Public Research
How can the UASU keep its work focused on students' evolving needs?
The UASU's Department of Research and Advocacy produces public-facing reports on original research driven by students' needs and voices. The UASU Executives use surveys and environmental scans to fight for top student priorities.
How has the UASU used this research to benefit students?
Student leaders use insights and data points in all kinds of meetings and conversations across the University of Alberta, but also when talking to the government and the media.
Research Publications
A selection of our research reports.
- Pedway Pilot Project Analysis (June)
- Student AI Priorities Survey (May)
- Estimated Savings from ZTC Courses 2025/26 (April)
- Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation Survey Data Tables (March)
- Undergraduate Embedded Certificates Joint Survey and Data Tables (March/April)
- Indigenous Student Food Insecurity (February)
- A City of Edmonton Youth Unemployment Strategy (February)
- Residence Living Conditions Survey (February)
- University Safety Infrastructure Investment Report (February)
- Escalating Academic Concerns (February)
- Menstrual Impacts on Academic Success (January)
- 2025 UASU Annual Survey Data Tables (December)
- 2025 CCR/UASU/GSA Student Wellness and Recreation Survey (November)
- Food Welfare Survey (October)
- Job Hunting and Work-Integrated Learning Survey (October)
- Sex for Rent Exploitation Survey (September)
- Consent and Healthy Relationships Waypoint Survey (September)
- Living in Edmonton Survey (September)
- 'What Events Do You Want To See' Survey (September)
- 2024 Annual Survey Supplement — Interview Clothes (May)
- Estimated Savings from ZTC Courses 2024/25 (May)
- 2024 Annual Survey Report (April)
- Institutional Trust Survey (March)
- Student Volunteering Motivation Survey (March)
- eClass vs Canvas Comparison Survey (February)
- First Day Access Survey (February)
- Estimating First Day Access Usage from Fall 2023 Textbook Purchasing (February)
- Transit User Survey (February)
- 'What Do You REALLY Think About BearsDen' Survey (January)
- The State of Students: A Comprehensive Review of Student Financial and Living Insecurities (January)
- Campus Safety Survey Overview (December)
- Student Postal Code Mapping 2013-2024 (December)
- Safewalk and Campus Safety Survey Data (November)
- Elections Task Force Survey Data (November)
- Best Spots On Campus Survey Data (November)
- Service Wait Times Survey Data (November)
- Online and In-Person Learning Survey Data (October)
- Sexual Assault Centre Availability Survey Data (October)
- Lunch Habits Survey Report (October)
- Academic Advising Survey Report (October) — expanded sample data (November)
- Library Hours Recommendations (October)
- Textbooks Survey Report (October)
- How Are You Doing Right Now? Survey Report (October)
- Stride Interest Survey Report (October)
- How Do You Live? Survey Report (October)
- Students, AI, and Skill Development Survey Report (September)
- Sex Ed and Safety Survey Report (September)
- Climate Change Survey 2024 (September)
- UASU Executive Listing, 1908/09-2024/25 (August)
- Estimating What the Academic Materials Program (AMP) Would Have Cost (July)
- Evaluating the Impact of the ZTC Initiative (June)
- 2023 Annual Survey (May)
- Work-Integrated Learning Checkpoint (May)
- Mental Health and Loneliness Checkin (April)
- Food for Fines Programming (March)
- Housing Survey (February)
- Les services aux étudiants (February)
- Identity Matters 3: Gender and Student Leadership, 1908-2023 (February)
- Let's Talk Money Survey Report (January)
- Getting Around Campus Survey Report (January)
- Estimated Savings from Zero Textbook Cost Courses 2023-24 (January)
- 2023 Annual Survey Preliminary Report: Clubs/Groups Involvement (January)
- International Student Personal Finances Survey (January)
- Tuition and Academic Support Survey (November)
- Sustainability Survey (October)
- Alcohol at Events Survey (October)
- Textbook Purchasing Survey (September)
- Equity, Vaping, and Smoking (September)
- Student Spaces Accessibility Audit (September)
- Student Groups Support Survey (August)
- Estimating International Student Impact on Alberta's Economy in 2022-23 (June) — confirmed by later Statistics Canada release
- 2022 Annual Survey (May)
- Winter 2023 COVID-19 Checkup (April)
- Accessing Needs-Based Financial Aid (April)
- UASU/CCR Student Wellness and Recreation Survey (March)
- Estimating Impact of the UASU Pronoun Campaign (March)
- Campus Encounters in the Past Two Weeks (February)
- Students with Lived Experience of Precarious Housing (February)
- Student Burnout in Fall 2022 (February)
- Estimated Savings from ZTC Courses 2022/23 (February)
- Provincial Voting Intention (January)
- Involvement and Volunteerism Survey (January)
- A Moderate Standard of Living: Cost of Living and Food Insecurity by Household Type (January — updated in March)
- HFSSM Food Insecurity Snapshot (December)
- Student Plans/Opinions on Further Education (December)
- Academic Support Services Survey — Year Over Year (December)
- Cost of Living (November)
- Fall 2022 Mid-Semester Health Check-in (November)
- Academic Advising Survey (October)
- Undergraduate Tuition Trends in Canada and Alberta (September)
- Cost of Food (September)
- COVID-19 Checkup (September)
- Mental Health Wait Times (September)
- Student Involvement Trends (September)
- Estimating Student Debt at Graduation (September)
- Student Vaccination Rates (September)
- Access to Mental Health Services (September)
- Regional Public Transit, U-Pass Usage, and Getting to Campus (September)
- Cost of Living and Budget Stress (August)
- Learning Environment Priorities and Free Expression (August)
- Impact of the 2015-2020 Tuition Freeze (August)
- COVID-19 Tracking at UAlberta Throughout Winter 2022 (July)
- Survey Report: Law Enforcement Discrimination with supplemental chart (June)
- Survey Report: Pandemic Layoffs (June)
- 2021 Annual Survey Report (June)
- Augustana Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Support Survey (March)
- COVID-19 Testing Survey Report (March)
- Internet Quality Survey Report (February)
- Pronoun Survey Report (February)
- Quality of Education This Semester — Quantitative Responses (February)
- Estimated Savings from Zero Textbook Cost Courses (January)
- Omicron Update Briefing (January)
- Pandemic Impacts and Student Attitudes about Returning to Campus (January)
- Prevalence of COVID-19 among UAlberta Students (January)
- Safety and Comfort in Campus Recreational Facilities (December)
- UASU/CCR Student Wellness and Recreation Survey (November)
- Financial, Mental, and Physical Impacts of the Pandemic (October)
- Student Sex Work at UAlberta (October)
- Academic Integrity Survey (September)
- Academic Accommodations Survey (September)
- Smoking on Campus Survey (September)
- Student Voting Intention Snapshot (September)
- Extraordinary Tuition Consultation Survey: Spotlight on Affected Programs (September)
- Academic Support Services Survey (August)
- Preliminary Survey Snapshot - Pandemic Health Impacts (August)
- Campus Safety and Security Survey (August)
- Food Insecurity and Dietary Requirements (July)
- Interdisciplinarity and the CR/NC Option — the briefing note that led to the creation of Exploration Credits (May)
- Student Responses to Post-Secondary Strikes (May)
- EDI and Student Supports Survey Report (May)
- Returning to Campus Survey Report (April)
- Student Stress Survey Report (April)
- 2020 Annual Survey Report (April)
- Be Book Smart Report 2020/21 (April)
- Your Life After UAlberta (March)
- Impact of Tuition Increases and Funding Cuts (March)
- Demographics of the UAlberta Workforce and the Student Body (March)
- Academic Integrity Survey Report (March)
- Brain Drain and Food Insecurity Survey (February)
- Report on Three UASU Perks Surveys (January)
- Student Association Council Structures (December)
- Student Association Fees Across Canada (December)
- Student Opinions and Concerns about University of Alberta for Tomorrow (UAT)(November)
- Student Attitudes on Reading Week (November)
- The Case for Hiring a Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Coordinator (October)
- Harmful Experiences in Work-Integrated Learning (October)
- Education Ambitions (October)
- Online Classes (October)
- Alberta 2030 Recommendations (September)
- Remote Delivery: 'What works? What doesn't? What do you expect?' (August)
- Student Experiences with Online Learning (April)
- 2020 General Election Exit Poll Survey Report (March)
- The Landing/ISMSS Campus Climate Survey on Sexual and Gender Diversity (January)
- Alberta’s Performance-based Funding Model for Post-secondary Institutions (January)
- Reconciliation or Obligation? A Discourse Analysis of Written Land Acknowledgements (January)
- 2019 Annual Survey Report (January)
- Provincial Budget Impacts on Students (November)
- Survey Report: Parents on Campus (October)
- Survey Report: Student Involvement (October)
- Creating Good Jobs for Students (August)
- Perceived Career Value of a UAlberta Education (August)
- Indigenization: Guiding Documents (August)
- Student Homelessness and Food Insecurity at UAlberta (July)
- Educating Students on Rights and Responsibilities (July - updated November 2019)
- Identity Matters 2 (June)
- Academic Advising Survey Report (May 2019) with Key Findings factsheet (October)
- 2018 Annual Survey Report (May)
- Campus Accessibility: A Case for Universal Design at the University of Alberta (May)
- Student Spaces: Best Practices (February)
- 2017 Annual Survey Report (November 2018)
- Be Book Smart Report (November 2018)
- Student Rights and Responsibilities at the University of Alberta (March 2018)
- A Comparison of Students' Rights at the University of Alberta and Select Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions (December 2017)
- Adding Up the Fees: How Does the U of A Compare for Tuition? (November 2017)
- Identity Matters! A Study of Undergraduate Involvement and Leadership in Student Government at UAlberta (September 2017)
- 2015 Survey Results (April 2015)
- GFC Reform White Paper (January 2014)
- 2014 Survey Results (April 2014)
- 2012 Survey Results (December 2012)
- 2011 Survey Results (December 2011)
- 2004 Survey Results (May 2005)