UofA set police upon peaceful anti-genocide protestors, accepts money from genocidal israeli's, and cancels donations from a Ukrainian WW2 vet that suffered genocide from both russians and nazis. The UofA should take a class on morality and ethics.

“Amongst my classmates, there was much debate as to how to best defend Ukraine and stop the Soviets/Russians from coming back to our homeland,” Yaroslav Hunka said. “Some argued for joining the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Others believed that joining the newly formed Galicia Division of the German army would be more effective because of access to German armaments, munitions and training.”The elder Hunka said he opted for the latter due to his “hatred” of the Russians, who deported a favourite uncle to Siberia and massacred political prisoners before being driven out by the Germans. He said he never participated in or witnessed any war crimes, but said as a schoolboy he heard about nazi massacres of Jews from his village.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/family-ukrainian-ss-veteran-yaroslav-hunka-fighting-university-of-albertas

#CdnPoli #UofA

The UofA backtracking and smearing of DEI has harmed its reputation. Reputation is everything for universities (and ever inflating tuition).

"In an emailed statement, a university spokesperson reiterated to CBC News that the proposed policy change was carefully designed to stay compliant with federal requirements.

But Amir Attaran, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, doesn’t buy that.
“I trust the federal government to make sure the U of A does the right thing and keeps its EDI program in place,” he said."

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7114756

#UofA #AbPoli #FascismCreep #CdnPoli

this is purely ideologically motivated bullshit.

"The University of Alberta is proposing to eliminate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/university-of-alberta-removes-edi-from-hiring-policy-9.7076210

#UofA #EDI

so let me get this straight: it cost us $27M to switch from No Name brand to Becel?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/yellow-no-more-butterdome-makeover-to-renew-pavilion-in-green-and-gold-9.7054920

#yeg #uofa

those who went to the u of a in the 90s and 2000s will remember this staple of HUB, SUB and the tory building

every morning you'd see a long snaking lineup of bleary eyed folks waiting for their day to start. til, it was the first campus location to serve "european-style" coffee.

sadly, it closed in 2013 after aramark foods took over campus and effectively forced it out of business.

https://globalnews.ca/news/447336/end-of-an-era-as-java-jive-outlets-at-u-of-a-set-to-close/

rip my old friend. you made a lot of grouchy 8am students/faculty lives liveable for decades.

#yeg #UofA #alberta