Meet the 2025 Athabasca University Alumni Award winners!

Five incredibly accomplished Athabasca University alumni reflect a community like no other.

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research

Online training raises awareness of gender-based violence

Athabasca University researcher Dr. Kharah Ross is part of a new initiative to improve awareness and education about gender-based violence.

AU helping soldiers, veterans, and families access a university degree like no other

Athabasca University joins consortium of Canadian institutions providing the opportunity for Canadian Armed Forces members and their families to earn a degree like no other.

AU Accolades! Celebrating awards and achievements of a community like no other

Celebrating awards and achievements of AU alumni, faculty, staff, students, and community supporters.

AU grad’s writing journey leads to healing and national recognition

Cori Francis’s story about her teenage pregnancy and adoption experience, written while completing her master’s degree at AU, earns a spot on the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist.

Nursing grad driven to make an impact

Athabasca University nursing grad and health-care leader Kathy Howe’s dedication to making an impact earned her the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award.

AU grad bringing the human aspect back to the workplace

2025 Rising Star Award winner Leah Campbell promotes the idea that people, not processes, are key to organizational culture.

Volunteer service is about representation and serving her community for AU nursing grad

Shelly Philip LaForest’s doctoral research builds on two nursing degrees and lived experience on the job.

Future alumni award winner focused on community building in Haida Gwaii

MBA student Alissa MacMullin has been able to support her family and her remote community while earning an online university degree.

Lifelong learning was always in the equation for Judy Obee

Lifelong learner Judy Obee keeps studying to keep her brain active, and because there’s just so much “cool” stuff to learn.

Online Master of Arts program a ‘game changer’ like no other

Ashvaria Rai struggled to succeed studying in person. She shares why AU’s online Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program has been a “game changer.”

organizational updates

Athabasca University Press offers publishing program for open educational resources

Remix by Athabasca University is a new publishing program of open access learning materials for AU courses.

4 scary stories for a haunted Halloween like no other

Athabasca University English professors and the 2025-26 writer in residence share some of their favourite scary stories.

Knowledge for everyone: How open access expands the reach and impact of the university press

AU Press is one of North America's leading open access university presses, which make knowledge and ideas available to everyone.

'Overwhelmingly positive response': 3 AU grads launch nurse practitioner clinics

Athabasca University Nurse practitioner grads share how they're helping to improve access to primary care in Alberta with new independent practices.

Upcoming events

Science Outreach - Athabasca presents: Dr. Josh Neudorf discusses the aging brain

Nov. 5, 2025, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Mountain)

Online and in-person

Let’s Get Writing! Workshop for students with ADHD or EF issues

Nov. 7, 2025, noon to 12:45 p.m. (Mountain)

2025 Graduate Student Research Conference

Nov. 7, 2025, 5 p.m. to Nov. 9, 2025, noon (Mountain)

Online and in-person