Key talking points:
- I’m one of your constituents and I’m demanding you put the necessary pressure on Jason Kenney to reverse the cuts he is making to the University of Alberta.
- The cuts will leave hundreds of families destabilized.
- Tuition increases resulting from these cuts will put advanced education out of reach for many Albertans.
- The University is a major engine of our province’s economy, adding more than 12 billion dollars of economic activity (or about 5% of our GDP) each year.
- Academic staff will be forced to do more with less as their colleagues are laid off.
- The U of A fosters the innovation essential for a prosperous future for Alberta: the University attracts more than $500 million dollars in research funding each academic year.
- The University has some of Canada’s most advanced research and innovation facilities, including world-class nanofabrication facility, a multi-use cell therapy manufacturing facility, and the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta, a leading cancer research facility.
- The U of A has more than 40,000 students every year.