South Campus University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada

Foreword: The Panel’s Assignment
The University of Alberta, in conjunction with
Alberta Environment and Alberta Energy,
asked that an Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Advisory Services panel convene to provide
strategic advice regarding the development of its
South Campus holding.
The University
Established in 1908, the University of Alberta
enrolls about 36,000 students in more than 200
undergraduate programs and 170 graduate programs.
The main campus consists of more than 90 buildings
on 220 acres of land.
The University of Alberta’s vision since its inception
more than 100 years ago has been to be one of the
world’s great universities for the public good. In the
words of its first president, Henry Marshall Tory, the
University of Alberta is an institution directed toward
the “uplifting of the whole people” in Alberta, across
Canada, and around the world. This vision endures
in the university’s current vision document, Dare to
Discover, and its academic plan, Dare to Deliver.
The University of Alberta is a board-governed
public institution whose board members include
representatives of the public, staff, faculty, and
students, including representatives of the Students’
Union and the Graduate Students’ Association.
The Province of Alberta
Alberta is one of Canada’s Prairie Provinces. It became
a province on September 1, 1905. Alberta’s total land
area is 248,000 square miles; its total population is
3,632,483 (Statistics Canada). Located in western
Canada, Alberta is bounded by the provinces of British
Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east,
the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S.
state of Montana to the south.
The City of Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the province of Alberta.
With a metropolitan population of more than 1.1
million, it is the second-largest city in the province
after Calgary.
In the Canada 2006 census, the city had a population
of 730,372, and its census metropolitan area had a
population of 1,034,945, making it the northernmost
North American city with a metropolitan population
over 1 million. The 2009 civic census showed a
population of 782,439. Edmonton has one of the lowest
population densities in North America, about 9.4
percent that of New York City (Statistics Canada).
Edmonton has a semi-arid continental climate with
extreme seasonal temperatures—although the city
has milder winters than either Regina or Winnipeg,
Edmonton is the
northernmost city
of more than 1 million
in North America.
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