Dr. Sheila Gruner, Associate Professor of Community Economic and Social Development at Algoma University (AU) and Director of the Institute of Peoples, Territories, and Pedagogies for Peace (IPTP), recently returned from Colombia where she continues to move forward global collaborations in decolonizing education.
Federal investment of $541,000 strengthens Algoma’s role in Canada’s research landscape
(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – August 28, 2025): Algoma University is celebrating a major research milestone, with three faculty members awarded prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants,
The Local World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Committee has announced the re-launch of the Student Refugee Program (SRP) at Algoma University.
Starting in Fall 2025, Algoma University will welcome two new SRP students to the Sault Ste.
Meet Kernesha Baird, an Algoma University Alumni whose journey from Trinidad to Canada has been one of ambition, service, and strength. A proud graduate of the Bachelor of Business Administration program with a specialization in Accounting and Human Resources in 2015,
A new study led by Algoma University faculty member Dr. Arshad Rafiq and his team of student researchers explores the hidden complexity of human genetics, offering new insight into how the body builds proteins and why the way genetic “instructions” are written matters more than formerly believed.
The Arthur A. Wishart Library at Algoma University was recently transformed into a living library unlike any other. In an atmosphere filled with courage, compassion, and hope, students, staff, faculty, Elders, and Residential School Survivors gathered for a profoundly emotional Human Library: Unjudge Someone,
Algoma University’s Faculty of Computer Science and Technology proudly hosted the 32nd Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS) International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2025) on the Brampton Campus.
Algoma University and Enabled Talent have partnered to develop AI-powered tools that improve workplace accessibility for people with vision impairments. The two-year collaboration was launched this summer with an MOU signing at Algoma’s Brampton campus.
At the heart of this project is Eynable,
Study Shows Young Children Remember Best When They See It Themselves and Expect Disagreement
A new study led by Dr. Carolyn Baer, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Algoma University, offers new insight into how young children remember the sources of information they’ve learned.
Minister Meets with Interim President Dr. Sheila Embleton and Tours Cutting-Edge Research Labs
Algoma University welcomed the Honourable Nolan Quinn, Ontario’s Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, to its Sault Ste. Marie campus this week to meet with the newly appointed Interim President and Vice-Chancellor,