Accessibility Statement

University of Alberta Pride Week is committed to making our events accessible to all participants. Child care, English-ASL interpreting services, realtime captioning, or other access-related services or accommodations may be arranged.

Please direct child care requests to Daley Laing (APIRG) at outreach@apirg.org at least one week before the event. Please direct all other requests to Alexis Hillyard, at least 3 business days before the event.

ASL interpreting services will be offered automatically (without prior request) at events indicated (ASL).

Pride Week Posters

Please feel free to download, share, and print the PDF versions of the Pride Week bookmark, poster, and save the date poster.

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University of Alberta Endorsements for Pride Week

The University of Alberta Pride Week receives a tremendous amount of support from multiple University of Alberta offices, groups, and Faculties. Additionally, the following members of the University have offered their endorsements of our goal to recognize those who work to make our campuses more inclusive for sexual and gender minority students, staff, and faculty.

“I am proud of the University of Alberta’s continued leadership to create a safe and supportive campus for all of our students, faculty and staff. Pride week is an excellent opportunity for us to celebrate the University of Alberta as a place of acceptance, inclusion and equality for sexual and gender minorities and their allies.”
- Indira V. Samarasekera, O.C. President & Vice-Chancellor
“Congratulations to all participants and organizers of the University of Alberta's Pride Week. It is exciting to see our university coming together through the many events that have been planned, which celebrate the diversity of our community.”
- Martin Ferguson-Pell, Acting Provost & Vice-President
“Creating and maintaining safe spaces for all University of Alberta staff, students, and guests is a fundamental priority that events like Pride Week contribute to. Our expectation is that Pride Week will become an annual event to celebrate the diversity that characterizes our vibrant community.”
- Frank Robinson, Vice-Provost & Dean of Students
“The positive energy around Pride Week 2013 at the University of Alberta is overwhelming. Our leaders, faculty, staff, and students are expressing their commitment to a respectful, safe, and joyful learning environment wherein sexual and gender minority individuals and their allies can be fully engaged in learning and life on campus. I am personally proud to take part in this historic week on our campus!”
- Fern Snart, Dean of Education
“It is indeed with great pride that we participate in Pride Week here at the University of Alberta. As both an institution of higher learning and as a community, we have a lot to celebrate, and a lot to learn from each other. All of us in the Office of the Registrar are working every day to foster a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for our students, staff, and guests. I encourage everyone to take part in this important week of events and discussions that truly embodies the spirit – and the promise – of uplifting the whole people.”
- Gerry Kendal, Vice Provost & University Registrar
“The University of Alberta Alumni Association is proud to celebrate the diversity of U of A students and the more than 250,000 alumni worldwide. We are excited to support our alumni volunteers as they come together during Pride Week to launch the Association’s PRIDE chapter, offering LGTBQ students and allies the opportunity to continue to make a difference long after graduation.”
- Jane Halford, President, U of A Alumni Association

University of Alberta Pride Week celebrates the vibrant diversity of our campuses and recognizes our important and collective efforts in creating a welcoming, inclusive, safe, and respectful environment for sexual and gender minority students, faculty, and staff. Sexual and gender minorities represents an evolving constellation of identities including, but not limited to, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, two-spirit, questioning, and queer. Copyright © 2013 Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services