The provincial government is giving back $50 million to post-secondary institutions dealing with enrolment pressures Alberta education workers call on government to stop the cuts. Circumpolar research has been hit hard by funding cuts the University of Alberta. The U of A’s grad student association is speaking out after the Canadian Circumpolar Institute was hit by cuts, and the Circumpolar/Boreal Alberta Research funding was eliminated entirely. In a letter, GSA President Brent Epperson states the reduced money will not only hurt graduate students and faculty, but it will break down connections to Arctic communities.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/11/23/alberta-circumpolar-research-the-latest-to-face-budget-cuts
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