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Catching up with Wendy Peart BFA’91, BA’93 at the Dunlop Art Gallery

What role do you think art plays in literacy? Libraries traditionally are about books and reading literacy. Now, it supports literacy across many different platforms and modes of learning. It’s not just about accessing text-based information but also music, art, financial advice, social cohesion, and more. It creates opportunities for connection—that speaks to the function […]

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Hudak’s Pursuit of Paralympic Precision

For Brittany Hudak BSW’19, the road to the Paralympic podium didn’t begin on a groomed ski trail. It began in an aisle of a Canadian Tire in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where a chance encounter with Paralympian Colette Bourgonje, a U of R honorary degree recipient, changed everything. Hudak had just finished high school and was working part time at the store, when the 10-time Paralympian and Para nordic skier approached […]