Associations representing students and faculty at Athabasca University condemned the replacement of the president who resisted the government s push to increase the number of school employees living in the northern Alberta community.
The Athabasca University Faculty Association says its members are outraged that some of the institution's board of governors moved to swiftly fire former president Peter Scott. The association says the process lacked transparency and accountability.
Athabasca University’s board of governors met Friday to consider a draft investment management agreement that requires the institution to consolidate employment in Athabasca and drop a transition to near-virtual operations.
Staff and faculty at Athabasca University want to be included in talks about staff relocation after the provincial government asked to have 65 per cent of university staff live in the region or risk losing some of its public funding.
The provincial government has told Athabasca University it must have 500 more staff working in the northern Alberta town within two years, or risk losing some of its public funding, the university's president said.