Advocacy Documents

Alberta PSE Funding

• MRFA Data Sheet on PSE in Alberta (January 2019)
• MRFA Model PSE Platform (re-posted April 27, 2018. Original Post – April 2015)

Contract Academic Staff Matters

• Out of the Shadows – Experiences of Contract Academic Staff – CAUT Contract Academic Staff Survey Report Sept 2018
  • Out of the Shadows”, Cross Referencing MRFA’s Census with CAUT’s National Survey of Contract Academic Staff
• Fair Employment Week
  • CAUT Fair Employment Campaign
  • MRFA Fair Employment Week Campaigns

• Students and Faculty Respond to the Provincial Budget Cuts – CAUSE Press Release 2021-03-01
• Post-secondary schools fear UCP will link funding to grads’ job success – Herald Article 2021-02-02
• Worst possible time’: Post-secondary associations protest province’s funding shortfalls – Herald Article on #stopPSEcuts drive by rally
• #stopPSEcuts January 30, 2021 Drive by Picket Audio File
• 660 News Interview with Lee Easton – January 30, 2021
  • 660 Article
  • 660 Audio File (see audio clip below this list)
• City News #stopPSEcuts Drive By Info Picket – January 20, 2021
• Alberta Legislature demolishes snow penguin army – January 29, 2021
• CTV Interview with MRFA President, Lee Easton – Supporting Alberta Health Care Workers Rally – November 5, 2020
• Mount Royal University braces for cuts, despite new money from province – May 16, 2018 – CBC Article citing internal Memos (no comment provided by MRFA in the midst of negotiations with the Board)
• MRFA Press Release on Extraordinary Meeting Related to Budget Matters – Schroeder, Marc. MRFA President, 2014-2016
• MRU Faculty Worry Code of Conduct will Infringe on Freedoms – Pike, Helen. The Metro. [Calgary, Alta] 27 Oct 2015
• MRFA Input on PSLA Labour Amendments for Academic Staff – Marc Schroeder. 16 Nov 2015
• MRU Faculty Hoping for No Cut in NDP Budget – October 26, 2015 – 660 News interview with Marc Schroeder
• Letter to the Editor: Revenue is Premier Prentice’s Biggest Problem (“More Revenue Needed”). – Cross, Gerry. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 27 Sept 2014
• Province restores $50M to schools; Post-secondary institutions seek stable funding – Gerein, Keith; Howell, Trevor. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 07 Nov 2013: A.3
• Impact of Alberta post-secondary cuts felt across the province/Les conséquences des compressions dans l’enseignement postsecondaire en Alberta se font sentir dans toute la province – Anonymous. CAUT Bulletin 60.7(Sep 2013): A1,A5,A7
• Universities raise alarm over effect of $147M budget cut; Worst blow since the 1930s, professors say – Gignac, Tamara. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 17 Aug 2013: A.4
• MRU staff say big cuts will hurt community; Eight diploma programs to be slashed – Ferguson, Eva. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 29 May 2013: B.2
• MRU taking axe to courses; University looking to halt intake for eight programs – Weismiller, Bryan. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 17 Apr 2013: A.1
• Frustrated Alberta students, faculty protest education cuts – Ferguson, Eva. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 11 Apr 2013: B.1
• Alta. students, faculty protest education cuts – Ferguson, Eva. Leader Post [Regina, Sask] 11 Apr 2013: B.5
• Mount Royal students to protest funding cuts – Weismiller, Bryan. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 05 Apr 2013: B.4
• Higher learning handed revamp; Overhaul of post-secondary system called ‘non-negotiable’ – Weismiller, Bryan. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 25 Mar 2013: A.1
• Weighing the harm – Cross, Gerry. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 15 Mar 2013: A.13

• Media Advisory – Province Wide Action in Support of AB PSE (March 24, 2021)
• Media Advisory – Province Wide Action in Support of AB PSE (January 28, 2021)
• Media Advisory – Rally to Support Healthcare Workers (November 2, 2020)
• MRFA Press Release – MRFA Response to the Alberta Budget (February 28, 2020)
• MRFA Advocacy Week 2018 Press Release (February 23, 2018)
• Bill 7 Press Release – April 7, 2017(April 7, 2017)
• Advocacy Week 2017 Press Release (March 23, 2017)
• MRFA Statement on US Immigration Ban – media release (January 31, 2017)
• MRFA Press Release 2016-03-30 mtg re budget matters(2) (March 30, 2016)
• Press Release – Time to Invest In Alberta’s Most Strategic Renewable Resource(October 26, 2015)
• ACIFA Media Release Regarding Mobilizing Public Support for PSE (February 27, 2015)
• MEDIA RELEASE Feb 4 re advocacy week (Feb 4, 2015)
• Provincial Budget Press Release(March 6, 2014)
• Media Advisory on Anti-Democratic Bills 45 and 46 (Jan 14, 2014)
• MRFA_Statement_applied_research_and_economic_diversification
• 2013 Press Release on Provincial Budget (March 8, 2013)
• MRFA letter to the Board regarding the Letter of Expectation
• MRU Student, Faculty and Staff March, Press Release(April 9, 2013)
• How Cuts to Post Secondary Harm Students, Open Letter to Albertans

• MRFA Letter of Support for AUPE Wildcat Strike (October 29, 2020)
• MRFA Letter of Support for Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Strike (November 21, 2019)
• MRFA Letter of Support for AUPE Information Picket (November 21, 2019)
• MRFA Letter of Support for AUPE Information Picket (November 5, 2019)
• MRFA Letter to Minister Copping (October 2, 2019)
• MRFA Letter to Minister Nicolaides (October 3, 2019)
• MRFA October, 2019 Letter to Board of Governors (October 2019)