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David J. Climenhaga
| The Alberta NDP should keep the spotlight shining where it's needed most -- including on Jason Kenney's determination to maintain a cozy space for racism in his government. |
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| It's worth asking the question if over time this approach could lead to the creation of an Academic Faculty Union of Canada? |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Ken Coates is the Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| PC leadership candidate Richard Starke owns two cats and a Bernese Mountain Dog. It's not clear if this will win over cat people and dog people alike, or alienate them all. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The budget that will be presented to the AU Faculties Council in Athabasca this morning has the tone of a document drafted under protest. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| A demoralized university, an administration and board at odds with the government, and a government seemingly reluctant to act is not a formula for success. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| It might well be fair to speculate that the Alberta government has put Athabasca University into a form of "soft receivership." |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The Alberta government’s request to the president of Athabasca University to hold off releasing budget details until after a meeting with the Advanced Education minister seems unusual. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Michael Phair, Alberta's first openly gay elected official, succeeds Douglas Goss, who resigned as U of A Board chair last summer amid a storm of controversy. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The plan also appears to include a controversial shift from using permanent, secure IT staff to an insecure force of workers in precarious positions. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The cabinet is still smaller than any previous Alberta cabinet in the past decade and smaller than any other cabinet in Western Canada. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Picking a cabinet is extremely important because in our Westminster system of "responsible government" the cabinet is the dominant institution of government. |
