Media relations
Athabasca University media relations is committed to a professional and timely working relationship with journalists. We are here to help you:
- access university spokespeople
- identify subject matter experts for a story or research topic
- find key facts about the university
- obtain multimedia images and video for your story
For general inquiries or to interview an Athabasca University expert, please contact:
AU experts
Athabasca University has faculty experts who can comment on a variety of issues and topics, including:
Business, finance
- Accounting and taxation
- Economics, finance, and operations management
- Digital business transformation, including AI solutions
- Marketing, entrepreneurship, and information systems
- Organizational analysis
- Micro-credentials and professional development
Health, health care
- Mental health awareness and advocacy
- Healthy living, active living
- Nursing, nurse advocacy and hospital care
- Older adult care, aging (and associated medical conditions), frailty
- Diseases and treatment
Culture, society, humanities
- Labour relations
- Societal Issues – criminal justice, social theory, women and gender studies, public administration
- Online learning, distance education
- Political economy (politics, society, economics), political science
- Religious studies
- Athabasca University Press
- Heritage resource management
- Psychology
Science and technology
- Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
- Space science, astronomy
- Environmental monitoring and analytics
- Architecture (including regenerative design and sustainable architecture)
- Computing and information systems
- Data analytics
- Game development and programming
- Teaching science at a distance
- Mathematics
Latest news releases
- From behind the counter to university: McDonald’s crew eligible to earn Athabasca University credits through new partnership
- Portage College, Athabasca University partner on new degree pathways
- Athabasca University Earns AACSB International accreditation
- Athabasca University appoints expert in digital-first education as its new president
AU in the news
- Fight over Athabasca University’s future continues as Jason Kenney gets government involved (Globe and Mail)
- Athabasca University’s big no to the Kenney government (The Tyee)
- ‘Fat’ isn’t a bad word - AU 3MT winner Karli Jahn (Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen)
- Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic (National Post)
- B.C. researchers developing tool to measure climate distress in real time (Penticton Western News)
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Updated May 06, 2022 by Digital & Web Operations (web_services@athabascau.ca)