There is almost zero faith in the executive’s abilities or its intentions.

Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says he wants Athabasca University to approve its investment management plan by the end of November.

Provincial advocacy group brings Better Way Alberta tour to Athabasca

It is a time of year, and a time in history, when people are understandably nostalgic.

Dr. Ken Coates, who authored the 2017 Third Party Review of Athabasca University, has now been retained by the institution for land use and facility planning

University's funding may depend on setting local employment benchmarks

Athabasca University Speakers

• Rhiannon Rutherford (AUFA)

• Trishtina Godoy-Contois (CAUS/AUSU)

• AUPE 0-69 Representative

• CUPE 3911 Representative

Frustrated students and faculty feel left out of discussions between the Alberta government and administration.

If you look at Athabasca University’s disclosure list for 2021, one of the things you can find is that the Director of HR was on the disclosure list in 2018, 2019, and 2020, but is no longer on the list in 2021. That’s weird, because she is still (in late 2022) the Director of HR.

Four leave, one leaving, seven take seats

The province has decided to fire several members of Athabasca University's board of governors. This happened in the middle of an ongoing dispute in which the minister of advanced education is pushing the school to get more staff to move to the Alberta town.

Athabasca University’s board of governors suddenly saw a significant change in its membership, the latest development in an ongoing dispute about where staff of the online university should live.

Four appointments rescinded, one reappointment and seven new appointments to AU’s Board of Governors.

Advocacy group hopes to maintain current momentum with new premier

Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides issued the following statement regarding ongoing discussions about Athabasca University’s Investment Management Agreement (IMA):

Exploring the initial 1980s relocation of Athabasca University to Athabasca alongside the current discussion of AU’s near-virtual plan

From Town and Country This Week - August 16, 2022 p. A18

AU staffer uses city position to criticise the government’s fight with AU.

The Alberta government is properly insisting Athabasca reaps some of the economic benefits of hosting a university. That should be a source of pride, not a charade.

CAFA recommends that Peter Scott and the AU executive stop trying to negotiate in the media and sit down with the UCP government and the unions that represent AU workers to come up with a plan that benefits the university, its students and staff, as well as the region of Athabasca.