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Peel's Prairie Provinces is a resource dedicated to assisting scholars, students, and researchers of all types in their exploration of western Canadian history and the culture of the Canadian prairies. » Read More

Board of Governors

University of Alberta Board of Governors Collection

The Board of Governors at the University of Alberta recognizes the generous commitment of time and service of members of the Board and those who have served on external committees by selecting and digitizing books in their name to be added to the Peel's Prairie Province Collection.

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News & Updates

Leap year blues

Are you working an extra day this year without any extra pay? Then you might enjoy this leap year poem! February 29, 2012

Using Peel in innovative ways

Read all about a data mining project that is making use of the Peel's Prairie Provinces' newspaper collection in the ExpressNews article: "Cadillac service library"! January 26, 2012

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Le Courrier de l'ouest

Published from 1905 to 1915 in Edmonton, Alberta, this newspaper was at one time the only French language newspaper created in Western Canada. (Alberta's Online Encyclopedia)

La Survivance

La Survivance was first published in 1928 and along with Le Franco-Albertain and Le Franco, represent the main weekly newspaper of the French community in Alberta. It offers an invaluable account of the francophone community.

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Collection Stats

Bibliographic records:10,427
Digitized Items:7,628
Digitized Pages:704,235
Newly Mounted Items:3
Newspaper Issues:60,780
Newspaper Pages:530,616
Newspaper Articles:4,484,660
Newly Mounted Issues:1,322
Images:16,298