Athabasca University

Ken Coates is the Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan.

Neil Fassina started work in his new role as president of Athabasca University this week. He’s already got a controversy to deal with.

New appointments may signal beginning of overhaul for the financially troubled institution.

The budget that will be presented to the AU Faculties Council in Athabasca this morning has the tone of a document drafted under protest.

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.

Media and employers cannot be depended on to make Alberta workplaces safer. Only government can do this job. A new report by the Parkland Institute shows the way.

It might well be fair to speculate that the Alberta government has put Athabasca University into a form of "soft receivership."

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.