Faculty of Humanities and Social Science (Centres for Language and Literature, Psychology, State and Legal Studies, Work and Community Studies, Global and Social Analysis, World Indigenous Knowledge and Research; Integrated Studies);
Faculty of Science and Technology (Centre for Science, School of Computing and Information Systems); Centre of Distance Education