Students' Union Advocacy

Public Research

The Department of Research and Advocacy produces public-facing reports on original research about student issues.

Le département de la recherche et du plaidoyer produit des rapports publics sur des recherches originales concernant les problèmes des étudiants.

2024

• Mental Health and Loneliness Checkin (April)

• 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)

2023

• 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)

• 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)

2022

• 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 17 (amended January 31) (January)

• Pandemic Impacts and Student Attitudes about Returning to Campus (January)

• Prevalence of COVID-19 among UAlberta Students (January)

2021

• 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)

2020

• 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)

2019

• 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)

• Up-Front Grants: An Efficient Choice for Students and Families (July)

• Identity Matters 2: Diversity of Ancestry and Aboriginality (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)

2018

• 2017 Annual Survey Report (November)

• Be Book Smart Report (November)

• Student Rights and Responsibilities at the University of Alberta (March)

2017 and earlier

• 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)

• How Gender Impacts a Student's Experience on Campus (January 2015)

• GFC Reform Policy Paper (January 2014)

• 2014 Annual Survey (April 2014)

• 2012 Annual Survey (December 2012)

• 2011 Annual Survey (December 2011)

• [2010 Annual Survey(/media/uploads/1143/SU Student Survey 2010.pdf) (2010)

• 2004 Annual Survey (May 2005)

Phone

780-492-4241

Email
jonathan.olfert@su.ualberta.ca

Students' Union Executive and Administrative Offices
Room 2-900
Students' Union Building
University of Alberta
8900 - 114 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2J7