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CONTENTS
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CITY
DINING
40 LIGHTBULB
MOMENT
James Keirstead created and
fought for a new way to light up
your rooms, and it all started
with hot tubs.
by CAROLINE BARLOTT
44 BIAS, CORRECTED
An Indigenous-led AI app
tackles online racism, one
sentence at a time.
by OMAR MOUALLEM
48 MEMORY PALACE
Inside neurologist Jack
Jhamandas's quest to reverse
Alzheimer’s.
by CAROLINE BARLOTT
LOOK
19 THE FATHER OF
REINFORCEMENT
LEARNING
His ideas gave rise to today's
smartest machines — now
Richard Sutton has earned the
"Nobel Prize of computing."
by CORY SCHACHTEL
21 NO LONGER
IN BLOOM
Looking back at Front Yards in
Bloom's 25-year run, the green-
thumbs it inspired, and why the
beloved program got axed.
by NATASHA CHIAM
23 THE FLIGHT OF
THE SPARROW
Bridging the spice markets of
Oman with seafood traditions
of P.E.I., this floral and flavourful
diner really takes off.
by AREEHA MAHAL
FEATURES
54 HIDING IN
HIGHLANDS
How this heritage home-loving
couple kept Highlands history
alive — and found hidden
treasures along the way.
by CORY SCHACHTEL
STAGE
33 BLEEDING EDGE DESIGN
An emergency doctor and an
engineer want to put their life-
saving technology in the hands
of everyday people.
by AREEHA MAHAL
36 ACADEMIC
INTELLIGENCE
AI is changing the classroom —
but not in the ways you think.
Inside the effort to equip
Alberta teachers and students
for the future.
by CORY SCHACHTEL
61 Lizzie Derksen's blunt essay
about new parenthood; Emily
Riddle pays tribute to an
Indigenous rights icon; and Tyler
Enfield's twisted fiction where
nothing can do real harm.
ON THE LOOKOUT In the next issue of Edify, a spirited tour of Prairie distilleries; the real cost of #glamplife; and why
more Edmontonians are renting by choice. Plus: a literary coffee crawl through local bookshops.
10 EDify. MAY.25