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CIH News and Announcements

Calgary Atlas Project Artist Receives Prestigious Gershon Iskowitz Prize

Rita McKeough awarded $75,000 and solo exhibition at Art Gallery of Alberta

CIH Team Presents Mythologies of Outer Space at Jasper Dark Sky Festival

Festival event features film screening, readings, and discussion

Rita McKeough receives Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award

Acclaimed artist created the artwork for Calgary Atlas Project’s The Animals Guide to Calgary

CIH Resident Fellowship Competition - Call for Applications

Apply now for the 2026-27 academic year

Dr. Frank Stahnisch elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Former CIH Fellow recognized for distinguished contributions to history of medicine

LGBTQ2S+ Learning and Sharing at UCalgary. You make it happen.

Lively and accessible academic perspectives are essential in helping us to understand how far our communities have come, and how far we still need to go. The annual LGBTQ2S+ Lecture continues to play this important role by welcoming internationally renowned LGBTQ2S+ scholars, artists and activists to our city. 

Lecture theatre during inaugural LGBTQ2S+ lecture series

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 Highlander Lecture: Defending Canada’s interests from global trade to Arctic sovereignty

Highlander Lecture: Defending Canada’s interests from global trade to Arctic sovereignty

Join the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies for a talk by Dr. Martha Hall Findlay on Canada’s role in global trade, defence and Arctic sovereignty. 

Date: November 20, 2025

Location: The Military Museums

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