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Alberta's Oil sands industry site description for Alberta's Oil sands industry
Learn more about Alberta's oil sands, including what they are and their environmental impact. 
https://www.alberta.ca/oil-sands-industry.aspx

 
Telus Spark Centre - Calgary site description for Telus Spark Centre - Calgary
This is the web page for the Calgary science centre. Information pertaining to their exhibits, as well as membership details and teacher information are provided. 
http://www.sparkscience.ca/

 
Oil Sands Discovery Centre site description for Oil Sands Discovery Centre
The Oil Sands Discovery Centre, located in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, presents the history, science and technology of the oil sands industry through exhibits, demonstrations and theatre presentations. Now you can share the oil sands experience on the web through this, the first of three website... 
http://www.oilsandsdiscovery.com/

 
Alberta Innovates Technology Futures site description for Alberta Innovates Technology Futures
"Tech Futures helps technical industries find solutions, develop products and move technologies to market. It's building on Alberta's already established advantage in platform technologies - like nanotechnology, information communications technologies, and genomics - to enhance the technical capacity... 
http://www.albertatechfutures.ca/

 
MindFuel (formerly Science Alberta Foundation) site description for MindFuel (formerly Science Alberta Foundation)
MindFuel is a non-profit organization dedicated to igniting a passion for science in young minds through unique educational programs in the classroom and beyond. Hands-on experiments, interactive online games and videos bring science to life. 
http://mindfuel.ca/

 
Alberta Science & Technology Leadership Foundation site description for Alberta Science & Technology Leadership Foundation
"The Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Leadership Foundation was created to celebrate the achievements of science and technology in Alberta. The foundation is a private, non-profit society supported by 18 Patron organizations from the private and public sectors, all with a shared interest in showcasing... 
http://astech.ca/

 
Telecommunications Research Laboratories site description for Telecommunications Research Laboratories
This site highlights the role of TRLabs, which is Canada's leading research consortium in information and communications technology. Based on industry, university and government collaboration, TRLabs operates five laboratories in Western Canada where university professors, graduate students, industrial... 
https://www.trtech.ca/

 
Alberta Geological Survey site description for Alberta Geological Survey
"The Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) was founded in 1921, by Order in Council of the Provincial Executive, as a core part of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council, later the Alberta Research Council (ARC). AGS was a department in ARC until it was transferred to the Alberta Department of Energy... 
http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/

 
RiverWatch site description for RiverWatch
Two science teachers from Calgary have set up a non-profit society and have been operating a not-for-profit field trip where students are taken on a river raft trip to collect, then immediately observe and analyze water samples. 
http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/

 
Telus World of Science - Edmonton site description for Telus World of Science - Edmonton
This is the official website of the Telus World of Science in Edmonton. Check out the amazing activities, special presentations and shows available. 
http://www.telusworldofscienceedmonton.com/

 
Alberta Science Network site description for Alberta Science Network
This non-profit organization encourages scientific literacy in Alberta with face-to-face interactions between volunteer scientists, engineers and technologists, and Alberta teachers and students. (site) 
http://www.albertasciencenetwork.ca/

 
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions site description for Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
This organization "provides leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation." 
http://www.aihealthsolutions.ca/

 
CBC Archives: The Edmonton Protocol and the Chase for a Cure for Diabetes. site description for CBC Archives: The Edmonton Protocol and the Chase for a Cure for Diabetes.
In this CBC video, "medical researchers at the University of Alberta speak to the media about their groundbreaking study". There are also links to further CBC archive resources on the topic. 
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-edmonton-protocol
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