University of Alberta

Let's consider the case of the Israeli university that in 2012 came up with a scheme to give an honorary degree to an unsavoury right-wing foreign politician …

New salary regulations introduced by Alberta NDP won't please top university administrators; entire United Conservative Party Caucus goes missing!

Media has become enslaved to Facebook's algorithm. This is not good news or good for news.

Mel Hurtig died yesterday in Vancouver. He was 84. He was a great Canadian. He will be missed.

Both sides have a point…but we should be able to figure out which point is right!

All four members of the Wildrose Party’s "blue-ribbon" panel on Canada's Equalization Program have close ties with the Frontier Centre, an anti-equalization campaigner.

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.

Outgoing U of A board chair stirred storm of controversy hours before Alberta election by calling NDP "amateurs" and urging Albertans to support Conservatives.

You can slam a new government you don't support in the run-up to an election. You can be the non-partisan chair of a public institution’s board. But you can't do both.

Thanks to the appalling funding situation at the University of Alberta, the university has taken to skimming 5 per cent off the top when Albertans donate to the centres and institutes on campus.

In the wake of program cuts and faculty buyouts, the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta has been told to cut a further $5 million from its budget in 2013.

The University of Alberta is cutting 20 arts programs in response to the province's $47-million budget reduction. In a province drunk on oil money, there's no excuse.

Bet on it there's more to Alberta docs' deal than meets the eye; Redford Government education cuts start to bite; Tory attack ad looks cheesy after Liver Foundation defends Justin Trudeau.

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.

The University of Alberta is embroiled in controversy over the decision to award an honorary degree to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the Chair of Nestle.

With fewer advertising dollars to go around and a shifting media climate, the future of student media is no longer clear. It must change, or it could cease to exist altogether.