Alternate Routes Conference

Sydney Whiting attended in Naples, Italy in May 2025, where she presented our work titled "Then and Now: Political Cartoons and the Rise of Populist Narratives in Alberta, Canada." It was part of a panel called Narrative, Identity, and Discourse in Contemporary Movements. This work is co-authored with Sydney Rolfe and Dr. Lars Hallstrom.

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research (ACLMR)

Labour Day event on September 2 where PI staff presented two posters:

"Rural Economic Development Profiles and Priorities: Employment Data for Rural Southern Alberta"

Carly Heck, Nick Yarmey, Taylor Manns, Lars K. Hallstrom



"Pathways to Labour Recruitment and Retention: Transit as a Strategy in a Mid-Sized City"

Sydney Rolfe, Sydney Whiting, Niosha Attarifard, Lars K. Hallstrom

Prairie Political Science Association Conference and Indigenous Relationality Workshop

Prentice Institute staff, Carly Heck, Mel Wilk, Sydney Rolfe and Dr. Lars Hallstrom attended the conference in Banff, Alberta (September 19-21) to present their work on: 

1. Classroom complexity and Alberta's K-12 education landscape
2. Teacher retention and attrition in Alberta
3. Post secondary students public transit ridership as a community development variable

City of Lethbridge Transit study. Barriers

to Post-Secondary Ridership

Presented by Sydney Rolfe and Niosha Attarifard for the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy. At the City of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB.