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The University of Calgary’s Graduating Master of Fine Arts class of 2026 includes three outstanding artists, Cerys Davies, Damilare Idowu, and Louie Villanueva-Eyre. Through drawing, painting, photography, installation and mixed media the artists showcase their research-led creation. Organized by the Department of Art and Art History, hosted by Nickle Galleries.

Held. Together. is a group exhibition featuring Glenna Cardinal, seth cardinal dodginghorse, Dwayne Martineau, and Amanda McCavour with contributions from Holly Anghel in the Window Gallery.

Cy Frank Legacy Lectureship

Reception and in-conversation celebrating the launch of Amanda Leduc’s 2026-27 residency.

​The UCalgary Health and Life Sciences Industry Collaboration Initiative brings together startups, SMEs and MNEs, researchers, foundations, agnostic sectors for a day of collaboration and exploring new possibilities. The event will also highlight UCalgary spin-off companies, research services, and licensable technologies.

Join the XPRIZE Canada Hub for a panel session on Bold Ideas, Breakthrough Impact: Why Radical Innovation is Needed to Transform Health and Life Sciences as we bring together leaders from the worlds of challenge-based innovation, digital health, healthy aging research, and entrepreneurship to explore how transformative ideas become real-world...

Join curator Jenelle M. Pasiechnik for an indepth tour of Nickle Gallerie’s latest exhibition, Held. Together.

CrossCraft is the result of a research-creation project that explores different textile techniques as systems of repetition, structure and pattern-making inspiring new, contemporary designs. The exhibition foregrounds making as a way to investigate, ask and answer questions. This is a collaborative project involving researchers and makers from four academic institutions...

Become a self-care superstar with workshops and sessions offering practical and evidence-based approaches for managing, and living with autoimmune arthritis.

You are invited to join the Indigenous, Local and Global Health Office for the 2025 Clarence Guenter Global Health Lecture on Wednesday, September 23 from 4 – 5:15pm, Mountain Time.

Join us for a day of discovery, connection and learning as we bring Owerko Centre research to life for children, youth, families and community members. Through hands-on activities and conversations with researchers, Community Connections offers a unique opportunity to explore the research shaping children’s development and wellbeing.

Terhpi Thâkthâja is a documentary examining the Stoney Nakoda Nation’s relationship with the Whyte Museum in Banff. Through conversations with museum staff, Stoney Nakoda knowledge keepers, and members of the Nakoda AV Club, the film explores possible paths ahead—and takes tentative steps toward a new journey. Following the film members...

As apart of the African Studies Speaker Series, presented in partnership with Ethnik Festivals Association, this evening explores how storytelling preserves heritage, shapes identity, and inspires future generations. Joining us as special guest is Hon. Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, whose career across law...

Don’t have a tech venture idea or looking to join a team for Launchpad? Connect with peers and join a team through our Team Formation sessions on September 24. Whether you bring technical skills, creativity, a problem solving mindset, a business background, or just curiosity and drive, there’s a place...

Alexander Carpenter, author and editor of the upcoming Routledge book on Arnold Schoenberg’s Fünf Klavierstücke Op. 23, will speak about the aesthetic context of Schoenberg and the time of this composition. University of Alberta colleagues pianist Roger Admiral and violinist Guillaume Tardif will perform music of Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and...

In this talk, Dr. Ryan Nefdt argues that information is a better carrier of possibly real patterns than structure , and in this domain formal linguistics and LLMs are hard to reconcile without an additional bridge between information theory and linguistic structure. He suggests a few promising avenues for its...

Join Dr. Jasmine Hwang, assistant professor at the Faculty of Nursing, for a free public art exhibition to expand our understanding of dementia.

Join Dr. Jasmine Hwang, assistant professor at the Faculty of Nursing, for a free public art exhibition to expand our understanding of dementia.

We’re turning 39 — and what better way to celebrate than with a skate on The Fastest Ice in the World™ ? Join us at the Olympic Oval, lace up your skates and help us celebrate 39 years of incredible ice, unforgettable moments and Calgary history.

Join Dr. Jasmine Hwang, assistant professor at the Faculty of Nursing, for a free public art exhibition to expand our understanding of dementia.

In this paper, Cillian O’Hogan introduces Hrotsvit’s fascinating poetry, and situates her in the context of female intellectual culture in the Ottonian age, which reveals much greater engagement with the classical past on the part of women readers and writers than might be assumed. ​

Join Dr. Jasmine Hwang, assistant professor at the Faculty of Nursing, for a free public art exhibition to expand our understanding of dementia.

Join Kaia MacLeod for an intimate tour of Library and Cultural Resources collection of Treaty 7 art works.

Join us for a screening of “WaaPaKe (Tomorrow),” a documentary from Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin. In her efforts to help the children of residential school survivors contended with unspoken trauma, Koostachin steps in front of the camera and participates in the circle of truth. Special remarks by UCalgary’s Office of...

Hosted by Dr. Michael Hart, vice-provost (Indigenous Engagement), this keynote address includes a conversation with UCalgary President Dr. Ed McCauley. Piikani Elder Reg Crowshoe, Hon. LLD’01, will open and close the event in a good way. Dr. Wilton Littlechild is a Cree Chief, residential school survivor, and lawyer. Littlechild has...

Mother and son artists, Glenna Cardinal (Saddle Lake Cree Nation member/Tsuut’ina Nation) and seth cardinal dodginghorse (Tsuut’ina, Amskapi Pikanii, and Saddle Lake Cree) discuss their multidisciplinary practices, featured as part of the Nickle Galleries exhibition Held. Together. ( on view September 18 - December 12, 2026).

Join curator and textile scholar, Michele Hardy for an interactive look at textiles and textile structures using samples drawn from Nickle Galleries’ rich collection.