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Opinion: Restore adequate funding for Alberta's universities

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Gordon Swaters is president of the Association of Academic Staff at the University of Alberta .

Swaters says chronic underfunding is putting the university's world-class research and teaching at risk.

Alberta 's government has drastically cut funding to the U of A in the past few years .

Academic staff are still at the bargaining table pushing for proper funding of frontline teaching and research.

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73

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75

Neutral language

6

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semi-formal

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English

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61

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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