International House
University of Alberta
Sustainability
Mental Health
Random Facts
100

What does RA stand for?

Resident Assistant

100

What does SUB stand for?

Student Union Building

100

Is Climate Change real?

YES!

100

What are some mental health and wellness support facilities on campus?

Peer Support Centre/ Counselling and Clinical Services/ International Student Services

100

What are moths attracted to?

Light

200

How much does it cost to dry your clothes in the laundry room?

$1.75

200

Where is the Universaide Pavilion?

Butterdome, connected to Van Vliet Complex

200

What can you do to protect the environment?

:)

200

OCD is an anxiety disorder in which time people have recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas or sensations that make them feel driven to do something repetitively. What does OCD stand for?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

200

What is the deepest lake on Earth?

Lake Baikal

300

When is quiet hours? 

11:00 PM - 8:00 AM on evenings where the following day has schedule University Classes held. 

1:00 AM - 10:00 AM on evenings where the following day does not have scheduled University classes held. 

300

How many total Nobel Prizes can be accredited to the University of Alberta?

Three. 

The university is also associated with three Nobel laureates: 

1. Alumnus Richard E. Taylor, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990, 

2. Daculty members Derek Walcott, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992

3. Sir Michael Houghton, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2020.

300

Where is the ozone depletion hole?

Antarctica

300

When is World Mental Health Day?

October 10

300

On a standard keyboard, what is the letter between Z and C?

X

400

Who is the SRA and RC of I-House?

Noah Wood and Mackenzie Hammer

400

Who was the first president of the University of Alberta?

Henry Marshall Tory

400

Who is this?


Greta Thunberg (Swedish teenage environmental activist on climate change whose campaigning has gained international recognition)

400

Kids Help Phone is a Canadian charitable organization that provides 24/7 free confidential professional online and telephone counselling support in English and French to youth across Canada. Can you call them if you are over 18 years old?

Yes! They also help youth and university students under 25 years of age.

400

Where can you use the voluntary meal plan?

Lister and Peter Lougheed Hall

500

How old is the University of Alberta's International House

20 years old, the building was first opened on September 4th, 2004. 

500

What is “Quaecumque vera”?

University of Alberta’s motto (Whatsoever things are true)

500

What is sustainability?

The ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

500

What is Canada’s largest non-profit organization focused on youth mental health and suicide prevention.

500

What number does “giga” stand for?

1 Billion