Rural life provides unique skills to cope with pandemic
Rural Albertans are no strangers to hardship. Farmers continually deal with the challenges of weather. For those in oil, gas, and mining...
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Save the date!
Taking place from October 6-8, 2020, the theme for this year’s event will be “Put on your Perspectacles: Looking through the rural...
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“Une grande aventure” in the Lac La Biche region for post-secondary bilingual students
Plamondon was the perfect stop for 19 bilingual nursing and physiotherapy students looking for a rural francophone health-care experience. Located 200 kilometers northeast of Edmonton, this community of about 350 people just west of Lac...
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Supporting the Low German Mennonite (LGM) population in Southern Alberta
“Cooking is all about connection” – Michael Pollan In order to learn more about the Low German Mennonite (LGM) population, also known...
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‘It really helps you to pick a career’ – Manning’s high school health career exploration day
On February 27, 2020, the Manning Area Attraction and Retention Committee in collaboration with the Rural Health Professions Action Plan hosted a...
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Drayton Valley students and community grow with tuition plan
For many students, savings and loans are used to fund a post-secondary education. In Drayton Valley, the town is helping to ease...
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Bilingual students go rural for health-care experience in Lac La Biche
U of Alberta students learn what it’s like to be a health provider in a rural northern Alberta community Health providers from...
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“3-C” communities aim to keep health care close to home
March 4 event in Castor to encourage area high school students to become local health providers High school students from east-central Alberta...
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Investing in pathways to health-care careers
When it comes to health care, the pathway to a career looks different for everyone. For high school students in the Chinook’s Edge School...
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Rhapsody Award nomination deadline is this Friday
WHAT? You haven’t done it yet? COWABUNGA! We know you’ve been busy out there feeding the cows but we just wanted to...
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Keeping health care close to home in Manning
High school students from the Manning-area will learn basic health-care skills from local health providers at an upcoming RhPAP “Grow Your Own Health Provider” skills day.
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Wanted: Stories of rural health-care pioneers
Is there a health provider in your community’s history who went above and beyond? Is there a rural health-care pioneer in your...
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