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Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional chinook winds.
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, the university's first president. It was enabled through the Post-secondary Learning Act.
The Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) is a public university of art and design located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The university's beginnings date back to the founding of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (PITA) in 1916. Beginning with evening and Saturday classes, day classes were offered starting in 1926 with Lars Haukaness appointed as the first Head of the Art Department. In 1960, PITA was renamed the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the Art Department was renamed the Alberta College of Art (ACA).
Robert Merrifield,, is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He is the former Member of Parliament for Yellowhead, and was the Minister of State for Transport from October 2008 to May 2011. In September 2014 he resigned as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons to accept an appointment from Alberta Premier Jim Prentice to be the province's envoy to the United States in Washington, D.C. where he will lobby for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Local government in Canada can be defined to include all elected local authorities which are legally empowered to make decisions on behalf of its electors, but excluding the federal government, the provinces or territories, or Indian bands. This can include municipalities, school boards, health authorities or hospital boards, and so on.
Education in Alberta is provided mainly through funding from the provincial government. The earliest form of formal education in Alberta is usually preschool which is not mandatory and is then followed by the partially-mandatory kindergarten to Grade 12. This is managed by Alberta Education which has divided the province into 379 school authorities. Higher education in the province is managed by Alberta Advanced Education.
A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autonomy for accountability, that it is freed from the rules but accountable for results.
Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No. 28 or Buffalo Trail Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Wainwright.
Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73 or the Chinook's Edge Board of Education is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Innisfail.
Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14 or Elk Island Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Sherwood Park.
Foothills School Division No. 38 or Foothills School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of High River.
Golden Hills School Division No. 75 or Golden Hills School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Strathmore.
Lloydminster Public School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan operated out of Lloydminster.
Peace Wapiti Public School Division No. 76 or Peace Wapiti Public School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Grande Prairie. Peace Wapiti Public School Division provides service to more than 6,000 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 in 32 schools, including seven Hutterite colony schools and an outreach and online school – Peace Academy of Virtual Education (PAVE) located in Spirit River. High School programs are operated in eight schools – Spirit River Regional Academy, Beaverlodge Regional High School, Eaglesham School, Ridgevalley School, Savanna School, Sexsmith Secondary School, Peace Wapiti Academy and Peace Academy of Virtual Education (PAVE). The Board also operates a group home facility serving students in Northern Alberta.
Prairie Rose School Division No. 8 is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Dunmore.
Wolf Creek School Division No. 72 or Wolf Creek Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Ponoka.
Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41 or Elk Island Catholic Schools is a separate school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Sherwood Park.
The Southern Francophone Education Region No. 4 is a French first language authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Calgary.