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The entrance to the University of Calgary (Photo: University of Calgary).
University of Calgary influenced by Big Oil in 2015 controversy, academic report concludes
David J. Climenhaga | A new paper by two B.C. academics doesn't mince words about the role of the University of Calgary and corporate media in a 2015 controversy about corporate influence in the academy.
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Rod Sykes
The puzzling legacy of Calgary mayor Rod Sykes: Not even a cul-de-sac has been named after him!
David J. Climenhaga | Sykes, known for his sharp tongue and hawk-eyed accountancy skills during his early 1970s mayoralty, is the subject of a new book by journalist Andy Marshall.
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Linda Dalgetty
The annals of cybercrime: U of C pays ransom to cyberbandits, argues it's okay because data was at risk
David J. Climenhaga | By paying a ransom to cybercrooks, has the University of Calgary just endangered the emails of every other research university in Canada?
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N. Murray Edwards
Do billionaires fleeing Canadian taxes deserve public subsidies for their Alberta franchises?
David J. Climenhaga | The spectacle of the CTF rushing to the defence of hard-pressed billionaires at the same time it is demanding pay cuts for ordinary taxpayers is … revealing.
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Barry Cooper
Alberta NDP defies voters by continuing to govern as if it won the election that put it in power: political scientist
David J. Climenhaga | It's been almost nine months now. Surely it's time for Alberta conservatives to get up to speed on how this democracy thing works!
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SOPP
If we'd been paying attention, perhaps we wouldn't be so shocked by U of C's corporate-influence scandal
David J. Climenhaga | It is hard to believe that much non-partisan, independent academic scholarship takes place in the atmosphere encouraged at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy.
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Jack Mintz
'Alberta is not Greece yet' … Why do we have to pay for Jack Mintz's mythmaking?
David J. Climenhaga | Why is the so-called "School of Public Policy" at the University of Alberta producing neoliberal propaganda at public expense? It's time to fix that.
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Brian Gallant
Brian Gallant has a thin resume? Stephen Harper hasn't had a real job since he quit the mailroom!
David J. Climenhaga | It's dangerous for Conservatives to complain about certain Liberals' resumes: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's is so light it could float away on the first gentle puff of a breeze.
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"Friends of Science" billboard in Calgary
Don't let any 'celebrities' tell you different, we've got friends of science here in Alberta
David J. Climenhaga | The "Friends of Science" is an interesting group, another part of the vast, intricate and well-funded network of loony-right fronts linked back to the "Calgary School."
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Follow the Money, Part 3: Big Oil and Calgary's School of Public Policy
Donald Gutstein | Does the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy benefit from the university's reputation for scholarship and independent research and, at the same time, promote the oil industry?
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William Cornelius Van Horne
High-speed rail in Alberta: a terrible idea that won't go away
David J. Climenhaga | The idea of a high-speed rail line between Edmonton and Calgary fails for three principal reasons: huge energy needs, major environmental damage and poor financial prospects.
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'Excellence in commercialization'? Alberta university 'mandate letters' are dumb, but unlikely to mean much
David J. Climenhaga | Like sensible officials everywhere, university officials will refuse to co-operate, drag their feet and argue publicly with the government’s misconceived plan – until the nuisance goes away.