====== Athabasca University ======

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**Athabasca University** is a Canadian public research university based in [[canada:alberta:Athabasca]], [[canada:Alberta]]. It primarily operates through online distance education.

===== COVID-19 =====

Athabasca University received a $50,000 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [[Government of Canada]] for a project titled "Accelerating Vaccine Confidence through Youth Co-created Animated Educational Media."((Based on publication date on the Funding Decisions page.)) ((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/Zo5b5)) It was awarded through a grant program called //"Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada"// jointly administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC).((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp))