About Us

Creating healthy human environments for everyday living.

Human Ecology is an interdisciplinary applied field that uses a holistic systems approach to examine the many contexts of people’s lives. In particular, we focus on the dynamic relationships people have with their near environments: clothing, family, home and community. Our mission is to create healthy human environments that enhance the quality of daily life.

Departments and Divisions

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Alberta School of Forest Science and Management
Devonian Botanic Garden  
Human Ecology
Renewable Resources 
Rural Economy

News

  • Textiles exhibit exposes darker side of 'Green'

    Vogue magazine may be trumpeting, 'Green is the new black', but even that off-the-cuff nod to the environmental movement doesn't capture the dark side of fashion's impact

  • Jenny Swindle Defends PhD

    On September 16, 2009, Jenny Swindle successfully defended her PhD entitled “Social Support Resources of Older Adults in Rural Canada”. Congratulations to Jenny and her supervisor, Dr. Nor

  • Grace Haydu Bazley Visual Thesaurus of Quilting Terminology

    The Department of Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection is pleased to announce the launch of the Grace Haydu Bazley Visual Thesaurus of Quilting Terminology. The project, in memory of

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