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The 2025/26 Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship has expanded with $50,000 in funding and two streams: Academic Research and Creative Production. Open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents, the program supports projects exploring Western Canadian history and culture. This year’s scholarship recipients are Rosanna Carver, Stephanie Weber, Giona Smalleyes, and Kari Woo.

Explore how grassroots activists in 1970s Alberta utilized media in efforts to protect national parks. This article by Lillian Agnes Jones scholarship recipient, Chris Chang-Yen Phillips, highlights the Parks for Tomorrow march in Banff and the role of newspapers, TV, and radio in shaping environmental advocacy.

Keara Lightning Long researches Indigenous-led conservation in the history of environmental management with the Pablo-Allard Buffalo Herd.

Lillian Agnes Jones Fellow Kate Hanly explores the impact of climate change on mountaineering risk adaptation in the Bow Valley.