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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 plan is likely to be controversial at the troubled distance-education university based in the town of Athabasca, in the City of St. Albert and within the provincial government. |
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Jen Halsall
| From tackling patriarchal norms to denouncing Justin Trudeau's tacit endorsement of the Saudi arms deal, it's time Canadians took their country in a new direction. This week, our bloggers show us how. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| If Athabasca University is to survive, Alberta's government may have no choice but to fire the board as permitted under the Post-Secondary Learning Act. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The NDP, to its great credit, is so far sticking to its guns and indicating it will keep its promise to raise the minimum wage. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| A report on the future of Athabasca University smacks of a document drafted with the anti-labour attitudes and austerity policies of the previous Progressive Conservative government in mind. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| If the government of Alberta wants a university that allows students to complete their degrees via distance education, it's going to have to pay for it. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Former Alberta premier Alison Redford's "crimes" were political in nature. There never was a serious chance she would face charges. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| If CBC Edmonton investigative reporter Charles Rusnell were a police officer, he'd be the kind of cop who'd ticket the chief's car at a funeral. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| It's pretty obvious the job of doing something meaningful to solve Athabasca University's crisis is going to fall to Advanced Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk and Premier Alison Redford. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Athabasca University’s Faculty Association has called for the institution’s president to be replaced by an interim president chosen from staff. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| If Alberta’s government had any real courage, they'd "negotiate" public sector contracts directly themselves -- it's what they're doing anyway. |
