https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-appoints-new-chair-for-athabasca-university/

The Alberta government, in an order in council late Wednesday, named Byron Nelson as AU’s chair, rescinding Nancy Laird’s appointment. Ms. Laird’s term was scheduled to end in August. The article references President Scott’s defiance of the provincial directives, while Minister Nicolaides says the government installed a new chair in order to meet the province’s ambitions of using the university to foster local economic growth.