Most of the decrease occurred at University of Alberta, which accounted for 3 out of every 4 losses.
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The UCP government issued their 5th provincial budget last week, and postsecondary students are getting dumped on. Again.
Frances Widdowson, who became a free speech advocate after being fired from Mount Royal University in 2022, spoke at the University of Lethbridge recently.
Compared to the other 9 provinces in Canada, Alberta saw the smallest increase in the number of university-educated workers employed in the province, since the UCP gained power.
Plus, we’re spending less now than we were 10 years ago, the second worst performance in the country.
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New AB budget continues UCP war on students
The UCP government issued their 4th provincial budget last week, and postsecondary students are getting dumped on. Again.
ULFA has already agreed to 3 years of wage freezes, and they’re proposing an increase in the final year of just one percentage point more than what the board is offering.
After 9 mediation sessions failed to make any significant headways in collective bargaining, ULFA may hold a strike vote in 2 weeks.
They expect $8 million more in revenue from tuition and fees this year than they received 2 years ago. Plus, they’ve already laid off over 100 faculty and staff.
$12 million in research funding sounds like a good thing, but context is always important.